Why do people dislike Ward?

[damned1974]

1) I don't think the Floyd fight was a serious proposal lol Froch 2 is something a lot of fans wanna see. I don't think it's necessary personally but it's a legit fight considering the quality wins Froch has had since they fought. Jr. looked like a more legit fight before Vera imo. Now it looks like a joke. But Ward isn't exactly the hardest puncher and Jr. walks through a lot of shots to land his own. Not the worst fight in the world but a definite money grab lol I'll give you that
2) None of them are in his division. I don't see why he HAS to fight them just yet. I don't think Ward could make 160 so GGG should move up. I say Ward fights the Stevenson-KOvalev winner
3)To each his own
4) Dawson offered to come down.....don't see how it's Ward's fault. Dawson never should have put himself at a disadvantage like that.
5) Out of 26 fights, only about 5 have been in Oakland....his next one is in Ontario.
6) I think that's a very legit fight coming off the layoff he's had. Undefeated guy who's beaten solid competition.
7) RJJ is terrible at commentary lol he's very biased. Paulie is great though and better than Ward. Ward is between Roy and Paulie imo.
8) That's just the injuries lately. He's normally more active.
9) Not nearly as much as many others.
10) So Froch, Abraham, Kessler, and Miranda don't have high KO%?

I agree with you-a lot of the guys who don't like Ward have probably found themselves upset when he tore apart the super 6. Ward has fought very hard punchers-now he is fighting Rodriguez, who just took out Grachev in 1 round!

They wanna b1tch about the Dawson fight, but forget the fact that Froch fought Yusaf Mack at SMW when he has been fighting at LHW for years now.

These guys are just looking for someone to hate and the fact that Ward is an American (in an age where the world unjustly hates American people but also hypocritically believe prejudice should not be tolerated!) just puts him under a microscope that much more.

Just like Mayweather, they want to see Ward at a disadvantage and pray that he loses. They want him to move to different weight classes against guys who they define as big punchers-the truth is,they just want Ward ko'd because they hate him...they don't want a fair fight in the same weight class-they will be asking for Ward to fight as CW next. Hell, he isn't a huge SMW exactly.

[Jloro]

lmao "he headbutts and clinches" while beating everyone up

[SkillspayBills]

When you win, people hate. It just comes with the territory. The more you succeed the more people hate you.

[FrenchDeLaHoya]

bigzigga, dammed & jloro

fine points but yall know dam well ward is boring as watching paint dry. before his fights a "drowsiness may occur" promo should pop up!

stop the nonsense. lol

[-PBP-]

"There is no room for perfection in boxing"

- Larry Merchant


Flawless victories are only entertaining in games of Mortal Kombat.

[Jloro]

That's EXACTLY what it is. If you don't want to see someone headbutting, it's because you hate America. Well done you.

Thanks for the red k. You bring shame to your Bhop picture. America hater

[-Kev-]

I have seen two boring fights of Ward, Green and Miranda.

He stayed in front of Froch, Kessler and Abraham. He beat Bika at his own game. He did exactly what he was supposed to do against a drained Chad Dawson, let his hands go and stop him.

The boring label seems like bitter fans that don't like how successful he is.

[-Kev-]

Ward stays right in front of fighters, why don't they open up more?

He doesn't "run". When he clinches the fighter is allowed to fight inside but they refuse to because Ward is better than them at that.

[damned1974]

bigzigga, dammed & jloro

fine points but yall know dam well ward is boring as watching paint dry. before his fights a "drowsiness may occur" promo should pop up!

stop the nonsense. lol

I disagree. Ward is not boring to me...if anything, his opponents are boring when they fight him since they have no answer. Guys like Froch, Kessler, etc were the favourites and they were perceived to be better than Ward before the S6 (how that quickly changed!)....they didn't have the answers to beat him-it is on them.

Klitschko to me is boring-a guy who holds massive advantages over his opponents yet deliberately holds just because he lacks inside fighting and uses that because he is scared to take a punch.

Ward uses inside fighting and may hold a bit-but he is still fighting and throwing punches.He also fights on the outside just as good, so which do you wanna complain about-his inside game where he may clinch and hit, or when he is on the outside picking his opponents apart.....maybe you just like mid-range fighting-which is great as well, but it is not as versatile as what Ward does....he is much much more complex.

[damned1974]

I have seen two boring fights of Ward, Green and Miranda.

He stayed in front of Froch, Kessler and Abraham. He beat Bika at his own game. He did exactly what he was supposed to do against a drained Chad Dawson, let his hands go and stop him.

The boring label seems like bitter fans that don't like how successful he is.

I agree. I think only the Green fight was dull to me-because he ONLY fought on the inside...Green though, with or without that Ward fight-was a dud.