Comments Thread For: Sanchez on Facing Andre Ward With Barrera Instead of Golovkin

[JULIEN44]

GGG lomo and kov live in the US...therefore they are fighting in their own country..enough of that excuse...

I'm not talking about jetlag ...

..GET OVER YOUR ****** YOUTUBE TEACHINGS DUDE

Are you talking about Deontay's Boxing Black Nation ???

[tiliheels]

I'm not talking about jetlag ...



Are you talking about Deontay's Boxing Black Nation ???

no i watch every channel and i already know who has taught u this BS..how are you talkin jetlag when fighters travel weeks sometimes months before fights..

once again how and where di ward win his gold medal? u think he new to this? dude that dude would travel to the uk and whoop froch but froch didnt want to get out of his home city..ward fought froch where??

[JULIEN44]

(1) I never said anything about being P4P #1

That's true. Me too

(2) Save that eastern bloc propaganda for someone who cares. Boxers are boxers. I don't care what country they're from.

I agree mostly but we can see that a lot of them have tremendous power and it is said that power can't be increase, so....

(3) Kovalev is a very good fighter, but I have been told by many people from Slavic countries that he is not the real deal (pointing to his amateur career) and that GGG and Beterbiev are, so I'm not sure what to believe.

That's true, hard to believe but true. At my opinion, eastern european wave only begin... I have great hopes for two of them : Oleksandr Usyk and Dmitry Bivol (Beterbiew also if his shoulder is OK)

[JULIEN44]

once again how and where di ward win his gold medal?

It was in Athens. So what ???

ward fought froch where??

In US Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA (BoxRec). As always...

[The plunger man]

I doubt he gets beat bad if he gets beat at all! That statement alone lets me know your a casual and don't respect the sport or talent! You'll be the main one if Ward wins that will say he ran and held. All Sanchez statements tell me is that they respected Ward all alone and was just to risky to put GGG in the ring with him while in the process of trying to make him a star

Obviously you can't read a sentence where I'm just winding the wardy fans and it's all just to get a bite lol....and low behold all the wards bite when I cast out the writ in the hook.......lil g this lig g that lol.....I think it's good that ward is gonna face a fighter the same size as him instead of calling up a guy two. Divisions below him....canelo is only doing the same as ward .. Lol

[Butch.McRae]

That's true. Me too



I agree mostly but we can see that a lot of them have tremendous power and it is said that power can't be increase, so....



That's true, hard to believe but true. At my opinion, eastern european wave only begin... I have great hopes for two of them : Oleksandr Usyk and Dmitry Bivol (Beterbiew also if his shoulder is OK)

(1) I like Usyk as well (appears to be very good)
(2) Drug testing is a very serious issue in that region of the world (based on recent news coming from RN). I look forward to seeing the development of some comprehensive testing system for all parties involved in the sport of boxing. The US/UK also has a ways to go in this department.
(3) No doubt, I have enjoyed the skill I am seeing come out of the Slavic region, but I would like to point out the differences with the way amateurs and professional ranks work as well. The average age of a Slavic amateur versus and US/UK Amateur is significantly higher. Slavic fighters turn pro much later (on average), and are more prepared to deal with the rigors of the professional ranks (at least physically).
(4) Thus, that "power" you speak of may be somewhat attributed to (1) the lack of any meaningful drug testing, or (2) the age of the fighters when they turn pro and their ability to sustain strength and conditioning because they went pro after their bodies have already "settled".

I think the 2nd proposition is more likely, but number 1 can't be ignored either.

Either way there's no denying the region is making serious noise in boxing right now.

[BlakBread904]

I'm not convinced that the super six tournement victory of Andre Ward is enough to determine that he's pound for pound n°1. That's fairly biaised. It is like he is the last hope of US to defend the tower which is surrounded by more and more eastern european fighters

Remember how he was chilly to go in UK recently to fight Froch. But in the same time GGG, Kovalev, Lomachenko and others are always fighting outside of their country. They always have a disadvantage...

But now that Ward is fighting (trying to fight...) in light-heavyweight, we will have the confirmation or invalidation of his greatness, because in that division there is a lot very good eastern european fighters (Kovalev, Beterbiev, Shabranskyy , Egor Mekhontsev, Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Dmitry Bivol ) . And as his speciality is to fight some non-US fighters in his own backyard in USA, he will have the big choice...

I would be convince only after his fight against Sullivan Barrera. Same for GGG with Canelo... but for Kovalev I'm already convinced.

No one mentioned P4P rankings. I'm not getting into your Eastern Euro comments though. You have an agenda that I'm not interested in exploring.

Andre Ward was the man at 168lb and rightly so. Now it's time for him to make his mark at 175lb, starting vs Barrera. He's a live dog, kinda basic but has good technique and a deep amateur background. This won't be an easy fight, but Ward will be prepared of course. His trainer is an admirer of the Cuban style so both sides might have a trick or two up their sleeve.

[aboutfkntime]

The Andre Ward (28-0, 15KOs) vs. Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12KOs) showdown has been rumored for weeks. It was finally made official on Tuesday when Roc Nation Sports - who promote Ward - sent out a press release complete with ticket information for the March 26th clash that will take place at the Oracle Arena in Ward's hometown of Oakland, California. HBO will televise the fight.

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Really Sanchez, because 2 months ago you said that Ward was irrelevant.

[aboutfkntime]

I wonder if we get to read some comments from wards supporters giving props to Sanchez for giving respect and credit to Andre ward...I doubt that and I'm sure there gonna try and spin it lol

pacstain, where were you when Sanchez called Ward irrelevant ?

Oh right, you were busy playing with your new golovkin doll.

#asshat

[aboutfkntime]

I understand but the mere fact that all belt holders at 160 (and top contenders) duck him shows that he has already cleaned the 160 division.

Personally, I don't think Andre Ward did the same at 168. He's curiously never been very vocal about fighting a 168 pounds belt holders like DeGale, Badou Jack (or even the Direll brothers).
However, he's a tremendous fighter, the way he fought the bigger Edwin Rodriguez showed his enormous skill set but at my opinion he has not cleaned the 168 division, which is getting better...

He completely cleaned out 168, learn the sport newbie.