Kovalev vs Ward HBO Face Off cancelled as Ward no show

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  1. gmurphy

    gmurphy Land of the corrupt, home of the robbery! banned Full Member

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    well ward did tell them he would go if they moved it to Oakland, so i think HBO are to blame
     
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  2. gmurphy

    gmurphy Land of the corrupt, home of the robbery! banned Full Member

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    hate to break it to you king, but he always was one
     
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  3. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm a fan of Ward in the ring, however there's a lot of evidence of
    hubris and diva like behavior on his part outside the ring (and not just this).
    It's your job to show up, show up.

    Being "flakey" isn't a redeeming quality.
     
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  4. gmurphy

    gmurphy Land of the corrupt, home of the robbery! banned Full Member

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    i think this type of behaviour may ensure ward doesn't get another contract with HBO after this unless roc nation are paying all the bills
     
  5. FrankinDallas

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    Maybe his CA passport expired and he couldn't leave Oakland.
     
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  6. gmurphy

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    'i ain't getting on no plane'
     
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  7. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Well ive been a fan of him in the ring and still am but its getting harder to root for someone who acts like a complete ahole outside the ring. Its the main reason after being such a huge Floyd fan in the early part of his career i jumped off the bandwagon.
     
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  8. juppity

    juppity Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kathy Duva in a interview with Ring TV.
    '' HBO was set to shoot Faceoff with Sergey and Ward today '' ( Sunday )
    Duva said. ''That's why we all come out to Las Vegas this weekend. It was
    the only date where we could sync everyone schedules. A great deal of
    money was expended to set this up. And this morning , a few hours before
    taping , HBO and i got an email from Roc Nation informing us that Andre
    had already left town. So unprofessional and such disregard for the money
    wasted by his promoter and Main Events. More important HBO crew was
    at the studio setting this up at 4.00 am because Ward people insisted that
    we start as early as possible today . ''
    Ward side says that it was Kovalev who didn't appear suggesting that they
    were supposed to be interview on the Canelo vs Chavez on Sat night to
    promote the upcoming bout. And since Kovalev didn't appear for the
    interview Ward decided to leave town.
     
  9. gmurphy

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    i respect what he has achieved in boxing, but i don't consider him some master boxer or some technician like a lot of people in boxing want to push on us

    he is basically a high level spoiler, not a master boxer. When up against a decent boxer he can't win by outboxing him, he has to win by stopping the other guy from boxing and making it sloppy. he isn't a mayweather, he is more like an old bernard hopkins, dirty and terrible to watch but gets the job done most of the time

    him vs kovalev is like Zinadine Zidane vs Phil Neville, some days Neville may be able to stop Zidane from playing he's game but he isn't a great footballer by any stretch of the imagination
     
  10. Kush

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    So SK doesn't show up to the interview and ward doesn't show up for face off

    Sounds fair

    Face off sucks anyway

    They need to do 24/7s
     
  11. kriszhao

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    I would say he is a POS for the whole Goosen thing...
     
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  12. C.J.

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    Hate to say it but I wouldnt be at all surprised if POS Ward doesnt get another " Inflamed knee " & bail out of the fight. He doesn't want to fight Kovalev again that is obvious
     
  13. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    He's a POS PERIOD !!!!!!!!!
     
  14. Braindamage

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    What a man you are! Talk sh@t to provoke another man and when he smacks you, instead of fighting back you cry like a little b@tch and sue! :risas3:
     
  15. Braindamage

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    The only thing that could make Ward a bigger POS is if he loaded his gloves!
     
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