Comments Thread For: Ward: When You Don't Have Desire, Shouldn't Be in Boxing Ring

[b00g13man]

Am I reading this right people here writing that kov retired him????

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha

That dude is flat out ******ed. He spews some ridiculous stuff.

[Drunken Cat]

This upsets me as a boxing fan, to be an Olympic gold medalist and still have so much left to prove, to just call it a career, does not sit well with me, he talked about moving up to heavyweight or fighting Stevenson, just sad. Not sure how you lose the the desire.

I have a feeling that the answer to your question has to do with the business side of boxing.

It is not like we haven't heard that a billion times before.

Ward was shelved for 2 years of his prime due to the business side of boxing.

He's willing to fight Stevenson or Bellew, but the business side of boxing has not seen those fights come to fruition.

He was seemingly somewhat close to a fight with Bellew, but the business side of boxing is more intent on Bellew-Haye. Ward was just there as a backup prom date to Bellew, in case Haye should behave like a diva as he's want to and cancel the prom appointment due to a mismatch between the color of his dress gown and that of the decor on his limousine.

Also, there are those moneyed interests in boxing which are also happy to see him gone, and I wouldn't be shocked if they even provided him with a retirement gift. (Duva, *cough *cough.)

[kilojay505]

Ward retired on top like a true ATG. The haters will keep the Andre Ward legend alive by constantly talking about him loooooooong after retirement

[aboutfkntime]

and people should care what you said why? you still think ggg ducked ward and have that silly crap in your sig even though its clearly been proven it wasn't a duck. just to go the thread i started for proof. ggg turned down ward! is all you heard. you never stopped to wonder why....just no intellectual curiosity. blinded by fandom

that never happened, and you know it

Golovkin ducked Ward, and you know it

your post..... is why my sig will remain for now

too many clowns running around trying to rewrite history

[aboutfkntime]

Why are you lying to these people?

GGG's Team Turned Down Ward in 36 Minutes

THAT..... is why my sig will remain, for now

[aboutfkntime]

This upsets me as a boxing fan, to be an Olympic gold medalist and still have so much left to prove, to just call it a career, does not sit well with me, he talked about moving up to heavyweight or fighting Stevenson, just sad. Not sure how you lose the the desire.

what has he left to " prove "..... ?

who is your favorite active fighter ?

[Travycat]

He talks about it in interviews, talked about having enough to walk away on MULTIPLE 24/7's, said it after the first Kovalev fight, and you can even google his net worth if all else fails. Educate yourself on all facets of the fighters. It'll take some of the snarky demeanor out of your replies. Have a great weekend, champ!

How would you know?

[Feint First]

Agree with a lot of this. Regarding your second paragraph... Kovalev was that guy for Ward and it turned out Ward was that guy for Kovalev also.

Andre Ward the kung fu disciple of The Master Bernard Hopkins has now retired peacefully after avenging his mentor and master's losses to Chad Dawson and Kovalev by stoppage... does he unretire for big daddy smith?

Andre Ward, multiple division champion and Olympic gold.

Props to a great talent.

Agreed. He joins the pantheon of greatest 160-175 fighters of the last quarter century.

Roy Jones Jr.
James Toney
Bernard Hopkins
Andre Ward

[rickJen]

I laud Ward for it.
Part-time boxers should do the same and retire.

[jdp28tx]

He talks about it in interviews, talked about having enough to walk away on MULTIPLE 24/7's, said it after the first Kovalev fight, and you can even google his net worth if all else fails. Educate yourself on all facets of the fighters. It'll take some of the snarky demeanor out of your replies. Have a great weekend, champ!

Watching an episode of 24/7 is not educating yourself. Plus do u expect him to brag about how broke he is or how his investments lost money? Googling net worth is bull**** because no one has access to his tax returns.