Andre Ward vs Azea Augustuma?

[Hougigo]

Then definitely not 2m for the likes of Dunn, Periban, or this guy Azea. And that's not how you build up the unlikely PPV. Ward's gotta be willing to take some mild risks on the way to that Kov PPV.

Meh, he might.... might not. I think he's more willing to though, especially Roc, because if not he's back on BET.

But then again, he might not and turn on everything because he's so prideful

[mathed]

This isn't 2006, times are tough and if Ward wants to be on HBO, he is going to have to take risks, risks that HBO agrees with, Otherwise, stay on BET.

[Jubei]

Is Wards plan to cash out on 2-3 bums and when the Kovalev fight is looming he will suddenly retire or try to sue Roc Nation?

[SlySlickSmooth]

Ward needs to get in the ring period.

How many fights did he have at age 28? 1 fight.
Age 29? 1 fight.
Age 30? 0 fights.
Age 31? 1 fight.

Andre Ward being a Bay Area native, I want to support this guy but damn man just get a fight.

[ИATAS]

vs who???????

Pretty sure it's the name John Travolta was saying at the Grammy's

[Santa_]

And some people have the nerve to call him #2 P4P fighter in the world

[-Kev-]

Golovkin fights 4x a year and has been facing the very best in his division.

Ward had his tune up already in Paul Smith and has done nothing of worth in years.

Situations are totally different, but you know that already, don't you?

The very best in his division are terrible. They are on par with Paul Smith and Azea Augustuma.

[HeroBando]

The very best in his division are terrible. They are on par with Paul Smith and Azea Augustuma.

They're not man. MW also ran Murray probably beats #1 SMW AA on neutral ground. What's Smith's best win? He doesnt a Euro level one, but he's got some blowout losses to UK prospects.

[Barcham]

Two fights year is reasonable, late 2016 or early 2017. What's your preferred timeframe?

One fight before the end of 2015, say on the Cotto undercard, another in Feb 2016, another in July 2016 and Kovalev to end the year. Anything less than that is not acceptable.

His leverage is Kov needs a good opponent. HBO probably don't want to do a Pascal trilogy then Barrera/Gonzalez forever. Also I bet Kov is about to drop his IBF belt because Bieber about to smash Murat and Duva isn't winning that bid.


Or HBO could do that... not like they're paying him out the ass

IBF would give Kovalev at least a year to do his mandatory defense, especially against a Haymon fighter considering Haymon shows no respect at all for the existing titles in the sport. So by the time Beterbiev becomes mandatory and after negotiations are attempted and fail, it will be late 2016 before it even goes to bid.

Not to mention that Haymon will probably be spending quite a bit of 2016 in court dealing with the various lawsuits.

[-Kev-]

They're not man. MW also ran Murray probably beats #1 SMW AA on neutral ground. What's Smith's best win? He doesnt a Euro level one, but he's got some blowout losses to UK prospects.

I've already said I give him Murray as a good win. Every one else was a poor win. Paul Smith vs Marco Anotnio Rubio would probably be a 50-50 fight. Adama, Proksa, Rosado, Ishida, Stevens, none of these guys are any better than Smith or Ausgustuma.