Comments Thread For: Andre Ward Announces His Retirement From Boxing

[iamboxing]

Great news for boxing fans.

[Motofan]

If true enjoy your retirement champ.

[megas30]

This is all posturing for more money in a third fight with Kovalev.

[doom_specialist]

Congrats, Champ. I wish you could see all of these people whining about you lol

[j.razor]

I'm sure he'll get in as well maybe not right away. The HOF lost credibility when they let Gatti in.

Gatti wasn't an elite fighter but he is a H.O.F.

[joseph5620]

Good career but not a HOF.

You're a moron if you believe that.

[Boxing Logic]

This could do amazing things for the 175 division. Kovalev-Shabbransky should be for one or two belts now, and the Beterbiev fight should be for another one, also Bivol's fight. Then Stevenson, Kovalev, Bivol, and Beterbiev can fight to unify the division, which is exactly what was supposed to happen had Kovalev not gotten robbed. It can be like Ward and the corrupt robberies of Kovalev never happened, and all the fights that were going to be for championships, like Kovalev-Stevenson, Beterbiev, Bivol, etc, can be once again. Not for all the belts at once yet, probably, but that's a small set back. As long as the fights happen, the biggest "home team" protected fighter in the division is gone, so maybe, with there no longer being an establishment protected fighter left in the division, the boxing establishment can just let the fights happen without corruption for once, and we can actually have a division king determined without corruption for once.

That would have never been possible with Ward in the division, because he would always be protected. Haymon might still buy off the judges for Stevenson, potentially, but Stevenson is not a huge holder anyway, at least not yet. Put him in the ring with Kovalev and you never know... but other than that, I mean, this is just amazing for the division. If Stevenson can have one belt, Beterbiev can win another, Kovalev can win another, and Bivol can win another, that is the epic "four Kings" unification of giant punchers we've been hoping for the whole time, we just didn't know about Bivol yet, but before it was three punching kings...

Ward just gave boxing a second chance not to **** this up. It's already way later than it should have been, so I'm not saying it can truly be made up for since Kovalev and Stevenson both seem past prime and Beterbiev is reaching that age too, but it is a second chance to at least make something good out of their **** up of never making Kovalev-Stevenson or Stevenson-Beterbiev.

And I forgot Gvozdyk too. So there are five big punchers right at the top of the division. And Badou Jack at #6, Barrera at #7, Joe Smith at #8. This could really be an amazing year for 175 if these guys actually fight each other now. Please!!!!

[Scipio2009]

Well, that sucks

Didn't think that Andre Ward was going to be too long for the sport, but did figure that he had at least two more fights in him (the Stevenson fight and at least one more fight at as big as he could get, whether it be against Bellew or Joshua).

33 is definitely late to walk away and come back.

Here comes the broadcasting gig, I guess; Teddy Atlas, Joe Tessitore, and Andre Ward seem to be a natural three-man team for ESPN.

[Pigeons]

TBRB and Boxing Scene will have Crawford #1 P4P.
RING and ESPN will have Golovkin #1 P4P.

[Vlad_]

So Adonis doesn't get Ward OR Kovalev. WTH is he doing?

He is #1 at LHW, haha SMFH!

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