Sullivan Barrera offered Ward fight

[El-blanco]

I'll believe it when he's in the ring. The only thing I can take his word for is filing a lawsuit.

[Chollo Vista]

he just fought paul smith so that would be the low, barrera would be a good middle fight. lets hope ward takes it and no cheating

Sure, but how long ago was the Smith fight? In a perfect world, Ward-SB would take place in March, which is 9 months after the Smith fight. Ward has fought twice in the last 3 1/2 years.

I would say:

March - Ward vs Cornelius White/Cedric Agnew

August - Ward vs Issac Chilemba/ S. Berrera

Nov - Ward vs Beterbiev

Feb 17 - Ward vs Kovalev

Along those lines. Let the man get properly warmed up

[Guest]

Proves HBO's pressure for him to step up is finally paying off. Lampley even bad mouthed Ward on the last two episodes of 'The Fight Game'.

does andre ward know about this? another injury coming up

He knows to get back on HBO they demanded a higher level of comp.
He knows they aren't gonna pay for a Paul Smith.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

He knows to get back on HBO they demanded a higher level of comp.
He knows they aren't gonna pay for a Paul Smith.

didnt he already try to fight a couple of bums and the comissions told em no lol.

[Larry the boss]

cool............

[LA_2_Vegas]

Sure, but how long ago was the Smith fight? In a perfect world, Ward-SB would take place in March, which is 9 months after the Smith fight. Ward has fought twice in the last 3 1/2 years.

I would say:

March - Ward vs Cornelius White/Cedric Agnew

August - Ward vs Issac Chilemba/ S. Berrera

Nov - Ward vs Beterbiev

Feb 17 - Ward vs Kovalev

Along those lines. Let the man get properly warmed up

Yeah but isn't that why they might need to put a rush on things - he hasn't fought 4 fights in a calender year since 2009. He might have an injury flare up and then things get derailed for him again.

[Chollo Vista]

Yeah but isn't that why they might need to put a rush on things - he hasn't fought 4 fights in a calender year since 2009.

Sure, put a rush on things, but not in the manner that we don't see Kov-Ward. It should be a calculated rush that will "prepare" Ward for the Kovalev test, not get him beat before he steps in the ring against Kov.

Kirkland, Gamboa, and Dirrel were all rushed to big fights to fast, after lengthy absences, IMO. Although S. Barrera isn't the top LHVWT, I think he can clip Ward and throw a wrench in the big plans. But if he wins, it won't be because he's the better fighter, it'd be because there was not enough oil in the engine.

[Guest]

didnt he already try to fight a couple of bums and the comissions told em no lol.

Yeah, HBO declined a couple of his choices in the past.

They will show the fight as long as he's fighting someone decent, they don't even have to be great or anything.

Actually, HBO too is guilty of some mismatches. Who was that one bum Kovalev fought. That guy was awful.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Yeah, HBO declined a couple of his choices in the past.

They will show the fight as long as he's fighting someone decent, they don't even have to be great or anything.

Actually, HBO too is guilty of some mismatches. Who was that one bum Kovalev fought. That guy was awful.

bernard hopkins? lol naw but yeah some arab dude or something like that idk.

[MASTER OF you]

I think andre ward just injured his other knee.