HBO's packaging of Andre Ward is DISGRACEFUL!!!

[Silkeyjoe]

ward is the one person that i cannot understand the hate against. he is a class act, an awesome fighter, and has fought the best. personally, i love watching him fight. the rodriguez fight was great. if you didnt like that fight then i question your motives. i would assume that you choose to dislike ward fights. he isnt like rigo to where he just stays on the outside and jabs and the opponent does nothing. ward lands shots and throws power shots. he is a master boxer. he is potentially better than mayweather but mayweather is still #1 p4p because of legacy and he still hasnt lost or come close to it. ward hasnt had a close fight against any top fighter he has faced yet people still want to complain about him.

He is one of the best to ever grace the sport, even at this stage. What has to happen is that he needs better promotions to make himself more attractive. Sure, he isn't exciting- i.e., doesn't get hit a lot, doesn't throw 5 punch combo's every 10 seconds and also doesn't talk a lot of crap, but he can be sold as what he is: A class act that is virtually unbeatable.

What he needs to do, and HBO needs to spend some money on this, is give him access to the mainstream. Floyd forced himself into mainstream and he doesn't even have any endorsement deals- Nike, Fila, etc...

Andre needs to go on the day time talk shows, night time talk shows, guest appear in roles in television and movies as himself, do the youtube thing, invite people into all access into his camp and start to become more regular on the boxing telecasts as he is doing.... there is a lot of things despite his fighting style that would cause people to wanna see him.

Dribble. Rigo has a far better skill set, as does Floyd.

[powerpuncher]

ward is the one person that i cannot understand the hate against. he is a class act, an awesome fighter, and has fought the best. personally, i love watching him fight. the rodriguez fight was great. if you didnt like that fight then i question your motives. i would assume that you choose to dislike ward fights. he isnt like rigo to where he just stays on the outside and jabs and the opponent does nothing. ward lands shots and throws power shots. he is a master boxer. he is potentially better than mayweather but mayweather is still #1 p4p because of legacy and he still hasnt lost or come close to it. ward hasnt had a close fight against any top fighter he has faced yet people still want to complain about him.

He is one of the best to ever grace the sport, even at this stage. What has to happen is that he needs better promotions to make himself more attractive. Sure, he isn't exciting- i.e., doesn't get hit a lot, doesn't throw 5 punch combo's every 10 seconds and also doesn't talk a lot of crap, but he can be sold as what he is: A class act that is virtually unbeatable.

What he needs to do, and HBO needs to spend some money on this, is give him access to the mainstream. Floyd forced himself into mainstream and he doesn't even have any endorsement deals- Nike, Fila, etc...

Andre needs to go on the day time talk shows, night time talk shows, guest appear in roles in television and movies as himself, do the youtube thing, invite people into all access into his camp and start to become more regular on the boxing telecasts as he is doing.... there is a lot of things despite his fighting style that would cause people to wanna see him.

Dribble. Rigo has a far better skill set, as does Floyd.

not true. rigo is good but hasnt at all proven to be on wards level yet.

[Silkeyjoe]

ward is the one person that i cannot understand the hate against. he is a class act, an awesome fighter, and has fought the best. personally, i love watching him fight. the rodriguez fight was great. if you didnt like that fight then i question your motives. i would assume that you choose to dislike ward fights. he isnt like rigo to where he just stays on the outside and jabs and the opponent does nothing. ward lands shots and throws power shots. he is a master boxer. he is potentially better than mayweather but mayweather is still #1 p4p because of legacy and he still hasnt lost or come close to it. ward hasnt had a close fight against any top fighter he has faced yet people still want to complain about him.

He is one of the best to ever grace the sport, even at this stage. What has to happen is that he needs better promotions to make himself more attractive. Sure, he isn't exciting- i.e., doesn't get hit a lot, doesn't throw 5 punch combo's every 10 seconds and also doesn't talk a lot of crap, but he can be sold as what he is: A class act that is virtually unbeatable.

What he needs to do, and HBO needs to spend some money on this, is give him access to the mainstream. Floyd forced himself into mainstream and he doesn't even have any endorsement deals- Nike, Fila, etc...

Andre needs to go on the day time talk shows, night time talk shows, guest appear in roles in television and movies as himself, do the youtube thing, invite people into all access into his camp and start to become more regular on the boxing telecasts as he is doing.... there is a lot of things despite his fighting style that would cause people to wanna see him.

Dribble. Rigo has a far better skill set, as does Floyd.

not true. rigo is good but hasnt at all proven to be on wards level yet.

How? You dont think at their weight Donaire is as good if not better then Froch and Kesseler?