So who's Ward fighting next?

A journeyman 168 lber

 

It will be Barrera.

 

1st part of the question was the most relevant. Whose Ward?

 

Whoever it is, hopefully it gets confirmed soon. With about 10 weeks to go it will soon become critical for Ward to have a confirmed opponent or we could see a repeat of what happened in November and with too little time to allow any acceptable opponent the time for a full training camp which means he could be left s****ing the barrel or forced to delay the fight again.

Hopefully Barrera is simply looking to squeeze as much cash out of Ward and Roc Nation and they can come to terms.

 

On Twitter Barrera claims he accepted their low offer.

 

why do you doubt it?

 

That makes a lot of sense but the reality is they're apparently still negotiating. Virgil Hunter has also said he'd prefer Barrera because of his height.

Moreover, If they had no interest in Barrera they would have never made him a 300K offer in the first place.

 

it was an odd thing to say, wasn't it? But according to Barrera's promoter they are still negotiating.

 

Waiting on Ward fights is a painful process :smoke

 

There probably looking for a co feature. It will get done.