Is Andre Wards Legacy Tarnished By The Fact That...

I can't stand ward, but the geographical location of where he beat the fighters on his record has absolutely no relevance to his legacy.

 

I'd have given him a bit of extra credit if there were a few "road warrior" wins sprinkled in, but it's not essential.

That's just a personal preference & a way to split hairs when ranking fighters who are difficult to differentiate. I won't rank an inferior career over Andre's based on that metric, but if the comp is otherwise similar and fighter B did more in hostile territory, that would probably give him the edge.

I doubt he'll make it in first ballot because the class is brutal, but he'll make it into the HOF for sure and could have been first ballot in a weaker class

 

Thats the problem mate.
I felt that many American fans were desperate to try to rate a SMW above Calzaghe, possibly due to Calzaghe beating many of the top fighters from the U.S. so I think they try to build it more with Ward because of that.
Ward fights Calzaghes leftovers who werent rated but suddenly were amazing when Ward beat them. It really did seem desperate at times.

Ward had a decent career but hes (not in my opinion) an ATG.
In the S6, he didnt once face any undefeated fighter and didnt have to do a run in that contest like Froch had to

 

I disagree. He would have lost the first fight to Kovalev if they fought in Russia for example, with neutral judges etc...

 

Why do you feel he didnt want to travel during the S6 with that in mind?
How many of the original S6 contestants lost when at home?

 

That's why it's not the 2 career foreign fights that are a big deal, but what fights those 2 were. I don't care much if he fought 10 foreigners on their soil if they were 6 round developmental fights, but being the only fighter with all home fights in a tournament where everyone else travels IS a legitimate knock.

 

Thats the thing. Many fighters early in their careers have learning fights abroad. Hatton was on an American, Naseem Hamed undercard on I think his 2nd fight.
But if they travel as a champ or for the big fights it is far more pressure. Look at how Degale travelled to win his world title against a fighter Ward didnt face, then travelled again to defend against another fighter Ward didnt face in Bute, defended again on the road against Medina and was away for a big unification bout.
That really is credible

 

Negative! The Kov fights only propel him into ATG status! The first decision was contaversial only beacuse Ward haters and Kovalev fansboys cried so much. Your post proves my point! Lol. Ward>Kov today, tomorrow and forever! LOL

 

He can't help it if Kovalev's promoter and the promoters of the other EE's are poors who can't afford to put up the money to get him on their soil.

What happened to Lady Duva's secret Russian investor who was going to put all of this money behind Kova anyway?