Why did Andre Ward duck James degale to fight Paul smith?

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I'm sick of hearing the word "duck"

It gets thrown around all over the place.

Who in their right mind would have wanted to have fought James DeGale after 19 months out?

It was nonsensical.

Would James be prepared to fight Andre after 19 months out?

 

Nobody in his position would have fought James at that point.

Be realistic.

 

Come on now, give him credit.

If he fights Kovalev in November, then he's gone out of his way to fight him.

He's not a mandatory or anything.

Credit where credit's due.

Andre doesn't have to go anywhere near Kovalev at this point.

 

Because at that point, he hadn't committed to remaining at SMW or moving up to LHW.

He said he was gong to see how he felt before making a decision.

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Why do you think?

It's not hard to work out.

 

Of course.

That would have given them a huge advantage.

Kathy wouldn't have said that if the roles had been reversed though.

 

:deal

 

:good

 

You've no understanding of what happened.