Ward the Froch is going on?

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  1. Little Pea

    Little Pea 'A' grade boxing fan Full Member

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    So you are saying it would be impossible that neither Froch or Ward or Direll wants to fight him?

    If Bute can't get a big name, thats his (or Interbox) fault for sure? :think

    Explain.
     
  2. s.i.mustata

    s.i.mustata Active Member Full Member

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    It's not only that
    WBC has:
    SUPERMIDDLEWEIGHT.- (168-76.204)
    CHAMPION: ANDRE WARD (US)
    WON TITLE: December 17, 2011
    LAST DEFENCE:
    LAST COMPULSORY: November 27, 2010
    1.Anthony Dirrell (US)
    2.Carl Froch (GB)

    They may strip Ward and make Anthony Dirrell - Carl Froch for a vacant title.

    I may have been right about Ward not dropping the belt but i haven't thugh about WBC stripping Ward.
     
  3. dwighttsharpe

    dwighttsharpe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If you watched the fight, you know that isn't the case. Froch landed hardly any clean shots.

    Ward was injured going into the fight and dispensed Froch, with ease.
     
  4. Palpatine

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    you are an idiot dumb ****.explain please then how Ward earned his belt fight with Kessler you ****ing clown.By beating Miranda?????
     
  5. Palpatine

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    and is now out for 1 year......yeah,with ease....
     
  6. dwighttsharpe

    dwighttsharpe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Guess you don't watch fights, and don't keep up with the news. The fight was barely 2 months ago and Ward is cleared(with conditions) for training.
     
  7. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ward agreed to participate in a tournament featuring the highest ranked super middleweights in the world. Two or three losses in that tournament would have effectively killed his career before it got legs. It was a risk much larger than any Bute has taken.

    Does Bute deserve a shot for beating the same Miranda and a 40 year old Johnson?
     
  8. Dece Bal

    Dece Bal Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I thought you were worth talking to. I was wrong.
     
  9. Dece Bal

    Dece Bal Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Exactly. So he has NO EXCUSES for not fighting Bute next. :deal
     
  10. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If I'm Bute's team, I call out Showtime for blocking that fight. As a fan, I think that would have been the linchpin for putting a great year or two of fights in motion.

    FYI, Ward is the champ in the real sense. Bute is champ in the JCC Jr., Sven Ottke, sense.
     
  11. sdsfinest22

    sdsfinest22 Pound 4 Pound Full Member

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    I would rather see Ward fight Anthony and Andre and Bute fight Froch and Kessler.
     
  12. dwighttsharpe

    dwighttsharpe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He has already given his position on fighting Bute. Let it go.
     
  13. mark.cooper

    mark.cooper thinker Full Member

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    I don't know if this approach would be a good choice at this point. Let's accept that Interbox effectively made those two offers and they're waiting for an answer. If they think they're waiting too much, the first rational move should be to send a reminder of the offer to Ward/Froch promoters asking for a firm answer or a counter-offer in a reasonable amount of time, not to publicly ask "WTF..."; that is: you don't ask journalists or on twitter about confidential negotiations fate. By the same token, they shouldn't make public any confidential offer which has not been formally refuted and has not been followed by a counter-offer (so they could state firmly that negotiations have failed). Better follow further developments.
     
  14. flashy k.o

    flashy k.o Supporter of E.E fighters Full Member

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  15. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Would you like to review the rankings at the time the tournament started? Kessler was the undisputed #1, Froch was #2, AA hadn't earned it, but he was in the top 5. At no point in his career has Bute faced an opponent ranked as high.

    In hindsight, AA's rating was garbage. But at the time the contract was signed, Ward was seen as an underdog taking a big risk.