Ward v Dirrell in jeopardy??

take a chill pill, its a venue issue

Im sure Goossen wants it back in Oakland

of course, Andre Ward should get to fight all his fights in Oakland.

captainanddew wrote:

of course, Andre Ward should get to fight all his fights in Oakland.

Only place they'll get a crowd and gate $$$

Promoters own fault

I understand the business side of it. I'm rooting for Ward in the super 6, but it is ridiculous for him to fight at home all 3 fights.

captainanddew wrote:

I understand the business side of it. I'm rooting for Ward in the super 6, but it is ridiculous for him to fight at home all 3 fights.

I agree that its not part of the tournament, but its not like it would make a difference so far in his two previous fights, wiped out Green and Kessler

Like I said before, as a fan, id rather have it in Oakland again where min 8k fans will show up than some empty ass casino/arena

Ward barely draws in Oakland either, they have to paper the house. The Kessler fight would have made far better gate in Denmark or even Germany.

Canvas wrote:

Ward barely draws in Oakland either, they have to paper the house. The Kessler fight would have made far better gate in Denmark or even Germany.

They dont paper the house, they've comped fans to better (lower) seats, he's drawn at least 8k in each of his fights there

Miranda, Kessler, Green

He did 8k vs the virtually unknown Allan Green

The Kessler fight almost drew 10k fans

The thing that annoys me is why create a fuss now ?? Both of them should have complained when the fights were announced.

To be honest Bute should have been in the tournament instead of Dirrell, I hadn't even heard about him until the tournament was announced.

its obvious

Ward doesnt want to be the one to knock Dirrell out of the tourney thats all this is IMO

Ali_1748 wrote:

The thing that annoys me is why create a fuss now ?? Both of them should have complained when the fights were announced.

To be honest Bute should have been in the tournament instead of Dirrell, I hadn't even heard about him until the tournament was announced.

i think dirrell has performed brilliantly, and should be 2-0 right now, teylor should never have been in the tournament

I never saw the Abraham fight but Dirrell was disgraceful against Froch, he ran,clinched,whined and prat fell all over the place, you can't steal a win in a hometown and that's what he tried to do.

sugarrayhatton wrote:

Ali_1748 wrote:

The thing that annoys me is why create a fuss now ?? Both of them should have complained when the fights were announced.

To be honest Bute should have been in the tournament instead of Dirrell, I hadn't even heard about him until the tournament was announced.

i think dirrell has performed brilliantly, and should be 2-0 right now, teylor should never have been in the tournament

I know Allan Green should have been right from the start.

Dirrell was ahead in the Abraham fight. Abraham clocked him when his knee was down.
He still clinched and moved a bit too much, but he didn't go total joke like he did in alot of the rounds vs Froch.

captainanddew wrote:

Dirrell was ahead in the Abraham fight. Abraham clocked him when his knee was down.
He still clinched and moved a bit too much, but he didn't go total joke like he did in alot of the rounds vs Froch.

I heard Dirrell was alot more positive against Abraham and dominated him for the majority of the fight, even learned that Abraham constantly complained anytime Dirrell went to the body.

He was winning handily, but to me he appeared to be slowing a bit near the end. I think Abraham had a decent shot at getting Dirrell in the last couple of rounds.


Froch vs Abraham should be a good action fight.

captainanddew wrote:

Froch vs Abraham should be a good action fight.

To me, that may be the fight to save boxing from it's current malaise

I just hope Froch vs Abraham has a good referee, I don't want Abraham to get away with claiming body shots are low blows.