Ward fought the best men in his weight class nothing more. That's good but nothing Russians GGG, Kovalev and Loma aren't doing. Ward never fought anyone even a pound heavier than the weight class he was in.When Ward fought Kovalev he was a full light heavyweight who said he could no longer comfortably make 168 and would never fight at 168 again. Ward's last 2 fights before Kovalev were at 175. Ward didn't move up to 175 to dare to be great. He moved up because he had to. He had out grown 168 and was a full light heavyweight who weighed 186 on fight night. Most people thought Kovalev deserved to win the 1st fight with Ward and Ward's KO over Kovalev was a questionable stoppage. Rigo has moved up 8 pounds to fight a great fighter when he can still make 122. Still he looks very lean and strong as hell in recent pictures of him so he won't be giving up much if any muscular weight when he fights Loma. There will be two men in that ring. If Rigo becomes great if he wins then Loma becomes great if he wins. You can't have it so only Rigo can achieve greatness. Your opinion on who is great and who is a B level boxer is just your opinion and not a fact. You get to decide those things for yourself but the rest of us get to decide for ourselves who is great and who is B level etc. I think there will be two great boxers in the ring when Loma fights Rigo. The winner might become a little greater.
Agree with this. Ward gets too much credit for standard stuff. And there's definitely some anti-European sentiments on this forum going on.
So true. It's not all about money, it's champion mentality to want to test yourself against the best. It's a very rare quality today, but was more apparent in the 70s - 90s. I think all this speak of A side, high pay for fighting weak opposition in the 00s ruined boxing.
Yes...they actually fought for Glory in the glory days...
Good post...all I want to know is...who is THE BEST?
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