Sullivan Barrera is Andre Ward hardest fight of his career (more details)

Nah.

You think Andre hasn't already thought about all that?

Now this is boxing and maybe Barrera is the next Ali, but from the couple of times I've seen him, he's not.

That said, as Ward fan, better for him (or anybody) to fight Barrera now than 5 years from now.

 

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That is awesome... you're a comic.

But back to this joke of a fight. Barrera has fought nothing but bums who had already been knocked out by other opponents, except for Karo Murat, a B-level fighter who had long lost the desire to be a pro boxer.

Barrera is nothing short of a cherrypick by Andre "Sob" Ward (he's always sobbing about something). Andre has not been in a serious fight since 2011 (against Carl Froch). He has obviously decided to milk his Super Six victory to just fight cherrypicked opponents until an early retirement. He's gonna retire undefeated, because he knows who can beat him (Lucian Bute, George Groves, James DeGale, Sergey Kovalev) and he's just gonna continue ducking those guys and preserve his precious "0". He's basically a light-heavyweight version of Mayweather.

And no matter what you think of all that, you know for a fact that a Cuban fighter has to knock an American fighter out to get a draw in the U.S. :deal

 

I respect Ward for taking the Barrera fight, but I saw Barrera's fight against Lacey. I wasn't impressed. I think Gonzalez is the better fighter out of Cuba.

Still, Barrera is a top 10-15 LHW. I've seen some rate him as high as 10.

He's a question mark as to what kind of work he'll give Ward. Although he has the drive, I just don't think the talent is there. A solid win if Ward is victorious.

I have strong doubts he can KO Ward. He went rounds with Lacey

 

Okey, so Ward could fight me too. I'm undefeated and have no meaningful wins, just like Sullivan Barrera. Barrera's best win is against Karo Murat, who also has no meaningful wins. So we're all on the same boat here!

I have beaten up several homeless guys down in the Moscow subway, so there really is little difference between me and Barrera. Why is Ward ducking me? Is he a racist?

 

The reason you weren't impressed is that Barrera needs to fight on the outside, and has no valid inside game. Andre Ward will get inside on him, crowd him, and knock him out early. This fight is not serious.

 

I think you're going too far in the other direction. Ward deserves credit for taking a clear top LHW as his second fight in the division. Now, I don't think Barrera will give him much problems, but Ward does deserve credit.

I mean do you expect Ward to take on Beterbiev, Fonfara, or Shabranskyy as his second fight in the division? Hell, give him at least a modicum of credit for not fighting a complete bum. Barrera is at the very least a top 15 LHW.

 

Don't forget to give Ward the proper credit when he dominates Barrera. :hey

 

How could anyone flaunt such ignorance by claiming either is stronger than the other. Are some of you so clueless that you contribute ones weight with their actual strength, about the most ignorant thing one can do

 

So it's bad if Ward, a LHW olympic gold medalist, undefeated and one of the best P4P fighters in the world, fights a guy like Shabransky, whose only meaningful win is a close decision over Yuneski Gonzales?

So why aren't you complaining that Barrera, an inexperienced prospect, is fighting no less than Andre Ward in his first serious pro fight? Don't you think it's much too early for this fight to happen?

 

Relatively speaking, NO. If he is considered top #10 P4P. If 160 pounder is expected to move 8 pounds to 168 and fight the champion on his first fight, Ward should be expected the same, especially if trolls are rating Ward higher than fans in general.

 

Notice how long Ward stalled fight in first place

He will do same after this fight

He never wants to fight Kovalev


Tune up, stall, tune up, stall, fight he know will get turned down, stall, another fight he know will get turn down, stall, Barrera, stall, injury, stall (checks internet to see if Kovalev has moved up yet) stall....


HBO 3 fight deal should have been Beterbiev, Kovalev then either one of them again within 2 year

 

Amateurs don't matter in the pros. If they did, people wouldn't be so dismissive of Korobov.

The thing is Ward is the one moving up, not Barrera. Yes, if Ward was an established LHW and fought Barrera, you'd have something to your argument. I don't even think Ward is ranked at LHW (other than BoxRec, which I don't pay any attention to their rankings).

In essence, you have a unranked LHW fighting a LHW prospect if you really want to go that deep.

Ward's last meaningful win was Dawson like, what, 4 years ago? I think Ward's position P4P is not at all conclusive.