Who should Andre Ward fight next?

[Gandalf]

Paulie agrees.

[Gandalf]

The video does not lie and I am not making anything up. You owe me a letter of apology.

[Master]

I am not saying the blows were not low but Kov could have taken a knee and punched ward back if the ref was not going to stop it. Instead he cowered and practically gave up.

[Gandalf]

I am not saying the blows were not low but Kov could have taken a knee and punched ward back if the ref was not going to stop it. Instead he cowered and practically gave up.

If he took a knee it would be a 10-8 round and if he punched Ward low you know the ref wouldn't be having it. You knew the fix was in with the judges, the refereeing, with HBO. It was an awful example for boxing to set and it should have been something special. Once again boxing has a black eye. I won't give credit to a cheat who always has the advantages and who always has his cheating overlooked. Once is an accident, again and again a habit. Andre Ward is spoiled. Personally I think Kovalev should have wacked him in the balls. Maybe next time he could do it in round 1 and end the fight there and then. As hard as he can to the balls and of course he would be disqualified. Like Khan/Barrera, a homeboys fix.

[Master]

Ward hints at AJ bout

Andre Ward says he would be open to a move up to heavyweight and has hinted at a possible clash against world champion Anthony Joshua.

The unbeaten American retained his world light-heavyweight titles on Saturday after a stoppage victory over Sergey Kovalev in their rematch in Las Vegas.

Ward first stepped up from the super-middleweight ranks to face the Russian last November and the 33-year-old has now admitted a bout against the WBA and IBF heavyweight champion could tempt him to make the step up to the top division.

"I always seem to be knocking down giants one by one," Ward said. "Heavyweight, that's always been a dream of mine. It's got to be against the right guy, but I dream big and anything is possible."

Ward added: "He [Ward's trainer Virgil Hunter] has always been setting the bar high, that is the essence of our team right there.

"That man will have me believing things that I never even thought of. Like, 'Anthony Joshua, really?' and it will make perfect sense to him. So we'll see."

Hunter first suggested the idea of Ward facing Joshua and believes his man has the attributes to outbox the British knockout specialist.

Ward would also not be the first fighter to make the leap, with the legendary Roy Jones Jr having moved up from the light-heavyweight division in 2003 to defeat John Ruiz for the WBA heavyweight title.

"Fighting a bigger man doesn't have to do with size, it has to do with your attributes and their attributes," Hunter said.

"If you are able to single out one thing that makes it a competitive fight for yourself, you take that chance.

"I'd like to see him fight Anthony Joshua. I'm not playing, I'm serious. I think it would be a very interesting fight. I believe he could outbox Anthony Joshua.

"There's some things about Joshua that I see. He's a good kid, I know him, but I see things with him in particular and he is the best [of the heavyweight champions], but styles make fights.

"It would be a waste of time to go to the cruiserweights, we should just leapfrog it, go for it all."

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[Hulk]

Hit AJ in the nuts and see what happens.

[mikeeod]

I would like to see Ward beat Stevenson next. He completely cleaned out a tough 168 pound class, so I'd like to see him do the same at 175 prior to moving up and trying his hand at cruiser. In a perfect world he would unify cruiser after 175, and finish his career by beating a flawed heavyweight for the title. He ranks very high historically if he does that...

[erics44]

@Gandalf I, in part, agree with you

I think one way or another Kov has been bummed out of it, not just the fight, his fair purse and the rest

there was only one way he was gonna win and that was by a clear knockout, and even then ?

Rocky 4, America v Russia, one of America's few elite fighters, lb4lb contender, going in against a tall powerful, straight up, robotic like Russian killing machine

there was no way Kov would be allowed to win

he didn't do himself any favours tho when the last few seconds came, I almost agree with the stoppage

[Ron Swanson]

Paulie agrees.

You posted the video, but did you watch the video? Because Paulie clearly does not agree with you. He said Ward took over and would get a clear stoppage. That's the part you fail to recognize. Yes, low blows shouldn't have ended it. But you fail to acknowledge that low blows did not decide it. Kovalev was done, and he was done from legit punches. You skip that. The one side acknowledges all that happened, you only acknowledge one detail.

[sanatogen]

Peach of a shot to the gonads. No ambiguity there.