As a Ward fan if he doesnt rematch Kovalev then he tarnishes his career

[boliodogs]

He may be completely at peace with retiring to a rewarding career as a broadcaster. Still he is not that old and in his late prime. He is younger than Kovalev. For him to deny Kovalev a return match will leave a bad taste with many of today's fans who know the situation. Even 20 years from now some fans will still think he chickened out of a rematch.

[iamboxing]

Ward says: ‘There is only one fight left that interests me. A rematch with Kovalev. If it happens the second fight will be more difficult for him than the first.

‘If not, well, I really love broadcasting. I am still in the thick of it all. Mixing with boxers and the fans from the best seat in the house. Without getting punched myself.’


Doesn't sound like leverage. The "if not, well..." bit shows he's not arsed and doesn't care about legacy or reputation.

[A.K]

Larry seeing the light

[Jewish-Reptile]

Man, you don't know nothing, Ward don't have to do **** - **** the rematch because the outcome will be the same. So tired of people here begging for the rematch. So what if it was a close fight, it doesn't mean anything, real fans want to see their favorite fighter to look for new challenges. Ward already got the win in the resume, he doesn't need a rematch

Most of the fans predicted Ward UD and that's exactly what happened, so there's no reason to watch it again

Whilst I'm completely inclined to agree with everything you wrote I believe Ward would win by an even wider margin next out and I feel that would bring closure and slam the door shut on everyone who was emotionally vested in an outcome favouring Kovalev.

[Jewish-Reptile]

Ward says: ‘There is only one fight left that interests me. A rematch with Kovalev. If it happens the second fight will be more difficult for him than the first.

‘If not, well, I really love broadcasting. I am still in the thick of it all. Mixing with boxers and the fans from the best seat in the house. Without getting punched myself.’


Doesn't sound like leverage. The "if not, well..." bit shows he's not arsed and doesn't care about legacy or reputation.

He most certainly does care about legacy and reputation, this is exactly why he took issue with GGG calling him out whilst he was attempting to contractually free himself, he demanded he stop using his name if he had no intentions of facing him,which you guessed it Golden Goose Gennady don't hola so loud no more.

[bambam182]

Does that mean, thanks for the lesson sir? Don't let me catch you making the same mistake again, dip****

uhhhhh your lack of intelligence is mind boggling.

btw, you know krusher and pac were both schooled? by ward and money may AHAHHAHAH

[bambam182]

pac-roid got schooled the krusher didn't it was a very close fight that many thought Ward lost you ****riding for Ward hard

**** riding? says the guy who says krusher won when he lost HAHAHA.

****** pathetic fool.

[Jewish-Reptile]

Agreed wonhundred!

Its a ****storm Larry. This is Ward's cashout fight but its not bringing in the numbers to pay him what he wants. I understand his perspective but it sucks to be a fan and think that this fight doesn't happen.

It will happen but Kovalev may have to take less than last time for Ward to get the number he wants which last I checked was 5m, I don't see both reaching the numbers they got last time and it may be best for Ward to beat Beterbiev on a Canadian show cast before a rematch to generate bigger numbers down the stretch for a Kovalev rematch. Beterbiev vs Ward as a PPV in Canada may increase interest for an American PPV rematch. Ward will likely get 5m again, I don't believe he will in an immediate rematch not even with Kovalev forfeiting a large portion of his cut last out.

Let's not confuse things, Ward will only fight for what he feels is his worth. He took 18 months of his career out to break free of a contract he felt did not pay him his worth, ultimately he failed but it shows you the lengths upon which he will go to to get what he feels is just. Ward is slowly becoming an anti hero, that type of fan base f@gots tune in to hope you lose, with talk like this all I believe he is dohng is alienating them further, it's all psychological but I'm of the belief this is more a message to Kovalev than the fans.

Larry should know better than to post this stuff, for me he is one of the posters I hold in high regard on this site and their is some typical fan boy shyt here without really having read between the lines.

[Jewish-Reptile]

uhhhhh your lack of intelligence is mind boggling.

btw, you know krusher and pac were both schooled? by ward and money may AHAHHAHAH

I wouldn't say Ward schooled Krusher but I feel he certainly toyed with him after the fifth round, he certainly figured him out, or at least Virgil did, Ward just implemented his will stronger when the fight started to move into the tough stages.

So I guess their is a little substance to what you're saying but come on those rounds were exceptionally tight, ones I scored to Ward but my definition of schooling i believe differs from your own.

BTW I scored the fight to Ward, I was not particularly rooting for anyone rather than a clear out an out winner I could parade and cherish as a pound for pound numero uno, I'm a huge fan of both, I believe a rematch would be a wider decision to Ward and would be welcome as to establish without doubt who the number one in the sport is. Make no bones about it, had Kovalev have won that fight we'd have heard nothing since except Kovalev is the best in the sport, because he lost Ward isn't and it's still the Nicaraguan midget, go figure.

Just because Dan Rafael says something don't mean it's true, that guy should pay more attention to sugar and salt content of what he's gorging on as opposed to claiming to know how to score fights, I know you're reading this Dan, you fat simple fück you can't block me on here. Same goes for Max Kellerman too, you wanna learn how to score a fight go become a judge, all these half witted morons who let the commentary team determine who's won he fight for them because they're too fückin lazy to score a fight themselves with a pencil and paper.

[Bravado]

No different than what I've said in the past, can't knock Ward or anyone from retiring from this brutal sport. If his mind ain't in it, why would I want to see him?

See, this is a perspective of a true fan. The OP, has an arrogant take on Andre. I felt that he would beat Sergey and i knew that he wouldn't get credit for his win and he really didn't. Boxing aint Basketball or Baseball where you can just play and play past your prime and its all good. These are people literally putting their health on the line for us and if you're a fan you'd accept his wishes instead of marginalizing him as if your desire for him to box should be greater than his own.