No one wants to fight Andre Ward at 168?

[Jack Napier]

Ward's too good to be spinning his wheels like this
for a while now, been wanting him to go on up to LHW
sans Stieglitz, SMW is just rematches for him at this point
and not buying GGG going up to fight him at SMW either
Ward should go after Stevenson after his next fight
Hopkins won't be around much longer, but Kovalev is there for him
and Pascal is supposedly staying at LHW now, that's a good fight
Ward is wasting time complaining, go up in weight and get cracking

[IronDanHamza]

There's nothing wrong with staying in one weight class and making title defenses. Especially if he feels his body isn't asking him to move up yet.

There is when he's cleaned it out already.

What's the point in staying there picking up worthless title defenses against Edwin Rodriguez caliber opponents and worse.

He could easily move up to 175.

[ShoulderRoll]

He's in no rush to move up and the 175 pounders aren't going anywhere. He can take his time to do that.

[JAB5239]

Redbarman is in denial. One of those saying that Ward's win over Kessler in jOakland wouldn't have let to a DQ anywhere else on the planet.

Andre out skilled him. Sure there was some fouling, but only one looked intentional. And to say he would have been DQ'd anywhere else is purely opinion. Would Wlad have been DQ'd anywhere else but EE for the excessive holding against Povetkin or others? Its simply impossible to say. Should he have been? Well that's a matter of opinion.

[JAB5239]

He's in no rush to move up and the 175 pounders aren't going anywhere. He can take his time to do that.

Exactly. I don't see what the rush is. These fights will eventually happen.

[-Antonio-]

There is nothing left for Ward at 168. The time is now to move up. Instead he's waiting for Middleweights to move up and fight him. It makes him look weak.

[JAB5239]

There is when he's cleaned it out already.

What's the point in staying there picking up worthless title defenses against Edwin Rodriguez caliber opponents and worse.

He could easily move up to 175.

True. But say he moves up and takes two lesser fights before Stevenson and Kovalov, people are still going to cry duck.

[JAB5239]

There is nothing left for Ward at 168. The time is now to move up. Instead he's waiting for Middleweights to move up and fight him. It makes him look weak.

I disagree. The light heavies aren't going anywhere. He can get GGG and than move up having the best of both worlds. Now if he didn't than I'd say it was a duck.

[RubenSonny]

There is when he's cleaned it out already.

What's the point in staying there picking up worthless title defenses against Edwin Rodriguez caliber opponents and worse.

He could easily move up to 175.

How many opponents has he faced that were above Rodriguez caliber anyway?

[Mr.Fantastic]

There is when he's cleaned it out already.

What's the point in staying there picking up worthless title defenses against Edwin Rodriguez caliber opponents and worse.

He could easily move up to 175.

FYI it wasn't Ward that cleaned out the division. Sure you could say just cause he won the Super Six, but Froch has done more to clean it out than Ward. Even if he lost the final. Before and after.