The Andre Ward issue from 10 Players

[ykdadamaja]

This pretty much sums up the Andre Ward issue. How fucking sad. Goosen will ruin his longevity as a promoter like this. Can someone buy Ward's contract out? Because it appears as if Goosen is prepared to let Ward spoil on the vine.

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[beenKOed]

This pretty much sums up the Andre Ward issue. How fucking sad. Goosen will ruin his longevity as a promoter like this. Can someone buy Ward's contract out? Because it appears as if Goosen is prepared to let Ward spoil on the vine.

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Goosen is a hard case who will take Ward and his lawyers as far as possible.
Goosen will not give in, so Ward has placed himself in a difficult position. On one side is a maniac named Goosen who keeps waving a contract under Wards nose, and on the other side is hard times with no fights, no paydays, no fame, and no peace.

[powerpuncher]

its sad because ward is #2 p4p in the world right now and this is ruining his career. he should definitely take over the #1 spot when floyd retires. has there ever been such a great fighter who has been in this kind of bind for so long? he isnt young either. i feel like ward will end up being a what if. i know that he has mentioned retiring in the near future. he will be the fighter with some really good wins but no longevity.

[Master]

Ward has only himself to blame. Just fight and earn money. We all have bosses we hate but you work to pay the bills.

[ykdadamaja]

Ward has only himself to blame. Just fight and earn money. We all have bosses we hate but you work to pay the bills.

At the core of it, yea... but some principles are unbreakable. This is kinda/sorta unbreakable for Ward. I stand with him- it's not as if dodgy promoters are anything new in boxing. In reality, dodgy promoters is what has caused boxing the black-eyes it had received for so long.

Haymon/King/Arum should buy out Ward's contract. That could happen.

[Master]

Ward has only himself to blame. Just fight and earn money. We all have bosses we hate but you work to pay the bills.

At the core of it, yea... but some principles are unbreakable. This is kinda/sorta unbreakable for Ward. I stand with him- it's not as if dodgy promoters are anything new in boxing. In reality, dodgy promoters is what has caused boxing the black-eyes it had received for so long.

Haymon/King/Arum should buy out Ward's contract. That could happen.

Or he could buy it out himself.

[IamInuit]

Ward has only himself to blame. Just fight and earn money. We all have bosses we hate but you work to pay the bills.

At the core of it, yea... but some principles are unbreakable. This is kinda/sorta unbreakable for Ward. I stand with him- it's not as if dodgy promoters are anything new in boxing. In reality, dodgy promoters is what has caused boxing the black-eyes it had received for so long.

Haymon/King/Arum should buy out Ward's contract. That could happen.

He who represents himself has a fool for a client

a famous man once said and that's what Ward is doing here based on moral principle. What he should do is sue the leech lawyer that he is paying that is telling him he has a case.

Ward also went over the line with his slander and accusations of Goossen cooking the books etc and he should not be surprised by Goossens 10 million dollar defamation suit.

And btw there is no evidence of Goossen being a scum bag promoter now or in the past that I am aware of. Ward was offered a contract and he signed it and the fact that he cant get out of it does not make Goossen a scum bag. Ward has overestimated his worth so in order for him to buy out his contract he would most likely have to pay twice as much as Floyd or Oscar paid to Arum. That is if that option even exists.

@Rantcatrat covered the grounds perfectly so no sense repeating what he said but Ward has essentially had his way on every possible level since the S6 and now that Goossen cant pull a rabbit out of the hat Ward has problems. Even when he was signed by Roy and Dan they coughed up 400 grand. Not only is Wards style not fan friendly for the purchasing masses but the guy is also to freaking good. Speaking of Roys involvement, this is a little like what happened to Winky when he signed with Squared Ring. It came to a point where either nobody wanted to fight him or Winky thought he was bigger then the sport.