Who's to blame for the low turnout to Ward-Barrera?

[Eff Pandas]

I kept hearing by Cali boxing people that they thought some Too Short 30 year concert thing in Oakland was gonna hurt the draw for this fight. But I think that took place at a 3k capacity venue so idk wtf they were talking about.

Ward just isn't an exciting fighter, he's a humble rather quiet mundane guy & there is a ton of **** to do in Cali on any given night so Ward selling out is gonna require some crazy **** going down. Why he's even loyal to Oakland makes no sense to me. He should adopt some random town in Kentucky & try to get some sort of Crawford in Omaha following. I don't think he's ever gonna be killing it in Cali. He's just not that guy.

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

Ward is the walking embodiment of the contrary.....people say we dont like mayweather because he flashes money, he is ****y blah blah.....Ward is humble work hard, just like floyd complete opposite personality

people cant relate to fighter who doesnt score kos and still makes it look easy

people will watch someone they hate to see them lose...Ward is too nice of a guy not to seem foolish hating lol

yep, they have tried to make him into this bad guy and it didn't work

[therealpugilist]

yep, they have tried to make him into this bad guy and it didn't work

he run doe, he clinch doe, he a diva doe.... im not fighting at 164 if I work hard AF to get to 168...who would

where was all the holding and running vs Barrera....there was like 2 head buts and most the clinches were initiated by Barrera


they really have no ammo to crap on ward...he is too good of a fighter, person, and his resume is unquestionable

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

he run doe, he clinch doe, he a diva doe.... im not fighting at 164 if I work hard AF to get to 168...who would

where was all the holding and running vs Barrera....there was like 2 head buts and most the clinches were initiated by Barrera


they really have no ammo to crap on ward...he is too good of a fighter, person, and his resume is unquestionable

right that was beautiful boxing and he was right in front of him the whole time!! in the pocket, slipping, etc it was beautiful and he wasn't fighting some slouch either. I saw a poster say his next fight should be vs an elite fighter in the division, I say he needs another tune up vs a decent opponent then kov.

[therealpugilist]

right that was beautiful boxing and he was right in front of him the whole time!! in the pocket, slipping, etc it was beautiful and he wasn't fighting some slouch either. I saw a poster say his next fight should be vs an elite fighter in the division, I say he needs another tune up vs a decent opponent then kov.

Kovalev is the only guy who stands out at 175.....Stevenson aint happeneing


I'd like to see him in versus Beterbiev....he beat Kov in the amatuers and is ranked in the top ten

all the other guys are Stevenson or Kov leftovers

no one will prepare him for Kov out of this crop of 175ers but any top ten guy or even top 5 will be fine with me....175 isnt all that deep

[-PBP-]

Bruh...E-40 was at the fight. Hocus Pocus skiddedy skay. Ward bubblin and y'all bammers is playa hatin, ya smell me?

[NEETzsche]

roc nation, like PBC, don't really seem to have much of a "ground game" in the same way that old hands like top rank and GBP do. they just put up the money for events and then don't seem to actually do any promotion

[Superbee]

An Anti-Showman-Ward against a Jerboa-Charisma-Level-Kovalev... They might need some pole dancers to ****e this one...

[Wizardsh]

I like Andre Ward but to the casual fan he isn't exciting to watch and he isn't a trash talker so he doesn't drum up anticipation before a fight either. The result is what you saw Saturday night - arena at 50% capacity.

It's better this way you don't want getto trash Larrys supporting him

[Æthelstan]

Ward is boring

Not fun to watch.. people fall asleep