When Floyd Mayweather Retires Will Ward Become The Mainstream Face of US Boxing?

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  1. Dipset

    Dipset Dipset4Ever Full Member

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    Thoughts please...especially from my american brothers...


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  2. AxlRose

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    What are you, some kind of *******?
     
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  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    no
     
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  4. AnthonyW

    AnthonyW ESB Official Gif Poster Full Member

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    No.

    He will most likely become the P4P #1 once a few names leave the sport. But he will never be mainstream (I expect, anyway).
     
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  5. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    I doubt it. He is gifted though no doubt
     
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  6. Dipset

    Dipset Dipset4Ever Full Member

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    But why wouldn't he be embraced...
     
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  7. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    Until he stops living off of Calzaghes leftovers, cans and weight drained fighters, nobody will care about Ward.
     
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  8. Doc

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    Nope.

    Canelo Cross over star/Broner

    have a better shot
     
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    Who did Calzaghee fight?
     
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  10. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don't know if American necessarily always has one face of boxing. There have been plenty of eras in which multiple fighters carried the sport, and I think another one is coming.

    Ward is very quiet and humble, Broner is a Mayweather mini-me, and Gary Russell Jr. has a ton of tools.
     
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  11. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Please don't, that is like looking into the mirror and saying "Candyman" three times. You will unleash something horrible.

    In this case, Bailey with some boxrec warrior **** he has permanently saved and ready to cut and paste.
     
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  12. Run It

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    i think he will be well know, similar to Hopkins. everyone will know him, but will they PAY to see him? alot of people tuned in for his fight against Dawson. but, i dont think he'll make it to Mega Star status. but him knocking out Dawson is a good start. he has the potential because hes religious and a very nice dude. good guy/bad guy sells.
     
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  13. DonnyMo

    DonnyMo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Absolutely not

    After canelo butt****s cotto the canelo mania is going to rival DLH/Pac

    that will overshadow any need for an american star
     
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  14. xizor

    xizor Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Broner is definitely going to take this place. Ward will not only be an evolved form of bhop in the ring but in popularity as well.
     
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  15. Run It

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    that's only if he can keep winning all of his fights. which i doubt. unless he's still fighting 140 lbers.
     
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