Comments Thread For: Andre Ward-Alexander Brand: Kenny Bayless as Third Man

[SugarRaRobinson]

I don't expect Ward to fight any truly top notch fighters before facing Kovalev, but why not face those who made Kov work? Old man Hopkins- who took him the full 12, Agnew-who actually took Kovalev to round 7. How about Cleverly or Boone or Simakov, who also took him to 7? At least these guys actually fight @ LHW and have more name recognition than Ward's last & next opponent. Only Hopkins would be expensive.

Ward is clearly not using Kov as his gauge , u are .

[BrometheusBob.]

Why would he decide not to be on one of the biggest shows of the year?

I'm not saying he should've I'm saying it ultimately comes down to him whether or not he fights competition of quality, and for whatever reasons there may be, he's fighting another massively overmatched opponent.

[The plunger man]

Great. Everyone gets to take a quick nap before the main event.

Beercules ur a legend on the forum loll

[SUBZER0ED]

Hopkins? Lol....Hopkins has stated several times that he'd never face Andre Ward and that fight wouldn't go on the undercard of Cotto-Canelo which is the crux of my argument. Also rules out Cleverly since he just fought. Ward has already beaten Boone and isn't Simakov the guy who DIED?


Agnew isn't any better or worse than Brand from what I can see. So it's like....who cares? It's not as if people were going to be creaming had he chose Agnew.

Yeah, I corrected that about Simakov. I also acknowledged that Hopkins would be too expensive.


At least Agnew is an actual LHW & took Kovalev to 7. My point is from a marketing standpoint, it would be better for Ward to face and defeat some of the same guys that gave Kovalev some work. It also wouldn't hurt to actually have some competition before facing the champ. Instead, he's fighting underweight bums. Face it, he's playing it safe & then expects to catapult to a title fight with Kovalev. He's only hurting himself fighting these cans, as Kovalev is much above these guys. If Ward stays on this path, he will be ill prepared for Sergey and will get Krushed.

[The plunger man]

Where did I mention GGG? You said Ward was top p4p and I pointed out that his resume these past 4 years is mediocre. Maybe you, like jerk diggler, is measuringcurrent p4p status based on entire careers. That's ok albeit odd. If Hagler chose to return you guys would have to put him in the top 3 p4p at once.

When I thought ward was fighting a guy called brand....I thought it was Russell Brand mind you he would probably give up a better show than Alexander come to think of it. Lol.... as for dirty jerk diggler...I've told him not to sully my country with his name ..

[SugarRaRobinson]

Beercules ur a legend on the forum loll

A legend for regurgitating the same stale "Ward Puts me to Sleep" joke that's been used over 10 million times ?

Yeah , ok .

[i'm a fun haver]

Typical f@ggots hitting lightspeed with the damage control lol

"MUH LIL G DOE!"
"HOO HE BEET!"
"MUH RESUME!"

[SUBZER0ED]

Ward is clearly not using Kov as his gauge , u are .

Since the ultimate goal is Kovalev, who is the champion, why would he not be Ward's gauge? Oh I see, because Ward thinks he's better. Andre may have second thoughts when he's marveling at the clever arrangement of the ring's lights...from the canvas.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Yeah, I corrected that about Simakov. I also acknowledged that Hopkins would be too expensive.


At least Agnew is an actual LHW & took Kovalev to 7. My point is from a marketing standpoint, it would be better for Ward to face and defeat some of the same guys that gave Kovalev some work. Instead, he's fighting underweight bums. Face it, he's playing it safe & then expects to catapult to a title fight with Kovalev. He's only hurting himself fighting these cans, as Kovalev is much above these guys. If Ward stays on this path, he will be ill prepared for Sergey and will get Krushed.

Agnew lost to some bum recently I hear so I don't think it makes any difference.

Ward has a fight or two before Kovalev where I think he will have to step up his completion level. This is a special circumstance.

[Mr.Fantastic]

Andre "The Joke" Ward