Ward has been dropped from the ring rankings, stripped of belt.
Re: Ward has been dropped from the ring rankings, stripped of belt.
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Tam Seddon
Yeah, I agree. Enough with the kids glove treatment of Andre.
Ring vacancy rules state that the # 1 and 2 ranked fighters would fight each other, but these are Froch and Abraham. Froch is out of action at the moment, and anyway is eyeing other targets. Abraham is set for a rematch against the unranked Paul Smith this weekend. So where does that leave us? I'd say just move everyone up a notch.... as the rankings across the different alphabet organizations are complicated enough as it is.
Re: Ward has been dropped from the ring rankings, stripped of belt.
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TitoFan
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Originally Posted by
Tam Seddon
Yeah, I agree. Enough with the kids glove treatment of Andre.
Ring vacancy rules state that the # 1 and 2 ranked fighters would fight each other, but these are Froch and Abraham. Froch is out of action at the moment, and anyway is eyeing other targets. Abraham is set for a rematch against the unranked Paul Smith this weekend. So where does that leave us? I'd say just move everyone up a notch.... as the rankings across the different alphabet organizations are complicated enough as it is.
There is a certain comedy to all this. Did Oscar think he was going to sign with him and decided to punish him? Not a peep until the guy decides to come back from self imposed exile? He has been coddled imo and has milked it but come on. And besides, anybody that puts Arthur freakin Abraham
in #2 at 168 fails the litmus test on legitimacy anyway. You remove the best fighter at 168 on a what have you done for me lately premise and yet have Arthur at 2 and poised to fight for the Ring tile. You just cant make this shit up.
Re: Ward has been dropped from the ring rankings, stripped of belt.
Fighters fight.
Based on all I've seen him do in the last 2 years, I'd say Andre Ward is a commentator now.
Re: Ward has been dropped from the ring rankings, stripped of belt.
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ruthless rocco
Fighters fight.
Based on all I've seen him do in the last 2 years, I'd say Andre Ward is a commentator now.
Shame he never got the emeritus tag before he sat out cause that way he could come back like Vital did and get an immediate title shot.
The Ring has turned into a joke and its not just this example.If I was Ward I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. Nat Fleischer however is probably rolling in his grave. I've been critical of Ward and still am but the Ring has joined the likes of the Wbc with their situational rankings system and are eroding their credibility with late moves like this. A promoter should have never been allowed to own this boxing institution.
Re: Ward has been dropped from the ring rankings, stripped of belt.
I'm Helter skelter on it. The Ring lost me at Broner #5 p4p and glossy cologne ads but going from THE champ to being dropped from top 10 altogether with green kids like Gilberto Rameriez still there is its own spit-take.
Re: Ward has been dropped from the ring rankings, stripped of belt.
No scheduled fights for andre ward in 2015.
No fights for ward in 2014.
1 fight in 2013.
1 fight in 2012.
2 fights in 2011.
2 fights in 2010.
^ That's pathetic!
Re: Ward has been dropped from the ring rankings, stripped of belt.
Ward will be back with a vengeance and get back on top. All he was doing was waiting for the other fighters to catch up and paying lawyers.
Re: Ward has been dropped from the ring rankings, stripped of belt.
You've got to fight to be ranked. He looked like a million bucks destroying Dawson, and he had one fight and now it's been what, a year and a half since he fought? He's throwing his prime years away.
Re: Ward has been dropped from the ring rankings, stripped of belt.
Ward's biggest problem is that he thinks he's clever. in reality , all this is making him look a bit stupid. He's tried to fuck with promoters/managers and it has completely fucked his career up. He's also either too proud for his own good or very arrogant. I like Ward , he seems a sound guy and is a very talented boxer.
But sometimes you make bad decisions financially and you have to take the medicine , bite down hard and learn from your mistakes. no matter what he says, He will NEVER make up for that lost time in his career.
Re: Ward has been dropped from the ring rankings, stripped of belt.
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beenKOed
What else can you do with a fighter who will not fight. The move makes sense to me.
Ward would fight every week if he could..its the business side and injury that has kept him sidelined..its not his fault.
That's bullshit.
He doesn't like the contract he signed so he's choosing to sit out.
It was his choice to sign the contract initially and his choice to re-sign with the same promoter. It's also his choice to stall and wait his contract out rather than man up and fight through his poor decision making.
Ward could fight every week, instead he's sitting in the corner with poo in his diaper crying about his unfair contract.
What a fucking baby!
S.O.G. should know that he can lie to fool his fans but GOD knows the TRUTH!!! (...and god probably thinks he's being a fucking pussy)
