Comments Thread For: Andre Ward-Sullivan Barrera Being Finalized For March 26

[bigjavi973]

Good fight!

[j0zef]

And to think, this is only his come back tune up fight. This is a great fight.

GGG could take some tips from Ward when it comes to picking opponents.

ROFL. You're most GGG haters in a nutshell.

Golovkin fights 5 top10 fighters and 10 top15 in a row, and he's fighting tomato cans.
Ward goes from fighting 40th ranked Paul Smith at a CW to 20th ranked Barrera and he's a true fighter.

This is a good fight, but for the sake of everyone here, just stop bringing Golovkin into every conversation. I'm surprised you haven't accused him of devil worshiping yet. Wait, did you?

[dr.french]

I can't wait for Kova to kill another black man.

[Froch_uppercut]

Ward isn't delusional at all. He knows well what he's doing.

Good point. Andre Ward: Risk Manager.

[Bronx2245]

June 16, 2015:

It's hard to fault Goossen too much, though, for his work with Ward, considering he helped get him into Showtime's Super Six tournament and then landed him a deal with HBO.

Ward had a series of big fights under Goossen's direction and he made a lot of money.

Could he have made more money, and could he have been marketed better so that he would have been more attractive to sponsors? Sure.

But he landed announcing gigs, first with Showtime and then with HBO, which gave him the opportunity to get plenty of face time with the boxing audience.

He says he's comfortable with his choice, and in the end, if he's happy, that's all that matters.

But there were ways around his issues with Goossen. He could have continued to fight while his legal team looked to free him of his contract. And if there was an amount of money his legal team felt Goossen was withholding improperly that belonged to Ward, that could have been put into an escrow account and decided by a judge or a jury at a later point.

The bottom line is that there were options, and rather than use them, Ward chose to sit out and deprive not only Goossen but the public the opportunity to watch him fight.

It made no sense at the time he decided to shut it down, and it makes no sense now that he's on the verge of a return.

He's lost a lot, in terms of money, prestige and reputation, and whether he gets it back is a significant question.

Hopefully, it will all have been for the better and works out essentially the way he wanted it to.

It's no guarantee, though, and he's again fighting a lesser opponent away from the spotlight.

It won't be long before the wisdom of his choices will become apparent for all to see.

[Pain~Lucy]

And to think, this is only his come back tune up fight. This is a great fight.

GGG could take some tips from Ward when it comes to picking opponents.

ummm, yeah......sure

[turnedup]

Good matchup if it gets made.

[Fetta]

HELL YEAH! GOOD FIGHT!

AND IN OAKLAND, IM THERE

[Larry the boss]

Ward is going to be fighter of the year this year

[Cinci Champ]

good scrap im actually a ward fan not just a ggg hater i hope he follows thru with it