Ward vacates 168, moving to light heavyweight.

[Primo Carnera]

I heard about this, and I'm gonna give Ward a bit of credit here. It's the right thing to do as he's clearly never going to defend the title.
I even don't mind waiting for him to fight Kovalev so he can settle into the weight.
But if he starts to fight Blown up SMW's or unranked LHW's , I will be royally pissed off because it proves nothing to us or Him.
He should fight a ranked LHW in maybe Feb/March, followed by a top 5 LHW in about June/July , and Kovalev this time next year.
Maybe not likely to happen, but we'll see.

[beenKOed]

I heard about this, and I'm gonna give Ward a bit of credit here. It's the right thing to do as he's clearly never going to defend the title.
I even don't mind waiting for him to fight Kovalev so he can settle into the weight.
But if he starts to fight Blown up SMW's or unranked LHW's , I will be royally pissed off because it proves nothing to us or Him.
He should fight a ranked LHW in maybe Feb/March, followed by a top 5 LHW in about June/July , and Kovalev this time next year.
Maybe not likely to happen, but we'll see.

We have high hopes. Lol It' a fight I want to see!

[Primo Carnera]

Andre Ward-Sullivan Barrera Being Finalized For March 26 - Boxing News

I won't believe it till it's officially announced , but if this comes off, I would be more than satisfied. A good test with a proper LHW , and Barrera has everything to fight for as well.
all everybody wants is for Ward to fight regularly. He's got bags of talent , but he needs to use it. Here's hoping.

[p4pking]

Andre Ward-Sullivan Barrera Being Finalized For March 26 - Boxing News

I won't believe it till it's officially announced , but if this comes off, I would be more than satisfied. A good test with a proper LHW , and Barrera has everything to fight for as well.
all everybody wants is for Ward to fight regularly. He's got bags of talent , but he needs to use it. Here's hoping.

That's definitely a fight if it happens. Barrera is a really big LHW and looks solid(if a bit stiff from what I can recall) he has nothing to lose and it's a big opportunity for him. I'd guess Ward will be to good, but it's the right kind of fight for him to take at 175. I have no problem with him fighting KOvalev either, I'm not of the opinion that established top fighters have to prove themselves over again moving up in weight, especially when they become the best challenger immediately upon doing so. Stevenson isn't going to fight KOvalev, who else is there, why not Ward if he actually wants it?