Why does Ward catch heat for fighting in OAK but crickets when Crawford in Nebraska??

[Feint First]

You even had some haters throwing shade at Ward for fighting Kovalev in his "hometown" of Las Vegas. After Ward/Kovalev 1, Steve Kim implied on his podcast it was unfair the crowd was so pro-Ward LMAO.

It was a nice W for Bud on Saturday and I actually think it's a good thing when fights take place where they draw the largest crowds and generate the most interest/money DUH!

I find the double standards when it comes to Ward amusing.

[mathed]

Crawford arrives and is received like a king in Omaha while the other struggles to draw 6K in the much bigger Oakland.

[Evil_Meat]

Crawford arrives and is received like a king in Omaha while the other struggles to draw 6K in the much bigger Oakland.

Rite durr /thread

[Rudiamonds]

The crowed is crazy ...and Crawford fun to watch

[SilverMiles]

Because Ward is a creep known for cheating and the refs turning a blind eye to it.

While Crawford is a clean fighter that draws very well and doesn't need the help of refs to win

[Scipio2009]

Crawford arrives and is received like a king in Omaha while the other struggles to draw 6K in the much bigger Oakland.

If you honestly think that Ward only put 6k people into the 20k-seat Oracle Arena, you're a fool.

[Scipio2009]

Because the old guard doesn't want Andre Ward to take the mantle from Floyd.

They didn't want Ward winning the Super Six, they definitely didn't like things when Ward insisted on standing on his principles, and they definitely hate the fact that he knocked off Kovalev.

Terrence Crawford is with Top Rank, and he's one of the fighters that Arum wants to see pushed, so the old guard is playing ball.

[have_not]

Terrence Crawford is a real fighter that stops people and produces entertaining fights while ward is a dirty, cheating whiney diva. Easy logic

[elfag]

crawford just unified and stopped the other belt holder in 3 to a massive home crowd.


Ward took 4 years off of his career to fight garbage bin men and ups drivers he dragged up from 160 at the Oak Ridge Middle School gymnasium. And they still only filled half the bleachers.

[Squ□redCircle34]

Crawford has the mentality that if he faces an opponent who was the A side and the paper is at their hometown whether or not it is, he would definitely go to that fighter hometown no problem!

Ward on the other hand, just imagine if AJ, Pacquiao or Floyd was his size in his division....do you really think Ward would move from LA/Cali or nah?