Comments Thread For: Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev Rematch Finalized - June 17, Mandalay Bay

[The plunger man]

Respect to andre ward for honouring his rematch ....i must admit i was prety sure he was gonna hang them up :-)
Boxing has been on fire this year and looks like its gonna continue .....WAR BOXING 2017

[Progrssive_Jedi]

Great Integrity Inside and outside the Ring, Pfft

I get the build up and all, but don't lie.

Ward does not have great integrity inside or outside the ring.

He's a fake azz fraud both inside and outside.

Inside the ring he is the dirtiest fighter we have today with nonstop fouling and other bs. If a nonAmerican got away with the shiiiit Ward did, we'd hear cry of racism all day.

His opponents get warnings for doing a fraction of the rough housing he does.

Ward starts with an advantage in the sense he is allowed to cheat. He's a dirtbag in the ring. Period.

Outside he lies and makes up petty names when smaller fighters won't fight him when he's ready, at his weight, and at whatever split he wants.

Did I say he lies: I can't make 168 anymore, 175 is hard.

Wait, I can make 168 now that GGG didn't KO Danny.

No concessions though.

If this dirtbag wasn't allowed to cheat he'd be an average fighter.

[GGG Gloveking]

Oakland or Barclays/MSG seem the best to maximize revenue given that neither guy is a huge draw.

Youre right, neither has much market. I do think the fight would do well in NY, especially with the large Russian population there. I think NY would do better than Oakland. Not trying to knock Ward, and not comparing Kovalev to Smith or anyone, but Andre seems to have trouble selling out the Oracle.

Bottom line is I'm happy to hear the good news. Hopefully this fight will be a better boxing match than last. BOTH men were clinching too much last time

[Verus]

Props to Ward for signing so quickly! Now we will see what's what. For the haters out there, please put up more clever posts. Rehashing the same old Canards is not worthy of a fight of this magnitude.

[The Big Dunn]

Youre right, neither has much market. I do think the fight would do well in NY, especially with the large Russian population there. I think NY would do better than Oakland. Not trying to knock Ward, and not comparing Kovalev to Smith or anyone, but Andre seems to have trouble selling out the Oracle.

Bottom line is I'm happy to hear the good news. Hopefully this fight will be a better boxing match than last. BOTH men were clinching too much last time

Yeah NYC might be the best place. I'm just glad we are getting the fight.

I had Kov winning 114-113. I am pulling for Ward to win the rematch.

[bigjer88]

Yeah. I mean normal people always honour their contracts. Ward rarely does, so credit to him.

Hilarious. Respect.

[djtmal]

cool i got kovalev in the rematch...ward looked kinda shaky @ 175...

[future hendrixx]

alright.....


who were the ones there were so adamant that ward wasnt gonna do the rematch?

give him his dues already

haven't you heard? ward was "forced" into this rematch. deep down he didn't want it but had no choice.. that's the narrative from the same ppl who said he was scared. "dues" is something they'll never give ward. the hatred stems from ward pulling ggg's hoe card.

[whatismyname]

Hell yeah ... Ward by beeing in a class of his own

[future hendrixx]

In order to honor a rematch clause u have to take the huge risk to begin with and agree to a rematch clause. It's laughable the way u guys try make ward out to be something he's not. Like honestly do people really think he's scared? The guy has a huge ego and has crszy confidence. Instead of trying to make ward out to be something he's not how about pressuring ur fighter ggg into tsking a major risk something he's yet to do in his career that is on the back end

he beat jacobs who weighed 230 lbs fight night.. isn't that a risk?