Comments Thread For: Andre Ward-Murdock Rejected By NSAC as Mismatch

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Was this any worse than Garcia-Salka? I'm all for this but they need to be consistant across the board.

[Eastcoast]

Was this any worse than Garcia-Salka? I'm all for this but they need to be consistant across the board.

Garcia/Salka & Quillin/Zerafa was NY commission, this is NV commission saying no. In fact, NV's decision might be in part due to the backlash of the Garcia/Salka and Quillin/Zerafa fights, where the underdogs almost got seriously hurt.

[SugarRaRobinson]

Garcia/Salka & Quillin/Zerafa was NY commission, this is NV commission saying no. In fact, NV's decision might be in part due to the backlash of the Garcia/Salka and Quillin/Zerafa fights, where the underdogs almost got seriously hurt.

Good point !!!

[fredhopple]

Andre Ward is a joke with no career and no fans

Andre Dull Ward has no boxing career and is boxing biggest joke next to Kirkland. Andre has no fans and Andre has no career. Andre Ward is the Al Sharpton of Boxing just laughed at and ignored. Good.

[i'm a fun haver]

Why get mad at me because your boy GGG , is a overly-talented , underachiever who stole Broners title as the NEW and IMPROVED CAN-MAN , cause every single CAN out there , can and will get sparked out . If u had at least two brain cells to rub together you'd realize that even attempting to defend GGG while simultaneously trying to smear Andre Ward is the most UNTENABLE position to assume in the history of all boxing threads of the past and present , collectively .

lol What a spaz

[SugarRaRobinson]

Andre Dull Ward has no boxing career and is boxing biggest joke next to Kirkland. Andre has no fans and Andre has no career. Andre Ward is the Al Sharpton of Boxing just laughed at and ignored. Good.

If Ward is the Sharpton of boxing , then I guess GGG the Jermey Lin of boxing , pretending he's more than what he is .

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Garcia/Salka & Quillin/Zerafa was NY commission, this is NV commission saying no. In fact, NV's decision might be in part due to the backlash of the Garcia/Salka and Quillin/Zerafa fights, where the underdogs almost got seriously hurt.

Good points, man. Hope they start turning down more mismatches.

[fredhopple]

If Ward is the Sharpton of boxing , then I guess GGG the Jermey Lin of boxing , pretending he's more than what he is .

Andre Ward is more like Fred Sanford being laughed at all the time.

[NEETzsche]

Garcia/Salka & Quillin/Zerafa was NY commission, this is NV commission saying no. In fact, NV's decision might be in part due to the backlash of the Garcia/Salka and Quillin/Zerafa fights, where the underdogs almost got seriously hurt.

it happened in a different context, but perhaps the fact that there is a young boxer currently struggling to regain his senses in hospital is also playing on people's minds at the moment

[HI-TECH Boxing]

Let's not forget that GGG fights in a division that everyone knows he's too good and too strong for (it's not even disputable) . If he was at all concerned with challenges , then he'd vacate the 160 division entirely and move to 168 pronto .

For the last couple of years the 160 division has been soft as durg store cotton , then comes along GGG , stronger and levels above anyone in the division , but he's content staying planted there , bullying those average to below average guys . He carried Lemeioux (probably 160's best) , 8 rounds by using almost solely a jab and laying off power punches just to dispel the "myth" that it wasn't a glorified mismatch .

My point to all of this : GGG is a over-talented bully on the 160 division who hides behind chasing ephemeral victories like "unifying the titles" in order to pad his record with innumerable cans who stand absolutely NO chance . He's been bullying this 160 division for 4 years now and we ALL get it . We get your the undisputed best there , and we don't need u to chase ephemeral straps in that division to prove it . 4 years of bullying a innumerable amout of cans is unacceptable .

Move up and prepare for a Ward showdown at 168 , as u two truly need each other , and it's a 50/50 fight as far as I'm concerned . I'm a fan of Ward also , but this last hand picked can has gotten under my skin a bit . He should be asking for a Fanfara , Gonzalez , Pascal , Stevenson , except maybe not on short notice . He needs also to fight better comp as his return warm up fight is behind him now . But there is a double standard if Ward can look for his 2nd can in a row and be ridiculed , while GGG has fought innumerable cans for the last 4 years but is glorified as the marketing machines sells theses cans as dangerous . But Vegas usually tells the truth as most sports books had David at least a 16/1 underdog .

It's definitely a double standard as GGG's resume has little to no one on it , therefore he should be feeling tremendous pressure to to move up to real challenges , like Ward .

I thought GGG was a bum? Isn't that what the haters are saying? If he's a bum then surely he will lose to any random fighter at 160, right?
Also, would GGG be allowed to have 3 tune ups when he moves up to 168 like Ward is having at 175? It doesn't seem like people are ok with letting GGG settle into the division, but it's ok for Ward. Double standards go BOTH ways.
Why is it that when a Eastern Euro/Central Asian fighter is the best in a division, it's considered weak. When Latinos are the best in their divisions it's a "weak" division, I wonder why that is.
The GGG-Ward could still happen. If Kovalev beats Ward, Ward will probably be forced to move down. Ward can't fight Haymon fighters, so Fonfara, Stevenson and Beterbiev are probably out of the question.

I respect your point of view.