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  • iron mike tyson
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    #91
    Originally posted by A-Wolf
    Way to DUCK every point I made and try and change the subject.

    Weasel ****.

    If you think Gatti and Ward were UK fighters and they held the match on UK soil and it would only bring 6,200 fans you need a lobotomy.
    gatti-ward in the uk would of been a carbon copy of the actual event in the us

    first fight would of been in a small venue and got bigger for the rematches.

    boxing as a sport in the uk is small time with the small exceptions breaking through and thats mainly the fighter as an entity rather then the sport. in my lifetime the biggest fighter we have had was ricky hatton , not the greatest in skill but appealed to the average joe and was huge ( selling 20k plus defending wbu titles ). at that time we had joe calzaghe who is probably the greatest british fighter of all time but because he lacked in the hatton department defending his world title 18 times in small arenas or in manchester with ricky hatton on the undercard to shift the tickets.

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    • junior gong
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      #92
      Why are people catching feelings over Hearn stating the obvious?

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      • New England
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        #93
        Originally posted by junior gong
        Why are people catching feelings over Hearn stating the obvious?


        because he's wrong.

        andre ward is a very good draw at the gate for an american fighter. he's also a top billed HBO fighter. they really can't pay him more than two million to fight on regular HBO. for comparison, cotto earned roughly the same for his tune up against delvin rodriguez, and has to head to ppv to make more money than that.

        he's not miguel cotto, manny pacquiao, juan marquez, but ward draws well compared to many of his American peers.

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          #94
          Originally posted by lfc19titles
          lmao

          owned him hard

          ward only has his legions of african american followers which are about 100, he needs to get to the streets like floyd and spread ******ed propaganda like floyd did to make himself seem the best when he actually is all talk
          I'm caucasian and argentinian, big Ward fan. Owned? Are you 14?

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            #95
            Originally posted by New England
            because he's wrong.

            andre ward is a very good draw at the gate for an american fighter. he's also a top billed HBO fighter. they really can't pay him more than two million to fight on regular HBO. for comparison, cotto earned roughly the same for his tune up against delvin rodriguez, and has to head to ppv to make more money than that.

            he's not miguel cotto, manny pacquiao, juan marquez, but ward draws well compared to many of his American peers.
            He doesnt draw very well for his standing though, does he? I'm a fan, but he just isnt an attractive fighter to watch because of his style. His inactivity, loss of momentum and bitterness dont make him very attractive either. I think Hearn is right as do many others. I just dont understand the whining about him saying it.

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              #96
              If Ward was fighting in my back garden, I would close the curtains.

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              • Weebler I
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                #97
                Originally posted by New England
                because he's wrong.

                andre ward is a very good draw at the gate for an american fighter. he's also a top billed HBO fighter. they really can't pay him more than two million to fight on regular HBO. for comparison, cotto earned roughly the same for his tune up against delvin rodriguez, and has to head to ppv to make more money than that.

                he's not miguel cotto, manny pacquiao, juan marquez, but ward draws well compared to many of his American peers.
                Well you said it. Which US fighters do draw well?

                Canelo, Pacquiao, Cotto, Marquez, Golovkin, Chavez etc are all foreigners.

                In saying that, Hearn's logic is faulty. Froch v Ward II would imo sell well in the UK, Ward would make a solid B-side.

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                  #98
                  Originally posted by Weebler I
                  Well you said it. Which US fighters do draw well?

                  Canelo, Pacquiao, Cotto, Marquez, Golovkin, Chavez etc are all foreigners.

                  In saying that, Hearn's logic is faulty. Froch v Ward II would imo sell well in the UK, Ward would make a solid B-side.
                  exactly and ward and people need to realise is that b side is bigger then the a side hed receive fighting anyone in the states and the reason is people pay to watch froch over here

                  money in boxing is not always spent on the best fighters

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                    #99
                    Originally posted by Weebler I
                    Well you said it. Which US fighters do draw well?

                    Canelo, Pacquiao, Cotto, Marquez, Golovkin, Chavez etc are all foreigners.

                    In saying that, Hearn's logic is faulty. Froch v Ward II would imo sell well in the UK, Ward would make a solid B-side.
                    And that is why Ward is so bitter. He has a sense of entitlement when the reality is to make big money he has to concede on many things.

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                      #100
                      Originally posted by lfc19titles
                      lmao

                      owned him hard

                      ward only has his legions of african american followers which are about 100, he needs to get to the streets like floyd and spread ******ed propaganda like floyd did to make himself seem the best when he actually is all talk
                      What he needs to do is fight in Europe and talk more to the crowd, he doesn't need to be a pretender...

                      Just go out there do your thing in the ring and stop making excuses that you shouldn't have to fight away from America because we all know guys like Eddie Hearn don't care about you right now.

                      He is only damaging his own career and I seriously doubt he will go down as well know as Carl Froch, hardly anybody over in Britain know who he even is...
                      That is Wards fault nobody elses!

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