Ward V Barrera

[ruthless rocco]

They ring walking yet?

[TitoFan]

C'mon Barrera! Kick that inactive ass.

[Spicoli]

Glad hbo could interview Seth curry rather than Kovalev there. Not like they are building anything

I count 101 people in Wards corner

[Spicoli]

When did Ward say "I want to fight for a heavyweight title"? I like him even less now

pedestrian first, Ward just sizing up

[Spicoli]

Ward pretty straight up over two. Best work for Barrera was three solid rights. Ward best shot last left hook at bell.

[palmerq]

nice ... ward knocks him down with a short punch there. I like it

[Spicoli]

That was some awkward power shot off the top of head, solid. He's free swinging inside but is eating some stiff jabs himself. Good scrap

[Freedom]

Lol. You had no problem calling Barrera a good fighter with a chance to beat Ward, why must you be such a nancy after the fact? It's just boxing, try and be less emotionally attached

No, I said I was 100% sure Ward would win.

100% certain Ward will be awarded the win.

Not certain how, possibly Ward by UD.

Or, Barrera may be cut by a deliberate head butt & Ward's shady home ref calls it "accidental" and Ward wins by TD (or says it was caused by a punch, then Ward wins by TKO).

"Everyone has a plan until they get clinched, clamped, held and headbutted" - Andre Ward

I was wrong about just one thing: turns out they had an HONEST ref who stopped Ward from using deliberate head butts and deducted him a point for his low blow.

[Freedom]

Ward gave dude a master class. A fucking shout out and all you say was a accidental low blow, one punch after the bell, and holding (which they both did).

Fuck outta here. Ward took dude to school.

The HBO commentators praised Andre Ward for edging rounds for a 12 round UD...

... yet they bashed and ridiculed Dmitry Mikhaylenko for dominating all rounds for a 10 round UD against Karim Mayfield, an elusive opponent who had never been stopped. They were disappointed and said "he should have made a statement with a KO".

They shower praise, hype and unconditional love on the boring prima donna Ward for some reason, why do you think they do this?

[Freedom]

I have a pretty good idea why it bothers you

Because it's a double standard, and I believe all boxers should be judged by the same standard, regardless of where they are from.

Nationalistic commentating is a blemish on the sport. The love for Ward blinded the HBO commentators to Barrera's punches. I'm not saying Sullivan won, but Ward wasn't dominating as much as they were saying (his face was more marked up than Barrera's after the fight).

Some commentators and journalists (writers) RISE ABOVE IT and are fair and objective (such as Raul Marquez, Hopkins, Tarver, Rafael, etc.)

Kellerman, Gilfoid, Sheridan, BJ Flores and a few others are truly awful for it.

[TitoFan]

Pleasantly surprised thus far. Good effort and good KD by Ward... caught Barrera a little off balance, but good shot. Good trading near the end of the round.

[ruthless rocco]

SOG touching balls.

[Spicoli]

He seriously works the blindside with the beltline stuff, using some aged Hopkins kinship and that's not an insult very physical here