Comments Thread For: Andre Ward Hints at Comeback? At Higher Weight?

[HI-TECH Boxing]

There is not point in Usyk fighting Ward. He won't get any credit. You even have people admitting it in this thread.
There are bigger fights for Usyk if he were to win the Cruiserweight tournament.
Usyk has already said he is moving up to Heavyweight. I want to see that! I want to see Usyk challenge these bigger fighters.
Tony Bellew has expressed some interest in facing Usyk if he wins. Usyk-Bellew is a bigger fight in the UK than a Ward fight in the USA.
Almost every fight at Heavyweight would be a bigger fight than a Ward fight. Joshua, Wilder, Fury, and Parker fights will all be bigger. There are also some interesting prospects coming up at Heavyweight. That is the division Usyk should be in after the tournament. Only Bellew at Cruiserweight will make for a huge fight.

Usyk is extremely popular in the Ukraine, by the way. For those saying he doesn't draw in the Ukraine. That's laughable. He appears on the news, TV in general, and he has even appeared in films.
Usyk just doesn't mind traveling. I think he should be smarter about traveling to certain locations though.

As for Ward, if he wants to compete at Heavyweight, I would target Wilder. Wilder is easier to control.
But then Wilder would be in the same situation as Usyk.
A no win situation, so why should he take it?
Wilder already gets a ton of criticism as it is.

Honestly unless he actually announces his comeback this is just more of a tease.

[j.razor]

Ohhh no, Joshua better protect his nuts. SOJ is coming. Usyk schools him easy.

GTFOH. usyk cant even school his sparring partner.

[j.razor]

The quality of discourse around here is as good as always, I see. Many of you guys sound like a bunch of shrewish old women arguing over who's son-in-law makes more money.

On topic, Ward can win a HW title in the same way that Roy did; pick the weakest HW with a belt and land enough punches to win the fight while avoiding the return fire. It ain't rocket science.

For them to try and fight Joshua would be going Roy one better and I could see Ward wanting to best Roy. Folks probably told the Wright brothers they were crazy, too. If Team Ward thinks they can do it, it's his ass that takes the beating if they are wrong. It's a dare-to-be-great scenario and I love those. I'd pay the hundred bucks for a PPV.

I agree. I'm in for the 100 bucks too.

[Simurgh]

I hope he doesn't do that. He had an ATG career, going to HW would ruin it.

[j.razor]

Ward would have his day ruined by Usyk, if that fight came to fruition...

Wishful thinking from you.

[j.razor]

ward needed a "tune up" before fighting ggg while ggg was slated to fight the cotto-canelo winner next yet ward wanted him to delay that fight and sign a 2 fight contract to fight him.....kidding me? why did ward need another tune up when he had just fought paul smith? that was publicity and nothing more. if he wanted to fight he would have offered to fight when they were both available. he did not. its like trump and the birthers. you will believe anything regardless of the facts.

You got the person backwards....

[j.razor]

ward a great fighter lmao. he can't box for sh-it. kovalev outboxed him across 2 fights. jab jab jab all night with no answer but holding and low blows. how is that great? he just doesn't have it. he has judges and refs on his side but thats it. even kessler had him holding and headbutting nonstop. these aren't the slickest fighters he is fighting either and yet he can't even box without holding every 5 seconds? what a disgrace. why do you like cheaters and frauds? they should be called out not praised. dont be a fanboy. hes bad for boxing. you are just suffering from the backfire effect so you are doubling down on your defensiveness and crybabyness. you know hes garbage

Its 2018 & you can keep riding with the losers.

[j.razor]

How fast do you need to run from somebody who wants to fight you "sometime next year, after a couple more tune-ups"?

I think you need to ask lil g & his team on why they didn't want the fight BUT you know the answer to that....it would of been a spanking that's why.

[j.razor]

the only coWARD here is ward. Fighting dirty on PEDs cheating and having refs and judges in his pocket. Only coWards and cheats stay in locally, NEVER FORGET THAT!!!

Ward beat all your boys....LOL....NEVER FORGET THAT!!!

[Manboyeatme]

Why

Why doesnt ward get credit for testing himself and taking the big risk?

We're consistently asking fighters to fight the fight and test themselves. Here ward is doing something no one else thinks is possible and hes being called a joke.

He's actually reaching for greatness. Why not be excited to see someone go for it?