Obviously Berrio and Andrade (twice) Bika/Johnson/Miranda are in the next tier of solid top 10 contenders
History doesnt judge people on whether or not the made career high paydays. It judges them on who they beat. As for your second point. I think I already made it clear. It shoudl be Froch that really wanst this fight. Does he want to be considered the No.1 Fighter in the division? If he does he HAS to fight Ward. Does he want to avenge his only un-avenged loss on his record? If he does, he HAS to fight Ward. History will judge Froch more harshly for not doing everything in his power to get a re-match with Ward, than it will judge Ward for not giving Froch one. Now...is Hearn going to pick up that phone? Time will tell.
atsch Did I ever mention that Froch was the better boxer? No. Was the fight even at 175? No. Stop posting.
LMFAO, people acting like Ward schooling Froch was a hometown decision. The Fact is Ward beats Froch anytime, anywhere. I agree Ward should fight in the UK because Froch is the bigger draw BUT it will be a worse result after seeing last night's performance. Froch's lax D will be exposed again and show Froch is two levels below Ward. The difference in skills is wide.
I am of two minds with this one: 1) I always feel that fighters have to do what economic sense . . . in the long term; 2) I would never fight in England or Germany if I were on the road. The Germans have a unique way of scoring where you lose unless you KO the German. In England, they allow a **** load of roughhouse tactics (like rabbit punching) . . . it seems like a different sport over there sometimes. If I were in Wards spot I would **** Froch and try to buddy up with Mayweather and do an image makeover. This way he could ride off of Floyd's coattails . . . This would be a brilliant move for both Warrd and Team Money.
Agreed. First time in history of the sport where one fighter was dominated yet demanded a rematch in his hole country without controversy Boggles my mind and makes Froch look bad. Although just to shut up Aard detractors i want the fight in England. They e made their bed they can sleep in it as far as im concerned I really dont think they know what kind of fighter they are dealing with in Ward. He's scary good. I wanted Dirrell to be the next American legend but I have to admit this dude is a bad man.
Froch sure has a lot to say about a guy who beat his ass up in a neutral venue. There were more Froch fans than Ward fans at the s6 final. oakland nukkas are too broke to make that trip.
it wont happen they will continue to say Wards name but never pick up the phone. Euro's love doing this stuff
**** Froch. Hopefully his promoter gets Ward's people on the phone so he can receive a nice ass-kicking once again and go away for good.
Yep. Ward "ill fight you in your living and your wife can be the judge" Froch "errr ummm maybe i fight Kessler again"
Andre Ward can't draw for ****. A washed up James Toney could draw more than Ward so Ward needs to drink a cup of STFO and get his passport. I don't give a **** how good Ward claims to be, but he needs to zip his trap and fight others in their country if he ever wants to get paid. No one watched his snooze fest match against Dawson and no one is going to watch another fight with Ward against some random American fighter.