Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
It must be a real piss-off for him. He's one of the top 3 guys on the planet, and all these bums are getting more offers and more money than him.
Hey, Boxing's entertainment, people pay to be entertained.
Ward ought to stop putting on boring @$$ fights. For $#!t's sake, even his personalty is boring.

Muhammad Ali was the master of self-promotion because he put himself out there to the public constantly. For almost 4 years, he didn't fight at all but still maintained a national and international presence, by the $#!t, because he constantly interacted with the public. Zilch self-promotion by Ward.

Kee-rist, Floyd's fights are craptastic borefests too, but at least his personality isn't boring, and he keeps his name in the press, even if it's cheap heat by pulling publicity stunts every time Pacquiao fights or by getting arrested, Floyd still keeps his name relevant.
Floyd tries to compensate for boring fights with personality and publicity stunts.
None of that from Ward.

To the mainstream public, Ward is invisible.
He shows up, he boxes a craptastic bore-fest, then goes home... back to being anonymous with the public. Most Boxing fans don't even like watching him, PPVs are the indicator.

Instead of focusing on a safety-first, risk-averse style, he ought to be more exciting in the ring, and also study the outside-the-ring antics by the Great draws, learn some promo tips from Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Tex Cobb, Mayweather, Ricardo Mayorga.




....but he won't!