wards 'retirement' is a sham....

[4truth]

I think it's a valid point that Ward "retired" because he does not want to defend his title in the LHW division. Is that his right? Yes, it is but it still makes his retirement a sham. (Sham, noun 1- a thing that is not what it is purported to be.)

Kov did not quit! Weeks capped off his dreadful performance as a referee by stopping the fight for real instead of stopping the fight for Kovalev to recover after being fouled.

That is all...

[Redd Foxx]

so i'm embarassing myself when i say that this is a low blow?


keep in mind that i'm probably the biggest andre ward fan this forum has ever seen.

If you think anyone still believes that after you bashed the guy (because you thought he was going to lose the rematch so you abandoned ship) then yes, you should be embarrassed. But, you don't have the sense to understand why you should be.

[New England]

as usual, you're an idiot. andre ward's a first ballot hall of famer and has a fantastic resume. it's his right to retire, and it's also his right to pick and choose who he fights! until he gets another offer to head back to ppv he is going to stay retired.


i was at the first kovalev fight and i thought kovalev won, the majority of the audience did, but that fight was close and no robbery! and anybody who thinks it was a robbery has no business scoring a boxing match!

the second fight was decided by a series of low blows, and i did think that there were enough low blows to warrant points being taken, but ward had kovalev completely figured out and was beating him pillar to post. there was no question, with or without low blows, who was winning that fight.

You guys just forget or ignore all the other punches beating kovalev up huh.

F#ggot.

[New England]

If you think anyone still believes that after you bashed the guy (because you thought he was going to lose the rematch so you abandoned ship) then yes, you should be embarrassed. But, you don't have the sense to understand why you should be.

i picked ward to win the rematch. go find quotes of me "bashing the guy." and post them here.


and stop being a ***** and tell me this isn't a low blow




you guys understand that you have no leg to stand on and re barking up the last tree on the f#cking planet that you want to bark up, right?

[MDPopescu]

Does Ward have anything else to prove in the sport?

... some actual boxing maybe?...

[TheBigLug]

Does it matter even if that was true?

At the end of the day, imagine he stayed around and beat Bivol and everyone else then retired, there would be someone else coming on the scene that they say he should fight or he's avoiding. You could never retire if you had to stay around and fight every new fighter on the scene.

[Vadrigar.]

#wardruinslives

[MDPopescu]

(...)

a fighter who wants to retire doesnt get on the phone personally to frank buglioni to try and make a fight.

(...)

... Wants to fight Buglioni?... well, there isn't big money for him in the U.S.
... maybe he needs a tune up in order for that Bellew fight in the U.K.

[Joe Beamish]

In today's world, I salute anyone who can call the shots. Be a freelancer. Retire and un-retire as you choose, if you are able to do so.

I suspect Ward will fight again, and I think he will do so on his own terms. I'm not a fan, but I respect him on that level.

[GhostofDempsey]

I suspect he may be pulling a Floyd--retire in your prime and wait out the storm while all of the hungry lions devour one another--then come back and clean up the scraps.