What's Wrong With Ward Fighting in Oakland?

It's his lack of travel for the S6 that bothered and continues to bother his critics. I get it, everyone else had to fight away from home, he acted like the rules didn't apply to him...and he was sort of right since they allowed it to happen.

 

The reason Ward doesn't want to travel outside it's borders are due to the shady Calofornian state athletics commissions laxs policy on drug testing

And to fight a top a opponent, unlike all the guys you mentioned, Ward has no fan base. His fights sell around 4,500 tickets in 11,000 seat arenas.

Ward needs to accept being the B-side and stop demanding everyone come to him.

Sergio Martinez realised he was B-side, despite being a champion on the pound for pound list, to Chavez Jr and Cotto. Ward must do the same.

 

Let's look at all the guys you named over the last 10 years....

Froch has fought...
Taylor away, Kessler away, and Ward away
Abraham and Johnson on neutral ground.

Wlad has fought...
Jennings away, Povetkin, and Brock away
Peter, Thompson and Ibragimov on Neutral ground

Abraham has fought...
Ward and Dirrell away
Froch, Miranda and El**** on neutral ground

Floyd...
ZILCH

Pascal has fought...
Froch and Pittman Away

Stevenson has fought...
El Amin and Boone Away

Some of these are better comparisons than others, but I think it's fair for people to want to see the man fight outside of Oakland. Particularly as he isn't much of a draw even in Oakland.

 

But the difference is they actually DO have a fan base where they like to fight.

 

Rank each of these men based off of their drawing ability in each man's preferred location.

 

He doesn't have many fans. So what? If he wants to make less or more money to fight in Oakland than he would accepting other offers, fine. That's why it's called a negotiation. That's why it's nice to have fans and thus bring more money and negotiating power to the table. If his opponent doesn't want to fight in Oakland, then just don't sign the contract until that isn't the case. Pretty simple.

 

Sounds like a sh*t situation that will result in very few big fights being made that involve Andre Ward

 

That is what it sounds like...

 

I'm a pretty smart cookie :yep

 

Was going to answer with this.

Ward's calls him sell SOG because like Jesus he only has 12 followers.

 

He's ****ed off a good deal of fans, mainly over seas so the littlest thing to reach for is not fighting there where we all know he most likely wouldn't of gotten a fair shake. Kessler, Froch and AA are bad when it comes to home cooking and you guys know this. You all know you can't even throw body shots on AA when he's fighting at home. Let's just call a spade a spade fellas. 😁

 

This is why he is not getting any big fights. And let's be honest, even the Dawson fight wouldn't have happened if Dawson wasn't willing to drain himself and travel to Oakland.

Yet Ward fans seem to think everyone is ducking him but Ward has never (including the Super Six) accepting being the B-side. (Would only fight Dirrell and Froch if he was considered the home fighter)

 

:yep