Comments Thread For: Hunter: Ward Mistreated By Media, HBO - Why Wouldn't He Retire?

[Travycat]

Oh sh *t...this is a real article.

[Mammoth]

Lol "do you appreciate me". Ward doesn't feel loved. What a damn woman.

[skinnystev]

slappin' soggy ain't nothing but a bible ****in malingerer with a history of loosing lawsuit's quit now and let the real light heavyweight champion resurface

[1hourRun]

“Here’s an enthusiastic kid, he used to sing the HBO tunes,” Hunter said. Instead Ward was forced out of his weight class, “So the other guy [Kovalev] can make his name off of your Olympic gold medalist."


“He has options after boxing. He just got over in England on the broadcast team. Love him, treat him well. Here with broadcasting he’s told that ‘you’re an active fighter. You can’t broadcast.’ But I see B-Hop. I see Roy. So what does that say?”

Virgil Hunter slayed these haters!

[Vegemil]

I personally agree with Virgil Hunter. But he seems to forget that every boxer gets hate no matter how humble or skilled they are.

[Scipio2009]

As long as Duva comes with some respect, the rematch happens, Kovalev likely takes another L, and Andre Ward "comes home" to Showtime, for however long he wants to keep on fighting.

If Duva doesn't come right, it is what it is; the rematch clause isn't some indefinite thing.

[The Hammer]

He says 14 pounds? What did he mean by that?

He said he couldn't make 168 anymore, and he has trouble making 175. How was he forced to go up in weight?

I remember HBO got Dawson to go down to 168 to fight Ward, and how badly weight-drained he was since he hadn't fought at that weight in years.

Ward made 5 mil to fight the man Kovalev whose world title were stolen. Kov received only 2 mil.

Ward got a job with HBO, even though he's boring as they come.

He was gifted a robbery win in the Olympics.

Ward had home advantage for ALL his Super Six fight, which enabled him to use illegal tactics such as head butts, arm-clamps, etc.

He's been treated like a king, despite being such a boring feather-fisted boxer. What does he want?

Ward has the biggest ego and the worst feeling of entitlement in all sports.

[Boxing Logic]

I know divas are usually delusional, but this is a whole new level. I guess we know where Ward gets it from now. Virgil never stops to think that if things were set up in Kovalev's favor, why did Ward get the ultimate favor and receive the decision in a fight Ward himself said could have gone either way? If it could have gone either way, and the fix was in for Kovalev, then why didn't it go Kovalev's way?

And now they're saying 175 is a weight class Ward doesn't belong in? Seriously? If he doesn't belong there how come Virgil was saying just six months ago that Ward was, and I muthafllcking quote, a "scaled down light heavyweight" even when he fought at super middleweight, and why did Ward say it was a struggle just to make 175 now? These scared fllcking divas.

KOVALEV GOT THEM SHOOK. Period. I wasn't sure before, thought maybe they were just playing scared to promote the rematch more, but now it's clear, Kovalev got them shook for real. That tells you who they know really won the fight and kicked Ward's ass.

[Boxing Logic]

Virgil Hunter love Dre like a father its evident. I completely agree with Hunter : Andre Ward has been a victim of unprofessional journalism pandering to these ignorant, jealous and insecure casual fans. Sergay Kovalev has only shown unsportsmanlike conduct whilst Andre Ward has taken all the criticism despite claiming victory in a classic heroic career defining performance that merits high praise, not this.

Boxing needs Andre Ward.

Nah man you shouldn't be giving analysis if you can't be honest with yourself first. You have Deontay Wilder the biggest ducker in boxing as your avatar, so you clearly have a bias towards black fighters, just like Virgil is biased towards Ward, which explains why both of you are completely delusional on this topic while emotionally removed people like me can see reality for what it is. You call that a career defining heroic performance when in reality he got dominated the first two rounds when he tried to box, so from then on he just held and headbutted and fouled and still couldn't land one decent head shot until about the 10th round, outside of about 1 good jab per round.

It was anything but heroic, about 80% of both fans AND media feel he lost the fight according to every poll that has been taken.

Oh, and Ward signed a contract that if he beat Kovalev, he would give Kovalev a rematch, as part of the agreement for Kovalev risking his 3 belts to Ward when he wasn't mandated to. Kovalev gave Ward a great percentage split, and a shot at three belts, when he didn't have to, and in exchange Ward agreed to give him a rematch if Ward won.

So I'm going to ask you back in reality, would you and Virgil say Ward is exempt from contracts he signs? Is that a race thing too? First he wouldn't cooperate with a contract a judge found valid three different times, but Ward still didn't abide by it, and now he won't cooperate with a contract he signed with Kovalev. Is that a race thing too? Please enlighten us.

Oh and just in case you, Virgil's, and Ward's delusional view of this situation hadn't already been ethered by what I just wrote, I'll do it one more time with one last point. Wasn't it Virgil Hunter himself who was saying before the Kovalev fight that Ward had gotten such a good deal compared to Kovalev, and it wasn't fair to Kovalev that Ward was making way more money than him? Well, Kovalev gave him that contract in exchange for the rematch clause, but now Ward is trying to back out again, apparently. These guys are the biggest hypocrites I've ever seen in boxing, even worse than some of the other ones of recent memory. Just unbelievable. These guys are either bold faced liars, or they actually believe this crap because they're that delusional and self-absorbed in their own fantasy land. I'm not sure which is worse, but they are making themselves look completely fllcking ridiculous and that's not a lie.

[aboutfkntime]

Shortly after Andre Ward's close unanimous decision victory over Sergey Kovalev, Ward voiced that he might retire before granting the Russian puncher a rematch - a statement that surprised many who simply saw the statement as hard-balled negotiations.

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you culprits know who you are.....

just give Ward a quick blowie..... then suck on a minty to wash away the taste..... and then admit that you were wrong..... so we can get on with the rematch