I am just quoting an interview from Andre Ward from last month for the Ring Website
"Andre Ward is anxious to get back into the ring but he says his trainer Virgil Hunter wants him to get back into his groove; before he takes on fellow elite boxers."
Now that THE RING/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward has signed with Roc Nation Sports, does it mean that he will fight next month or at least in the immediate future?
Having never been involved in a pay-per-view event, let alone headlined one, does Ward feel the urgency to draw a big name opponent to make that happen, and does that have to occur in his very next fight?
Ward commented on these questions during an interview with ******.com on Friday.
***8220;I would remove the word, need, Ward said in response to his needing a big-name opponent as soon as possible.
That going to come, and that;s what a major part of this signing is about. I dont have to worry about anything right now but being the fighter that I am and improving and getting better and defending my belts and just being all that I can be. Everything outside of the ring, from the promotion, to the marketing, to you name it, thats taken care of. I dont have to worry about that ever again in my career said the 2004 Olympic gold medalist who has fought just three times in as many years and has been out of the ring for nearly 14 months.
I think that if you check my history, and the types of fighters that Ive fought over the last two or three years, there is no question that I've fought the best and that I;ve been fortunate to beat the best. So, with that being said, I;ve been off for a while and I haven;t had any consistency and just talking to Virgil [Hunter,] my trainer, and discussing things with him, he personally wants me to get into a grove and to just get a good rhythm going and to get some consistency, and I do, too. So we;re going to talk to the Roc Nation team and we;re going to figure out, collectively, what the next move is going to be.
So there you have it, Ward hasnt even been available to fight in the last year because of legal issues and now he and his trainer wants him to get a couple tuneup fights before he faces the likes of GGG.
Let the kid get his tuneups and then lets see if Roc Nation dares to put him into a ring with GGG in 2016.
"Andre Ward is anxious to get back into the ring but he says his trainer Virgil Hunter wants him to get back into his groove; before he takes on fellow elite boxers."
Now that THE RING/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward has signed with Roc Nation Sports, does it mean that he will fight next month or at least in the immediate future?
Having never been involved in a pay-per-view event, let alone headlined one, does Ward feel the urgency to draw a big name opponent to make that happen, and does that have to occur in his very next fight?
Ward commented on these questions during an interview with ******.com on Friday.
***8220;I would remove the word, need, Ward said in response to his needing a big-name opponent as soon as possible.
That going to come, and that;s what a major part of this signing is about. I dont have to worry about anything right now but being the fighter that I am and improving and getting better and defending my belts and just being all that I can be. Everything outside of the ring, from the promotion, to the marketing, to you name it, thats taken care of. I dont have to worry about that ever again in my career said the 2004 Olympic gold medalist who has fought just three times in as many years and has been out of the ring for nearly 14 months.
I think that if you check my history, and the types of fighters that Ive fought over the last two or three years, there is no question that I've fought the best and that I;ve been fortunate to beat the best. So, with that being said, I;ve been off for a while and I haven;t had any consistency and just talking to Virgil [Hunter,] my trainer, and discussing things with him, he personally wants me to get into a grove and to just get a good rhythm going and to get some consistency, and I do, too. So we;re going to talk to the Roc Nation team and we;re going to figure out, collectively, what the next move is going to be.
So there you have it, Ward hasnt even been available to fight in the last year because of legal issues and now he and his trainer wants him to get a couple tuneup fights before he faces the likes of GGG.
Let the kid get his tuneups and then lets see if Roc Nation dares to put him into a ring with GGG in 2016.
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