Comments Thread For: Andre Ward-Sullivan Barrera Confirmed For March 26 in Oakland

[aboutfkntime]

he already fought at 172 several times."OMG its crazy ward is gonna fight at 175 !!" lol

Do you mean once ?

And, exactly how many minutes did you give him to adapt to 175 before facing a beast like Kovalev?

Oh, and..... 2 words..... Dominic..... Wade.

hush now

[MrRolltide91]

Ward by tko or ud

[Najuk]

Do you mean once ?

And, exactly how many minutes did you give him to adapt to 175 before facing a beast like Kovalev?

Oh, and..... 2 words..... Dominic..... Wade.

hush now

adapt lol. I can understand when Khan adapts to mw for canelo fight or GGG adapts to 168 but Ward adapting to 175 makes me laugh. Dude fought all his amateur caerrere at 175 , fought lhw champion and beat him and now of sudden he needs to adapt

[Don Pichardo]

Oakland. Thats weak. Even wilder leaves alabama . Come on ward. Why no stub hub

Come on. Oakland is not Alabama. I lived in both. If you don't know one is the sticks the other is a big metropolitan area in the countries most populous state.

[Someone88]

This is a good fight!

[Jubei]

This fight could be interesting if there were neutral judges and a neutral Ref, but that fight is in Wards backyard and they will do everything so Ward can get away with his dirty tricks, headbutts, holding and hitting.

Barrera is still very green, didn't even face one B level fighter yet and in Oakland everything is stacked against him, so Barrera is pretty much screwed if he doesn't knock Ward out.

[Strive 4 Truth]

Dominic Wade is not GGG's mandatory lol. GGG's mando pulled out due to injury. Wade is his inexperienced replacement. Total mismatch.



Barrera was a hell of an amateur and is ranked #1 by the IBF, #8 by the WBC and #6 by the WBA, plus if you ever seen him (doubt it) the boy can fight. Not to mention this is Ward's first go fighting at the LHW limit. Just because YOU never heard of him doesn't make it a cherry pick. Most overused term in NSB.

So you will believe the injury? But then when a fighter you like gets injured or fights someone who gets injured its a fake? Get real man, its not Triple G's fault. What name would have taken that fight on that date? At least Triple G fights. Who has Lara fought again since he lose to Canelo? Has Lara even fought?

[Strive 4 Truth]

Do you mean once ?

And, exactly how many minutes did you give him to adapt to 175 before facing a beast like Kovalev?

Oh, and..... 2 words..... Dominic..... Wade.

hush now

Remember GGG had a mandatory lined up but he supposedly got hurt. At least he was able to make a deal and fight on the date instead of letting it pass by. Sometimes we gotta take what we can get right?

[The Big Dunn]

I was very vocal about how long it took to make this fight. Couldn't understand why a fight like this took so long to make.

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/14750500/andre-ward-schedules-12-round-bout-sullivan-barrera-sergey-kovalev-date-horizon

That fight was supposed to be Ward's first bout of a three-fight deal with HBO. However, because the fight was canceled, Ward's team and HBO have battled over whether the March 26 fight is the first fight of the deal or the second. HBO's position was that March 26 is the second and that the third fight should be the one against Kovalev. Ward's position is that since the November bout did not happen, March 26 should be the first fight, and he should get a second fight, and the accompanying seven-figure payday, before facing Kovalev.

If this is accurate the delay in signing was HBO and Ward arguing over if this fight was the 1st or 2nd in the 3 fight deal. Issue is still not resolved.

I don't know if I've ever seen anything like this.

[IMDAZED]

I was very vocal about how long it took to make this fight. Couldn't understand why a fight like this took so long to make.

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/14750500/andre-ward-schedules-12-round-bout-sullivan-barrera-sergey-kovalev-date-horizon

If this is accurate the delay in signing was HBO and Ward arguing over if this fight was the 1st or 2nd in the 3 fight deal. Issue is still not resolved.

I don't know if I've ever seen anything like this.

Ward did this to himself. Maybe he had no choice but he's getting treated like crap.