When Will Andre Ward Move Up to 175?

[powerpuncher]

Good question. Maybe he should stay just a bit longer. A rematch with Froch would sell quite nicely but the venue squabbling will probably tank the fight.

Well low and behold Chavez has announced that he's staying at 168 errr 173 and wouldn't you now it he magically appears at #2 in the rankings for the Wbc title recently stripped from Mr.Ward. Now as pathetic as this in your face corruption is the kid is one of the best paydays in the division and should he get a shot at Bika and beat him Ward could do a little payback on the way out the door.

The only fight worth having for him at super middle is Froch rematch and it should be in England as Froch is by far the more attractive fighter and I believe the bigger draw, plus Froch has more belts.

Just shows that you can bore your way to winning every fight but you can be exciting like Froch and lose, yet be liked by so many more people.

If he doesn't rematch Froch and move up after all the talk he had about the fact that he would come to England for it, it'll seem like he ducked him, which is ridiculous because he's already beat him.

But Froch is a different beast now and it would be so much closer.

are you serious? what has froch done to make you think that he is any different than when he fought ward? it would be the same exact fight. the only reason i would take the fight if i were ward is because in england, they can pack the arena and ward can get some good money. froch doesnt really deserve a rematch.

He hadn't had a KO in nearly 3 years when he fought Ward.
Since then he's destroyed the unbeaten Bute.
Walked through Mack.
Avenged his loss to Kessler.
Went on to currently holding more belts than Ward

The question is what has Ward done since the Froch fight?

Had 1 fight in 2 years.
Beat a weight drained Chad Dawson.
Been stripped of a title for inactivity.


Froch doesn't deserve rematch? Really?

first off, it doesnt matter what ward hasnt done. just because he has been injured and hasnt had many fights recently, doesnt mean that he somehow owes froch a rematch.

secondly, froch's wins didnt really prove anything that we didnt already know about him. he beat a weak chinned bute, beat mack who isnt a world class fighter by any means, and squeaked by a decision against kessler which showed that he is the same fighter from years ago when he had his first fight with kessler. the difference in the fight was that kessler was older and less active for their second fight which was probably the difference.

im not saying that froch hasnt done anything since the ward fight, but i wouldnt at all say he deserves a rematch. the first fight wasnt close and froch hasnt shown any signs of progression since the fight.