Comments Thread For: Andre Ward-Sullivan Barrera Agreement Reached For March 26

[elgu]

Yes!!! Finally!!! Now he is one step closer to Kovalev ending his career and this diva leaves the sport.

[New England]

some people on this site are ******ed...Ward is one of the few guys that didnt need a blind judge in his pocket...not ever


Give the man his props and move on...Do you understand whats been up with the Ward hate the last year and change.....he does everything right in the sport....He stays in shape, is a student of the game, isnt a d!ck or trash others in the media.....I think people are on Wards back because they are in doubt of a fighter that they like having a good chance to beat him....thats the only thing I can think of

i do assign a measure of blame to ward for his contract mess with goossen. so if people want to get on him in that regard for his inacitivity i can see where they are coming from IF they're talking about his contract issues. goossen got ward fights at home until the final of the SS, which he got on neutral ground. 2 million to fight edwin rodriguez. i really think ward had a godo thing going with goossen, and at the very least he shouldn't have extended in '12 if he didn't think goossen was the guy to take him to PPV.

i think somebody got into ward's ear about ppv about two years early. if you're not looking for PPV, goossen money and goossen opponets are a good deal. the time for ward to jump to PPV, or build toward that end or even hold out for it, was the retirement of floyd mayweather.

it's no surprise that lots of these guys have started to talk PPV now that floyd is retired, and manny is shot and close to finished himself.


but that's where the blame on ward stops. lucian bute didn't get by carl froch . ward pulled out of the pavlik fight with a legit injury, and then pavlik lost his mind and retired after talks of rescheduling. hurt his knee recently. had his shoulder completely rebuilt. broke two bones in his hand in the froch fight. DAWSON VOLUNTEERED TO FIGHT AT 168. froch blatantly wanted the rematch in his back yard.

bb-bbut ward doe


the king is back. they'll be kissing the rings, like it or not, on march 26th. then it's time to built toward the most meaningful fight in boxing, ward - kovalev at 175 lbs. and if you crap on that fight you're afraid. that's all there is to it.

[Progrssive_Jedi]

This is a decent fight, if it actually happens. We've heard this fight was made before, only to have Ward come out and say not so fast.

Sulli B is a good step up opponent, but let's not pretend he is resume building.

Some of you expect GGG fans to hate, probably because that's all you guys do.

I think Sulli is a decent test, and it's good, because fighting Unranked SMW was a dumb idea.

Great fight to see how his body adjusts to light heavyweights, somebody from the lil g task force going come along and say barrea a bum now

Only Ward fans call top fighters in any division bums. I know bette, these guys are professionals and to make it to the top of any division, you have to be at least a decent level.

The only reason Ward fans trash MW fighters is because of GGG. Ward is a pretty big dude, once claimed he would be fighting HW. It was always lame he staked his comeback fighting a guy who walked into the ring weighing what the top JRMW weighed.

The GGG v. Ward fight will happen if Ward builds his brand again, because money will talk.

But it will only be brave for GGG to fight such a bigger fighter. Ward chasing the smaller GGG wasn't exactly world shattering.

The same reason I thought Floyd fighting GGG was ******.

finally....now all the inactivity talk can subside....he boring doe

He is boring "doe." It's why he had trouble selling out his last comeback fight in Oakland.

only on NSB(NON STOP B!tching) can a former gold medalist, undefeated former champion get pegged as a ducker, boring etc.

Give me a break, they trash GGG every chance they get.

Ward supposedly steps up to LHW, but attempts to drag an 38 year old Unranked SMW up to 175. The Nevada Commission thought the fight was a step too far.

But GGG is ordered to fight an undefeated Mandatory, who is ranked in the top of his division, and all they do is clown.

Spare me the violin playing, Ward fans act like the dude didn't completely play his own fans.

[New England]

Yes!!! Finally!!! Now he is one step closer to Kovalev ending his career and this diva leaves the sport.

how is andre ward a diva?

he's basically signed up to fight a bigger p4p fighter. both teams and HBO are looking at that fight, on ppv, in late 2016. if he beats kovalev it will be one of the best wins in recent boxing history. and if ward is the guy he used to be, it will be just as good of a win for sergei! the winner may very well be the top p4per in boxing.

how does that guy get called a diva? on what planet does a protected fighter [a diva] take that kind of risk? or even sign up for the super six, which ended the careers of several fighters?

[Progrssive_Jedi]

DAWSON VOLUNTEERED TO FIGHT AT 168. froch blatantly wanted the rematch in his back yard.

That's not what Dawson said.

https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-new...ey-said-no/788

Dawson was so weight drained that he got KO'd during sparring. Ward was unwilling to budge for him.

Let's not forget how Hunter acted when they brought up that they wanted the CW. He went bananas, didn't want fans finding out the truth.

https://*************/watch?v=uQwNn-jrV98

Ward also wanted Floyd at 160. Oh, he was joking doe. Was he?

http://www.craveonline.com/culture/4...FjcXs2g6a1P.99

[bigjavi973]

Whats up NSB Champ!!!

Can somebody please tell me how why and when a class act like Ward gets the hate he does on this forum....fill me in

the kid has skills and has shown he can beat the best...

There you go.

[elgu]

how is andre ward a diva?

he's basically signed up to fight a bigger p4p fighter. both teams and HBO are looking at that fight, on ppv, in late 2016. if he beats kovalev it will be one of the best wins in recent boxing history. and if ward is the guy he used to be, it will be just as good of a win for sergei! the winner may very well be the top p4per in boxing.

how does that guy get called a diva? on what planet does a protected fighter [a diva] take that kind of risk? or even sign up for the super six, which ended the careers of several fighters?

He was a diva when he refused to fight bute. He was a diva when he sued his promoter, who was getting him good money considering hes not a ppv star, and refused to fight. He was a diva when he refused to pick an opponent for the Cotto/Canelo PPV and faked an injury. Need i name more?

[j0zef]

how is andre ward a diva?

he's basically signed up to fight a bigger p4p fighter. both teams and HBO are looking at that fight, on ppv, in late 2016. if he beats kovalev it will be one of the best wins in recent boxing history. and if ward is the guy he used to be, it will be just as good of a win for sergei! the winner may very well be the top p4per in boxing.

how does that guy get called a diva? on what planet does a protected fighter [a diva] take that kind of risk? or even sign up for the super six, which ended the careers of several fighters?

Your points are absolutely valid. Most people call him a diva because of all the Goosen BS (which you mostly agree with), and the fact that he only fought in Oakland. You can't get mad at Froch wanting to fight at home after Ward has been doing the same his whole career.

Plus, until this fight was announced, he (or his team) has been trying to cherry pick absolute garbage for his opponents. This is the first sign that shows Ward still has the drive to be great.

[-Kev-]

Finally. FFS this took long enough.

It was a couple of months. There was just a lot of talk by SB and anti-Ward fans. It made it feel longer.

[Progrssive_Jedi]

how is andre ward a diva?

he's basically signed up to fight a bigger p4p fighter.

Ward is a diva. He is widely known to be one of the hardest guys to negotiate with.

Kov isn't that much bigger than Ward. Not in height, weight, or length.

Ward hides his rehydration weight, which is what fighters do when they want you to believe they are smaller.

Ward last fought at 172, and was largely believed to be at least 185 during that fight. He'll be heavier for Kovalev.

Ward is a legit LHW.

And yes, he did come out as a MW, but Ward looked bad as a MW, he was weight drained. It's why he fought SMW.

This dude wants to fight HW, so he said.

He knows he is bigger than his fans like to pretend he is.