How Popular is Ward?

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He's really not that popular, we can attribute it to his personality or fighting style, but it's hard to pinpoint one exact factor. It's a shame because a guy with his accolades (Gold medalist, Tournament winner, recognized weight division champion, P4P#2) should in theory be a huge star.

[wiz1030]

i have no idea why they put it in ontario california, but i'm never above speculating! low site fee perhaps? casinos always have low site fees, but i'm not sure if the ontario venue was a casino. goosen keeps his costs low, and the HBO money is almost always the same, wherever the venue. scheduling conflicts at oracle / hbo could have factored in as well.

Yeah it was in Ontario because of bad timing/scheduling. There were really no major available venues.

The Oracle (ward's backyard), LA, and NY(MSG) were all booked for NBA games that night, and Vegas had the UFC

[The Big Dunn]

Heard he can't even sell out his home venues. Was reading on twitter that local gyms were handing out tickets to the event.
Also what're his viewership like?

Saw somebody talking about Mike McCallum and how he had to be a traveling champ.... if Ward can't bring in the views and the people, will he have to do that?
Or is it just the case of his promoter and things get better when he goes to Arum?

ward doesn't seem to attract many fans. Its crazy because he hasn't lost since he was a kid, fought for the US in the olympics, and by all accounts is a religous man who conducts himself properly and honorably.

Unfortunately for Ward boxing is a sport. In the US the biggest sports heroes are ali, jordan, tyson, babe ruth, magic, LT-not exactly choir boys. Look at floyd-when he was a smiling kid he made little-when he was an ******* he became the biggest earner in all of sport.

I guess thats a sad commentary on what drives popularity in the US.

[Bigg Rigg]

I don't think he's really popular but everyone respects his ****. He needs to stop grabbing so much though.

[Tay Roc]

Not very popular. He can sell out a YMCA gym, but not a legitimate arena.

[Mr Ehrmantraut]

ontario california is a seven hour drive from oakland. it's almost 1000KM, for the perspective of you english guys. you need to get a hotel room if you want to go there from oakland. some states are f#cking big, dog. that wasn't a fight in his hometown for sure.


he can sell around 10,000 tickets at the oracle arena in oakland.


ward's very popular on HBO. his ratings are always good. they're also clearly banking on him being one of the driving forces for american boxing when mayweather retires, whether that's appropriate or not.

I'd seriously like you to expand on this. The super six was on Showtime and Chad was obviously the draw in their fight.

So what ratings were good the Shelby Pudwill fight?.

[daggum]

he's not popular because he's ****ing sh-it! would jordan be popular if all he did was drove to the hole and his paid off ref called a foul on the other team every possesion and jordan shot 40 free throws a game? what skill!

[daggum]

I'd seriously like you to expand on this. The super six was on Showtime and Chad was obviously the draw in their fight.

So what ratings were good the Shelby Pudwill fight?.

dawson was not the draw against ward. dawson gave in to all of ward's demands and it was even in ward's hometown.

[Fetta]

Hes popular around my parts but im a Bay Area boy so i can only go on that

[daggum]

Hes popular around my parts but im a Bay Area boy so i can only go on that

ward has single-handedly destroyed the good reputation of oakland