Comments Thread For: Andre Ward To Remain at 168, Confirms Hunter

[tiliheels]

So all im seeing is a fighter who already unified 168,returning to an empty division,in order to get a big fight with who? Degale? This would be the equivalent of ggg cleaning out and unifying all the belts at 160,taking a catch weight near 168 against a C rank fighter and then he moves back into an empty 160 division,instead of challenging himself. If ggg did that,he'd be a bum,coward,cherry picker,p*ssy and he'd be ducking the whole 168 division. But when ward does it,its an intelligent move,because its "good to see champions dominate their division", and there's no way possible that he's avoiding the 175 division,since he'd get ktfo by kovalev or artur. The double standards in this sport are ridiculous.

empty division?? either u are ****** or dont know talent...degale, froch, both dirrells, badu jack new champ, george groves...and he wants ggg on his resume..if he goes up to 175 he only gets pascal and kovalev...NOTHING ELSE

[firstborn]

Ward will move up in his own time, there are still a few fights left for him at 168lbs. Kovalev isn't going anywhere anytime soon so what's the rush for Ward to move up?

[wlliam]

Not surprising. I expect a Porky Medina type at the SMW limit for his next fight. After that, focus on world championship level fights.

Ducklovkin, Froch II, DeGale, Jack-Groves winner, Abraham-Stieglitz IV winner, Chudinov. A lot of options left at SMW.

Who dares to challenge the lineal super middleweight champion?

Ward even dares not to challenge himself

[FrankieBruno]

Degale and Groves

but is Ward willing to travel?

[OnePunch]

not surprising at all. He said last week that he wanted to find "the safest spot for me" so I'm not sure why this would shock anyone......

[kafkod]

Sounds good. People better not come and say he's scared of Kovalev (or worse Stevenson and Pascal lmao). If he wants to stay at this weight, we have to respect that. New challenges have arisen for him at Super Middleweight. I think he might have a hard time getting the fights against the other champions there though.

i agree..jack could lose to groves or win and he can unify..then degale and dirrell both are solid...and there is still ah ope of good boy growing some nuts...and who knows froch might step up..175 has one fight for him..just one..maybe 2 with pascal..and a 50 year old..same credit either way

So Andre staying at 168 doesn't mean he's scared of Kovalev, but if GGG stays at 160, that does mean he's scared of Ward yeah?

Why don't you apply the same standards to both men?

[wlliam]

Golovkin is doing it.



Same thing with Golovkin



He fought on BET because the 6/20 date didn't work for HBO but it was the only date that the Oracle arena was available for Ward so HBO gave him permission to fight on BET. By the way, if you are trying to grow your black fan base (I'm Black by the way)...fighting on a all Black Network isn't bad.

Thats logical and could potentially pay off. If ur trying to appeal to a big demographic who ride trends and anything pop culture, BETs the way to go. Could pay off. Honestly i never thought about it that way with ard fightn on BET, brilliant move by ROC. But im disappointed with him staying at 168 tho.

[sicko]

More Money potentially at 168...it is NOTHING at 175 besides Kovalev and the rest are with Haymon so FOR NOW 168 is best with the hope the GGG moves up eventually.

While he waits you have DeGale ready to fight (If he was serious), you have winner of Jack vs Groves, you have Gilberto Ramirez and Fedor Chudinov on the Rise. None of these guys are signed with Haymon so getting fights with them really shouldn't be a problem at all. Just a matter of who feels ready to challenge WARD

He will get to Light Heavyweight eventually but to do it for 1 fighter to me is not a wise move. Then after him you're stuck right back in the same situation you're in now, waiting for DeGale or somebody like that to "Move Up"

[kafkod]

Ward actually have fights at 168 Chavez degale dirrells stieglz chudiniv ramierez groves jack GGG hoping for fights at 160

Ward doesn't "actually have fights" with any of those guys.

They are all just possible fights. Like GGG vs Cotto, Canelo, Lemieux, Lee, BJS, Quillin and Eubank Jr at 160.

[HI-TECH Boxing]

So Andre staying at 168 doesn't mean he's scared of Kovalev, but if GGG stays at 160, that does mean he's scared of Ward yeah?

Why don't you apply the same standards to both men?

I'm a Kovalev fan, bro. I think Kovalev beats him, but I don't think Ward is scared of him. There might be more opportunities for him at 168, who knows. Regarding the other guy, haters are going to keep hating on GGG. They don't realize that GGG is probably in the best position. GGG is on his way to getting big fights in 2016 at Middleweight. Canelo and Lemieux probably won't happen until next year, unfortunately. GGG doesn't have to move up for anyone, Ward needs GGG not the other way around.

Also like I said Ward is going to have a difficult time getting fights against the other champions at 168.