Quote Originally Posted by imp View Post
More money in america thats why the fights are usually there. Hatton went there many times in the prime of his career and so has khan.
Ward makes more money this way and so do the opponents.
True, but there's no need to ONLY fight in Oakland what about Vegas or NY or freaking LA for that matter. Andre Ward fights in his backyard ALL THE TIME! 4 of his last 6 fights have been in Oakland.

I wonder if anyone at 160 could move up to challenge him, at one point in time I thought Andy Lee or Peter Quillen would run 168, but right now it's all Ward. Now the question becomes: does he unify the titles & defend them, defend his titles, or move weight divisions in search of bigger fights?