Andre Ward - Paul Smith Set for June 20th

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This fight is at a 172 pound catchweight

I was just about to say that but it took 20 minutes to scroll the page.

How can anyone defend this guy? He leaves on a catchweight fight against a no hoper and sits out 2 years on a bogus claim against a promoter that got him everything he wanted when the real reason he sat out was because he ran out of opponents at 68 cause it was soft and going through a transition. So instead of moving up to a much hotter division (like he said he may have to after the S6), him and a few friends and family had a game of scrabble and came up with excuse to go on strike.

Now that the world has forgotten a man they didn't know to begin with, his big splash after sitting out and signing with JayZ is to fight another extreme long shot and at the same catch that he went out on.
Its a shame that the word empirical did not come out in that scrabble game. Its also a shame to see the oldest Organization in the business make a mockery of itself. They need to take their tin off the slate or start selling them at Walmart.

Smith was actually an acceptable return fight in my eyes but this just dumps all over it.

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This fight is at a 172 pound catchweight

I was just about to say that but it took 20 minutes to scroll the page.

How can anyone defend this guy? He leaves on a catchweight fight against a no hoper and sits out 2 years on a bogus claim against a promoter that got him everything he wanted when the real reason he sat out was because he ran out of opponents at 68 cause it was soft and going through a transition. So instead of moving up to a much hotter division (like he said he may have to after the S6), him and a few friends and family had a game of scrabble and came up with excuse to go on strike.

Now that the world has forgotten a man they didn't know to begin with, his big splash after sitting out and signing with JayZ is to fight another extreme long shot and at the same catch that he went out on.
Its a shame that the word empirical did not come out in that scrabble game. Its also a shame to see the oldest Organization in the business make a mockery of itself. They need to take their tin off the slate or start selling them at Walmart.

Smith was actually an acceptable return fight in my eyes but this just dumps all over it.

Hmm, not sure if people dont realise because no one seems to really be bothered by what Ward does because hes so dull but he did have a fight since the Dawson fight.