Ward ducking Brand

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  1. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    What a ***** :patsch

    Too old, too savvy
     
  2. YCGS

    YCGS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Injury or not you have to laugh at the situation. Ward now sits in a spot where, again, all he can do is talk.
     
  3. YCGS

    YCGS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You'd have to assume the Kovalev fight won't be in 2016 unless Ward does something he hasn't in over 6 years...fight more than twice in a year.
     
  4. Ilesey

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    It was a tune up too far and Ward knew it.
     
  5. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Ward will never fight Kov. By the time he fights, Kov will be retired.
     
  6. Ripple633

    Ripple633 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well it was an awful fight, needs to fight a much better opponent next time. He should fight Fanfora.
     
  7. Doc Everlast

    Doc Everlast Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hopefully the knee is just something minor. If it ends up needing a scope or any surgical intervention, it may never be quite the same. It will then be a knee that cannot be depended upon. For a fighter, it means future losses and retirement.
     
  8. Super Hans

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    What Ward is actually ducking is the drug testing he'd get from outside of his local commission.
     
  9. Doc Everlast

    Doc Everlast Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's a good point. Because I bet his knee is loaded with Cortisone injections. He needs to get in touch with Floyd and have USADA hook him up with a TUE in Nevada.
     
  10. Ol' Bub

    Ol' Bub Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    2017 is more likely.
    2 tune ups will take up a whole year for Ward because he needs 5-6 months between catchweight tune ups vs SMWs above the SMW limit.
     
  11. Doc Everlast

    Doc Everlast Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I wonder if they agreed on a purse split for Kovalev vs Ward in the HBO contract?
     
  12. fistsof steel

    fistsof steel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ward 1 Fight in 3 Years and He is injured......Most over rated Fighter on the Planet.!!!!
     
  13. damian38

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    This is beyond sad how badly Ward is screwing up his career
     
  14. Maggo

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    coWARD got cold feet by the Opponent they put in front of him.. this guy is pure shame :deal
     
  15. DoubleEdge

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    I don't take Ward seriously, the guy is a clown.

    How he still has fans defending him I don't know.

    Worse than Haye.