Comments Thread For: Andre Ward On Fighting Kovalev: “What’s The Rush?”

[mathed]

Ward will not be pushed into doing anything rash..... he will still want his 2 tuneups..... just like Kovalev would not be pushed into doing anything rash regarding the situation with Stevenson.

It's all good..... things are still on track ^^

knee inflammation doe. It's a progressive injury too, it comes back and it gets worse every time. The excuse has been set to avoid any and all unwanted fights.

[2501]

But, even taking ALL that into consideration..... he would still spank that hypejob back down to 160.

"Wouldas" dont mean ****. Dude is playing himself out.

He's definitely going by the Mayweather book, though. He's totally making a fool out of his fans day by day just like Floyd has.

[Starsam69]

That's exactly the point. You don't know that he isn't fighting kovalev either. Unless you got some insider info to share with the rest of us.

Listen, you dense ******. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE INSIDER INFORMATION TO ASSUME THE FIGHT ISN'T HAPPENING!!!! The burden of proof is on you!!!! Unless you can prove that Ward signed a contract stipulating that he will fight Kovalev, YOU CAN'T SAY HE'S SIGNED TO FIGHT KOVALEV!!! It's not rocket science. His words prove he's not gonna fight him. "Why would I fight Kovalev, I'm not a natural light heavy weight and that isn't a big money PPV fight. Why would I take that risk?" -Andre Ward 2014. "What's the rush for me to fight Kovalev?" Andre Ward 2015. Notice the trend? PROVE THAT HE'S SIGNED TO FIGHT KOVALEV OR STOP SAYING WITH ANY CERTAINTY THAT HE'S GONNA FIGHT KOVALEV. The only thing that has been confirmed is that he signed a 3 fight deal with HBO, which HOPEFULLY culminates into a Kovalev fight. You can't force a fighter to sign for a fight thats 3 fights down the line. It's legally unacceptable and Ward would never do that. They just HOPE that Ward will do it.

[SugarRaRobinson]

This dude has become a complete joke. Totally acting entitled, sincerely believing he's some A-side superstar with platinum bargaining chips.

1. No one outside of maybe 7 members on Boxingscene want to see him fight.

Yet, u cant seem to resist the urge to post something on every single Ward thread . Clearly your secretly enthralled by him , but aren't hiding it too well .

[Starsam69]

Yet u can seem to resist the urge to post something on every single Ward thread . Clearly your secretly enthralled by him , but aren't hiding it too well .

Woah, some guy posts things about Ward on an obscure boxing forum=Ward is cashcow that everyone wants to see. Numbers don't lie, the guy did 4.6k against EROD in his hometown lol. I've never seen a fight NOT sell out their hometown. And this isn't the first time. Paul Smith fight only sold 5,280 tickets, but they gave away thousands at the Golden State Parade. Ward is one of the lowest draws at the top level in the sport. He sold 7.6k tickets against the LINEAL LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMP OF THE WORLD IN HIS OWN HOMETOWN! How is that possible? GGG just sold out MSG in a few weeks against a French Canadian being a Kazakh. Ward is a nonentity in terms of finances. He did 6k against Carl Froch at AC in the finals of the Super Six Tourney. He did 323,000 viewers against Smith on BET....This dude drew 3x less views on BET which is beamed into 49 million homes, than GGG vs Lemieux REPLAY on HBO, which is beamed into 20 million homes. Numbers don't lie, people do.

[SugarRaRobinson]

Woah, some guy posts things about Ward on an obscure boxing forum=Ward is cashcow that everyone wants to see. Numbers don't lie, the guy did 4.6k against EROD in his hometown lol. I've never seen a fight NOT sell out their hometown. And this isn't the first time. Paul Smith fight only sold 5,280 tickets, but they gave away thousands at the Golden State Parade. Ward is one of the lowest draws at the top level in the sport. He sold 7.6k tickets against the LINEAL LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMP OF THE WORLD IN HIS OWN HOMETOWN! How is that possible? GGG just sold out MSG in a few weeks against a French Canadian being a Kazakh. Ward is a nonentity in terms of finances. He did 6k against Carl Froch at AC in the finals of the Super Six Tourney. He did 323,000 viewers against Smith on BET....This dude drew 3x less views on BET which is beamed into 49 million homes, than GGG vs Lemieux REPLAY on HBO, which is beamed into 20 million homes. Numbers don't lie, people do.

Look Ticket Master , I just wanna see the best fights possible and stay in my lane as a boxing fan and enthusiast . Since I collect no money from views I have no interest in listening to how well u crunch numbers or do accounting . Please miss me with all that BS next time !

[Mr.Daddy]

????? I'm a lil lost on what your trying to say?? GGG has been put in the ring with the equivalent of flies hitting me??? NONE had a chance to beat him. Even if he was USC's old coach and showed up drunk...He still would be alright! Are you REALLY comparing a LHW hitting you to a FKN overRATED Canadian who was KO'd by Rubio???? Hitting you?

What light heavyweight are you talking about? Ward? If so, I am certain that Lemieux hits harder (his best punch against Ward's best punch) than Ward (is Lemieux as good a boxer as Ward? No. And I doubt that anybody anywhere thinks that). As for Ward having enough of a punch to hurt GGG, I'd have to see it to believe it (I don't mean GGG tied to the ring post as Ward unloads on him at will). If you want to compare GGG's best punch to Ward's best punch, GGG wins hands down. It's not even close. Perhaps GGG and Ward will fight one day ,and we will know. Until then it is pure conjecture. Understand that I am admitting that what I've said about punching power is yet to be proved; however, I am confident that Ward has less of a punch than either Lemieux or GGG (and less than Kovalev as well).

[Yaconcha]

heres a thing, ward was without a fight for what? 2 years? claiming to be the next best thing and still.....has only two top names on his record sooooooooooooooooooooo....."the rush" is fight fight fight! either ggg or kovalev etc

[jreckoning]

We shouldn't rush Andre. I mean he just fought Paul Smith give the man a break,

I hope his next tune up is someone relevant at 175. I think he'd win that but it would nice to gauge how he handles the division before he gets Kovalev.

[Real King Kong]

lol, no rush for KOva but you keep calling the smaller GGG out right?, yeah, tons of pressure to make this guy move up

Ggg vs. Ward....what's the rush?