Edison Miranda vs Andre Ward - Who You Got?

[Pantera]

Photos from todays press conference.

[boozeboxer]

Why are they under a circus tent?

[killersheep]

Ward looks like he's on his way to train and Miranda looks like he's on his was to the Apprentice.

Strange scene there.

[Spicoli]

Height never occured to me.Is Ward wearing platform shoes?

[blegit]

Height never occured to me.Is Ward wearing platform shoes?

I was kind of surprised that Ward is that much taller than Miranda also.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Height never occured to me.Is Ward wearing platform shoes?

I was kind of surprised that Ward is that much taller than Miranda also.

Miranda seems to have the longer arms though, and reach could come in handy for him if he's gonna try to land that overhand right that he clocked Banks with

[Pantera]

ANDRE WARD:
“(Edison Miranda) is an opponent that is trying to intimidate me. I’ve done my part and prepared for this fight, specifically for Miranda. I’ve been training since I was 9-years-old … I have been preparing for nights like Saturday.”
“What you see with me is what you get. I’m not going to pick up chairs and throw them out of anger. I’m a God-fearing man. The message I want to pass on to kids is that you don’t have to live like that in order to be successful.”
“Don’t get my intensity wrong, I won’t be intimidated by this man. I have seen a lot of blood sweat and tears to get to this point. Professionally, this is the biggest stage in my career and I won’t shy away from it. This is the biggest fight for me to date and it has the pressure that is needed for me.”
“He tried to stare me down right now and anyone who knows boxing knows that that was the first round.”
“When I get that first heavy shot, know that I am prepared. I am ready to hit and not get hit, but when you get hit, you snarl and come back. Miranda’s knockouts in his career were against small guys, everyone can make the boogie man of Miranda, but I am not going to be intimated or bullied. I don’t fear any man.”
“Edison Miranda has a lot of knockout work against smaller guys. Any man can lose, no one is invincible but in his loses he has shown vulnerability in his chin. If you have seen one of Miranda’s fights you‘ve seen them all – I don’t think he will have any tricks up his sleeve.”
“The night before and the day before the fight I spend a lot of time to myself, read my bible, focusing on what I need to do. I don’t think it will go 12. A victory here would make the mandatory against Carl Froch in nine months.”

EDISON MIRANDA:
“At the Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao fight they did too much talking before the fight but when you get into the ring you see what happened. I’m done talking with the press now I just want to fight.”
“The reason I came to Oakland is because boxing is dying. Boxing has only had two nights. One good one and one bad one. Worse was when Tyson was knocked out by Buster Douglas and good when Muhammad Ali was born.”
“You need a boxer with a big heart–a warrior to bring back boxing where it belongs. Come Saturday night God will give me the victory. I have a pact with God and he told me that I would win the fight on Saturday. Be aware of this fight, because it will likely end in a quick moment. So don’t be surprised.”
“This is not a game or a joke, God told me that I was going to win. I said it before in the past that I am going to knock him out but now I am tired of talking and now it’s time to act. I just want to get in the ring and do my God-given destiny and that’s to win on Saturday.”
“I have fought 33 fights and have lost to only two (Arthur Abraham twice and Kelly Pavlik once). They were top middleweights in the world. The public only looks at my losses and not my victories.”
“I only fight for the money I know that I will never get the respect that I deserve to be recognized as the greatest.”
“Everyone says I have a lot of errors and defects when they watch me but those that know the game inside the ring, know that I don’t make errors. Boxing fans know that I am going to knock him out.”