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Quote Originally Posted by Freedom View Post
Why will he not?

And he shouldn't demand light heavyweights drain down to 168. It would be the same as Ward draining down to 160 to fight Golovkin.

And he shouldn't always demand his own way. When Kessler was the champion, he went to Ward's hometown, and despite it being written into the Super Six contract that referees be from neutral countries, Ward had his home ref Jack Reiss (Sauerland protested to no avail). This is what happened:
In fairness it was not in negotiations
Yes it was. Use of a neutral referee was written into the Super Six contract. Here's one of several sources:

Mikkel Kessler's camp is unhappy with the officials for the Andre Ward bout - ESPN

Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise View Post
Steve Smoger is a east coast referee. Luis Pabon is a Puerto Rican referee. Those were the referees for Ward last 3 fights (Smoger twice). So I don't know where this he needs a California ref to fight nonsense comes from
Smoger is a US referee used for the Froch fight (there was no PED testing for that fight). We saw how nationalistic Smoger was during Hopkins-Murat recently.

Smoger was approved by the California Commission for Ward's last fight in Oakland, but for that fight the ref didn't matter because Chad was badly weight-drained anyway.

California referee Dan Snell helped Ward during his fight with Sakio Bika. Ward was allowed to foul - headbutt and hit off the break - but Snell was on Bika's back for it all night. At one point, Ward hit Bika off the break, and Snell admonished Bika for it!

Ward had California ref Raul Caiz Sr for his Super Six fight against Allan Green. Ward was permitted to hit while holding throughout the fight, but was too feather-fisted to stop Green.

Yes, Ward used Luis Pabon for his California fight against Abraham. But Puerto Rico is basically part of the USA isn't it? And Pabon had no objections to Ward using deliberate head butts in that fight.

Quote Originally Posted by jehoshaphat View Post
Do you have proof Ward is on steroids?
No definite proof. But isn't a boxer refusing PED testing several times (for the Kessler, Abraham and Rodriguez fights) is a reason to SUSPECT he's on something? Why won't Ward take the test?