Do you respect Andre Ward and think he should be considered as an ATG?

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Do you respect Andre Ward and think he should be considered as an ATG?

Poll closed Apr 26, 2018.
  1. I respect him and he should be considered an ATG

    51 vote(s)
    37.2%
  2. I don't respect him but he should be considered an ATG

    19 vote(s)
    13.9%
  3. I don't respect him and he shouldn't be considered an ATG

    38 vote(s)
    27.7%
  4. I respect him and he shouldn't be considered an ATG

    26 vote(s)
    19.0%
  5. Absolutely hate him.

    10 vote(s)
    7.3%
  6. Love him to bits!

    5 vote(s)
    3.6%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Todd498

    Todd498 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    No. I don’t think the term “Great” and a sleazy POS like Ward should be used in the same sentence. And that’s not me “Hating” that’s just the truth. You can’t be GREAT and be a deck stacking, fouling scumbag.
     
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  2. Farmboxer

    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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    I don't respect SOB Ward at all, he cheats! SOB is an SOB, a piece of fecal matter and should be flushed down the toilet and back into the sewer from which he came.................
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  3. DONT B SCARED

    DONT B SCARED Pimpin Aint Easy Full Member

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    How would the 2nd fight ever be a DQ ?
     
  4. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Pound for pound I think that Roy Jones and James Toney were better more accomplished fighters, but they didn't spend much time at super middleweight.

    Well, let's look at their super-middleweight resumes-
    Andre Ward- Froch, Kessler, Abraham, Dawson, Bika
    Roy Jones- Toney and that's about it
    James Toney- Barkley and that's about it
    Nigel Benn- McClellan and that's about it
    Chris Eubank- Watson and that's about it
    Tommy Hearns- Ray Leonard and that's about it

    Most of those guys you are talking about just moved through super middleweight and had most of their career defining fights at middleweight or light heavyweight. Super middleweight is just a small part of their record. While I'd agree that Ray Leonard, James Toney, or Gerald McClellan are better than any individual win on Ward's resume, one good opponent is not enough to cement your resume as the best fighter in the history of a division. What Ward's CV lacks in superlatives it makes up for in depth (compared to others in that division. If this were middleweight or light heavyweight the GOATs resumes would probably be four times as long and star studded).
     
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  5. 3rdegree

    3rdegree Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    All time gyp,absolutely.
     
  6. GlaukosTheHammer

    GlaukosTheHammer Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Seems like maybe some backlash or some such, but honestly I've gotten quite into the black american playing the role of the big bad wolf.

    Europeans are terrified of Ward, Wilder, and Money. I dunno why really, but it is funny to me how much crying is done in response to just saying a name.

    If I made a thread about how great any one of those three champions are how much love would that thread get? Exactly, and that is hilarious.

    Don't get me wrong I don't mean to say all euros are pussies just that the pussies who can't stand the big black wolf happen to mostly be eurocunts.

    So, yeah, I didn't come here to be like " **** you, American number one" but that is the exact juxtaposition y'all give us on this forum. It's either agree that there's some form of conspiracy to keep black men with belts or you're seen as the most ardent fanboy. Well, if by not hating every little thing Money, Bomber, or SOG does that makes me a nut licker then ****, best I get with the program and play my role properly right?

    The way I see it is I just got into the label the european pussies of the forum gave me. I'd rather be looked at as dumb or naive by people with cognitive dissonance than to agree with a bunch of eurocunts who know nothing about dixie with their American conspiracy theories.

    Y'all're just ****in' dumb. Ain't no other word for it. Ain't no amount of dumbasses that can group up to make me feel like maybe I'm the idiot. I can go outside and experience Dixie, all you know about it is from history books you were forced to review. Done, conversation over. America doesn't even work that way. Wilder's ****in' poor....ya dumb****.

    I know, but da business blah blah, ***** I am the man who talks about Mendoza here, you dunno **** about the business you weren't told by promoters. Also I'm a ****in international business owner. So again, I'm researched and experienced and all youse have for me is **** some media outlet claims. You get fed a section and pretend like you've read a contract then tell me I believe in nonsense due to a lack of research.

    Of course I meet that stupidity with juvenile bull****. What else is there for me? If y'all wanted to know the truth you'd already know more about Dixie. You don't give a **** about anything but anecdotes that support your assumptions.
     
  7. 3rdegree

    3rdegree Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    ^ Needs to double his dosage and move to a nicer part of town.:crybaby2:
     
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  8. DonnyMo

    DonnyMo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Rendered Ward completely ineffective. He was being punched all around the ring on wobbly legs.

    Then the lazy russian ran out of steam.
     
  9. Badbot

    Badbot I Am An Actual Pro. Full Member

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    Had nothing to do with Ward adapting and constantly going to the body?
    It was a close fight.
     
  10. Elvizzz

    Elvizzz Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ward in tha house??? :dunno
     
  11. 3rdegree

    3rdegree Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    An indictment of the American education system.:duh
     
  12. Gneus7

    Gneus7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Thurman and Wilder are not Ward. They haven't done what he has done. Ward established himself as #1 in his division, #1 P4P and arguable #1 in the history of his division. He has proven he is that good. That's what makes him great.
     
  13. Gneus7

    Gneus7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm not sure about that. To me, Americans seem just as guilty of it.
     
  14. DonnyMo

    DonnyMo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No it didnt. Kov was even less conditioned in the 2nd fight and the tank was empty after 3rds...

    Ward couldnt get a country mile within range of Kov's body in either fight until his stamina had fallen off a cliff. To Ward's credit, as soon as he saw the lazy Russian huffing and puffing he went hard after the body (and the balls).
     
  15. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    As I said before, easily top 30 SMW all time