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Originally posted by Virgil Caine View PostThe only irony is that Floyd Mayweather is the highest paid athlete of his time (in the years of his top earnings), and his style is not at all entertaining.
Floyd even can't knock people out because he has well documented frail hands. Usually a fighter who can't knock people out isn't even on an undercard slot.
Shows you how much (mis)management has to do with the fortunes of a fighter.
Ward was one of the most mismanaged fighters I have ever seen.
The Super 6 was the perfect platform for him however, and he really benefited from it.
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Yeah the timing tho. He's good at calling out fighters right after they signed for fights (GGG in 2015) but ran from the two main guys at light heavy when they called him out a few weeks ago.
Ward always need to fight a name to get a good gate, couldn't fill a thimble on his own
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Originally posted by Virgil Caine View PostSee, Ward should've acted like Broner.
It's pretty disgusting, but that's what sells, (i.e. Floyd).
It's not just a black thing, by any means.
Look at all the vulgarity in the UFC, targeted toward young white audiences.
Hopefully Ward still did okay.
He made a bit of money with the last couple fights.
Wouldn't be shocked if HBO or someone even paid him a little parting gift to go away, so that Kovalev could have a spotlight again. Why do you think Ward announced his retirement the same day as Kovalev's fight announcement?
Was Ward trying to steal thunder from Kovalev? No, that would be completely ridiculous. I wouldn't doubt it at all if part of Kovalev's fight package included a check to Ward to walk away from the game.
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Originally posted by jdp28tx View PostWard shelved himself. The business side of boxing treated him well. The proof is in his failed lawsuits against his promoter.
As for the time on the shelf--it was a terrible type of limbo for a fighter to be on, and not one which is unique. It has occurred from time to time; and a fighter being shelved awaiting court proceedings is always a dark spot. Also, given the time trajectory of a fighter, they are inherently in a disadvantaged position in court proceedings--their adversary can always gain leverage merely through stalling.
Originally posted by jdp28tx View PostHe mismanaged himself. He turned down fight after fight. His stipulations were always inflexible. It seems like he hated boxing, but since he was good at it he believed he did not feel he had a choice. He always had a victim mentality, his promoter was out to get him, HBO was out to get him, the public was out to get him, etc, but people who get paid millions are not victims, they should be grateful.
He is a phenom of an athlete, in professional sports. It's absolutely absurd to talk about it that way.
Yeah, he should be thankful for those millions of entitlements--not like he had to do anything difficult to earn the money. All he did was win boxing world championships in multiple divisions, while going undefeated. That's all. He should be grateful for whatever he got.
I'm afraid not, go educate yourself.
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