Counting Down to Andre Ward's Inevitable Takeover of the Sport of Boxing

[MRBOOMER]

Let's be honest we all know Andre Ward is the best fighter in the sport of boxing. Ward was #1 pound for pound in the eyes of most before his legal dispute. Of course Floyd has the longetivity but a 38 year old Floyd wouldn't beat Andre Ward head to head if they were the same size. When you breakdown SOG:

Andre Ward is the most complete fighter in the sport of boxing. He can attack from all ranges and is defensively responsible at all times

Andre Ward is a master of distance. He is always too close to you or too far away from you to be able to land cleanly.

Andre Ward is an intelligent fighter. He makes in fight adjustments, takes away your best weapon and knows how to bait you into traps.

Andre Ward is battle tested. With wins over Froch, Kessler, Abraham, Dawson, Bika and Rodriguez. His resume is a whose who of the ranked contenders at one point in time.


The only thing that has held Ward back is injuries and legal disputes. His detractors have used outside of the ring drama in an attempt to create a false reality that he doesn't exist. The only arguments against Ward are:

He's boring I don't want to see him fight

He's inactive

He doesn't sell tickets

He's smug and I hate him


None of which has to do with boxing. With that said, brace yourself for the takeover of the next pound for pound boxing sensation. The rise to the top begins now!!! Feelings will be hurt, excuses will be made and dreams will be torched.

Yeah that's all great and fine but what's his it factor. Clouds record and villain personality was his mannys aggressive style and people champion image is his.

Ward holds 100 times a fight. Isn't a dynamic puncher isn't overalls fast and doesn't have an overly appealing personality for casuals to latch on to. We know what he's like and think he's a cool dude but casuals don't watch all the interviews and read the articles that we do so there's nothing to appeal to them.

I think wilder will carry the sport if he keeps winning,stopping and eventually beats a above average opponent. People will ****. Lord help everyone on this site if he beats wald and American heavy weight with all the belts 0.o

[b00g13man]

Great thread as always.

Not necessarily.. Nowadays fighters are elected great because of who ducked them as opposed to who they beat.

Looooooool.

Double looooooool.

That's funny because now that Floyd is retired, Ward will have all the racists undivided attention for being #1. And if he fails, the racists will probably jump on hating Terrence Crawford. It's amusing that you actually said this, because it kind of projects your way of thought on who you are going to hate next, or should I say what successful black fighter you are going to hate next. You probably don't notice, or maybe you do, but this post of yours pretty much clarifies your racially motivated way of following boxing or which boxer you criticize.

That's exactly how it goes here unfortunately.

[Mr.Fantastic]

What do you think of posters who root for white or non black fighters? Like Freedom and Mr Fantastic?

Why is it an issue if someone wants to root for some of the best black fighters, but it's okay when others want to be nationalistic and only root for Hispanics, or only root for Whites, or only root for Asians?

And you are wrong, PBP is disgustingly nuthugging Roman Gonzalez, and I personally feel Kovalev is the best fighter right now. Larry has been praising fighters like Pacquiao, Gonzalez, and Inoue. So you are making false claims about Floyd fans suposedly clinging on to Ward as #1.

I'm a fan of the Charlo brothers. I'm a huge fan of Hearns, Whitaker, Foreman, Tyson, and Armstrong. It's funny that if you criticize a couple of black boxers, you're labeled as a true racist.

[Weltschmerz]

You don't take over boxing by fighting nobody.

[Mr.Fantastic]

Yeah that's all great and fine but what's his it factor. Clouds record and villain personality was his mannys aggressive style and people champion image is his.

Ward holds 100 times a fight. Isn't a dynamic puncher isn't overalls fast and doesn't have an overly appealing personality for casuals to latch on to. We know what he's like and think he's a cool dude but casuals don't watch all the interviews and read the articles that we do so there's nothing to appeal to them.

I think wilder will carry the sport if he keeps winning,stopping and eventually beats a above average opponent. People will ****. Lord help everyone on this site if he beats wald and American heavy weight with all the belts 0.o

I would be shocked if he did. I bet there would be fans calling him an ATG for the Wlad win.

[loui_ludwig]

To take over boxing, either you:

-have skills but knows how to sell himself(Mayweather)
-all out action fighter(Pacquiao)

Ward is neither.

[-PBP-]

Why am I not surprised somebody brought up race? Bunch of insecure scumbags.

[bojangles1987]

I hope he at least makes the fights that could enable him to take over boxing. An active Andre Ward is a great thing for the sport no matter how much the scared Golovkin fans pretend he isn't.

And who knows? Maybe Golovkin is better than his fans seem to think and will knock Ward out, and all their worrying will be for nothing.

[bojangles1987]

Yeah that's all great and fine but what's his it factor. Clouds record and villain personality was his mannys aggressive style and people champion image is his.

Ward holds 100 times a fight. Isn't a dynamic puncher isn't overalls fast and doesn't have an overly appealing personality for casuals to latch on to. We know what he's like and think he's a cool dude but casuals don't watch all the interviews and read the articles that we do so there's nothing to appeal to them.

I think wilder will carry the sport if he keeps winning,stopping and eventually beats a above average opponent. People will ****. Lord help everyone on this site if he beats wald and American heavy weight with all the belts 0.o

I can probably guarantee you that Ward has never held 100 times in a fight. Not even once, let alone every fight. Gotta love how people push these narratives no matter how wrong they are.

[Bigg Rigg]

First he needs to forget about Little G, fight Pascal at 175 and then Kovalev. That would be good to see and worthy of p4p greatness.