Should Andre Ward fight the winner of Usyk-Gassiev?

Either one would crush him

 

This.

 

Kovalev beat Ward in his first fight, and knocked him down at 175.

Imagine what Usyk would do to him at 200

 

Sure. I love watching Andre Ward crush guys that are so called beast. The man is an expert confidence killer. Kovalev is currently on the bum circut as we speak and Ward is building up a big fight with Bivol.
Ward would beat the snot outta Usuk and Gassass.

 

I'd rather see him vs the Emeritus Cruiserweight Champ Tony Bellew or Haye

 

Try and feather dust Ward? Ain't gon work in da bay

 

220 vs 180.

 

If that's what he's got his eyes on, sure. And intensely disliking the guy is no excuse for counting him out. He's a true, proven elite, will be ranked among the 100 greatest ever to do it by most (if not all) historians, and he's proven you all wrong before. It's one thing to feel a type of way about the guy, but it's another to be foolishly dismissive of his abilities.

 

Lol! Yes. Please. I would really, really like to see Ward step in with either one.

 

Daring to be great(er) isn't what this sport's about? If he loses, he just loses a fight. It wouldn't be some great smirch on his legacy, history would forgive him a defeat to a quality operator at 200 lbs, so I see no reason not to try to add further lustre to his name. He might be a little past his best, but he's not so far past it that he can't perform. He's at that stage that a well preserved, cerebral fighter gets to toward the back end of a career, where he still has enough of his physical capacity left to benefit from the wealth of experience he has (his fighting intellect being at its peak). It's not like he's Roy, physically shot and fundamentally exposed, soldiering on and kidding himself in search of a relatively meaningless title belt after a string of short-circuiting KO losses. He's still capable, and a fight with the WBSS CW winner would add some important history to his résumé.

 

It doesn't appear to be a genuine retirement. He was barely a few months gone before he was hinting at weight gain for a challenge above 175, which has always been a stated goal of Ward's. As I said, he's not past the point of mechanical efficiency, he manages and monitors his physical state very carefully, and his fighting intellect is at its peak.

While I'm an avowed fan of Kell Brook, he's not an Andre Ward. He doesn't have the breadth of skill or degrees of acuity that can transcend natural physical differentials at a high level. Furthermore, Ward is putting finishing touches on a highly decorated career and is a very level-headed man of faith. One defeat, after stretching the limits of his musculature, is probably not going to send him spiralling into an eternal depression. Brook, by contrast, has realized only a small amount of his potential, was held back in his prime before being put into the wrong fight, was never even able to conquer his career weight class, and it is that compound of unfortunate circumstance which accounts for a large part of whatever disillusionment he feels.

This conceit that a valiant defeat should ruin Ward or his legacy goes against everything that history has taught us to expect of great fighters. Ever heard of Langford-Flowers? Now there was a guy who was far gone. Yet and still, that might rank as the single greatest victory of all times (it's in the conversation, at very least).

 

no. If Ward wants to fight at cruiserweight then he should qualify for a title figth there just like everyone else does.

hes beaten the best at LHW, there is no need to linger there and staying there isnt greatness, though it does improve legacy of course.