If Ward retires

[HeroBando]

Guys, Ward is just sending out soundbytes to see if the fight is worth it and has a great demand among fans. He's just seeing if it's worth it or not. If enough people demand it I doubt he's going to retire without a rematch. Stop taking anything he says as written in stone.

Then it's written in stone, he's retiring. Cause obviously there's no great demand among fans for any boxing, much less the kind Ward brings. You don't need silly stunts to figure that one out

[HandsofIron]

Meanwhile Kovalev is *****ing on social media spelling like a 4 year old and Ward is cool and collected. You are a ****ing weirdo just like Kovalev. Ward won kiddo, time to accept it

Hey settle down bruh, you're gonna break your keyboard. Rematch will solve this, it's all good.

[DeLorean]

I've been a fan of Ward since 2009, but I saw him get outboxed by the Russian Kovalev. I had it something like 6-6 but one point extra for Kovalev to make it 114-113 Sergey.

114-113 Kovalev doesn't sound like a clear cut victory ...so how TF is this a "robbery"? ...if it's that close, it's a toss up, can go either way. I saw Ward winning by the same score.

[DeLorean]

I think Joe won more clearly against Hopkins. Ward lost 115-112, those were the correct scores. Ward did well to survive by not getting blasted by jabs and dropped. I would compare it to a rocky type fight if ward did more damage. But his punches did nothing and Kovalev out boxed him for most of the fight.

I would compare it more to pacman-Bradley 1.

Calzaghe/Hopkins could've gone either way.. Joe retired without a rematch.. did that damage his legacy?

[daggum]

Calzaghe/Hopkins could've gone either way.. Joe retired without a rematch.. did that damage his legacy?

yes. his legacy is trash and it was an easy hopkins win. he was the only one landing clean punches. at least in some of these other fights both guys are landing and its more subjective.

[jmrf4435]

"114-113 Kovalev doesn't sound like a clear cut victory ...so how TF is this a "robbery"? ...if it's that close, it's a toss up, can go either way. I saw Ward winning by the same score. "

Both scenarios warrant a rematch. It's also contractual obligation on wards part..............

[DeLorean]

yes. his legacy is trash and it was an easy hopkins win. he was the only one landing clean punches. at least in some of these other fights both guys are landing and its more subjective.

I wouldn't say Joe's legacy is trash.. I mean he has wins over Eubank, Bika, prime Kessler and he ruined a prime Jeff Lacy . .but the Hopkins rematch should've taken place to clear things up. . Andre Ward's resume blows Calzaghe out the water though.

[Elroy The Great]

Has to go down as one of the biggest ducks of all time?

"I've accomplished everything" Most of the boxing world thought you lost the fight of your life. Avenge it and be a champion.

Dan Raphael in his chat last week said about 75% of boxing analysts had it 115-112 for kovalev. The same score I had.

If not a robbery, it's a stain on Wards legacy.

sigh.....how can a guy be a coward if he actually fought the guy ?!?!? cowards would have stayed down. ward got up and made it to the final bell. whether or not you think he won, ward is far from being a coward. one can say his resume is tougher than kovs.

[Elroy The Great]

Hey settle down bruh, you're gonna break your keyboard. Rematch will solve this, it's all good.

it will only solve everything if ward wins again. if kov wins, it doesnt solve a thing.

[j0zef]

If he retires after that fight, having signed the rematch clause, he will go out as a loser and one of the biggest ducks of all time.