Andre Ward Eyes A Return To Ring, But Only Anthony Joshua and With A Specific Weight Stipulation in Place

Andre Ward Says There Would Be A Weight Stipulation In Came Out of Retirement to Fight Anthony Joshua. The 41-Year-Old Ward (32-0, 16 Kos) States That AGAINST The Fight Two-Time Heavyweight Champion Joshua Is “Dangerous Enough” to Make Him Want to prepare.

Ward Doesn’t Say Why’s Targeting Joshua (28-4, 25 kos), Given That He’s coming Off A Fifth-Round Knockout Loss. It Would Make More Sense Ward To Try To His His Way Into A Fight Against One Of The Top 15 Contenders Rather Than Focus Solly On Joshua.

Hearn’s Swift Rejection

The Bad News For Ward Is Aj’s Promoter, Hearn, Has Already Dissed The Idea Of this Fight Happening. Hearn Mentioned That The Fight Would Lack Commercial Appeal. Ward has been retired for too long, Having Hung Up His Gloves In 2017. Even Ward Ward was Still Fighting, He Wasn’t Popular. You Can Only Imagine How Poor The PPV Numbers Would Be A Fight Between Joshua And Ward.

Hearn Says The Two Fighters He Wants for Joshua Are Tyson Fury and Jake Paul. Those even fingers That Will Bring in Huge Money. Those Are Big Names Still Capable of Bringing in a Lot PPV Buys.

“I Was Just ABOUT About Who Would Back Against If I Came Back,” Said Andre Ward to Ariel Helwani Youtube Channel About His Callout of Anthony Joshua. “People think I can still make 175. That’s out. It’s Wasn’t Easy Making 175 in 2017. I’m 41 NOW.”

It Doesn’t Matter IF Can’t Make 175. He’s Not What Hearn is Looking For. If Ward is Looking To Find Someone Dangerous That Will Enough To Get In The Gym, He Should Fight Moses Itauma Or Filip Hrgovic.

“That’s The Type Of Situation That is Dangerous Enough To Make You Prepare,“Said Ward About Joshua.” But It’s The Right Situation IF I Were to Come Back. When you get older, your reflexes wane a little bit, and of course, I think I still have a Left in the Tank. But I Don’t Know. “

If Ward Lacks The Ambition to Get In The Gym Unless Joshua’s His Opponent, What Does That Say About Him? Where’s The Wilingness to Work and The Ambition? That Sounds Like Ward has a combination of Apathy and Burnout. There are also Plenty of Oher Fighters Ward Could Fight Besides Joshua. For Him to Just Want Aj Hints That He’s Just Looking For A Big Payday.

The Unlikely Weight Stipulation

“IF You’re Going With Something at An Older Age, You Want To Deal With More Power And The Size Of An Opponent and Not Skill, Quickness, And Speed,” Said Ward. “That’s Lot Different With Dealing With Than Dealing.

There’s No Chance That Ward Would Be Negotiate A Weight Stipulation With The Much More Popular Joshua. This isn’t 2017 With Ward Fighting Sergey Kovalev. Joshua is out of His League in Terms of Popularity. In My Opinion, Ward Start Getting Of A Weight Stipulation in Place for Aj Against Aj.

“For me, I don’t think Think (Ward) Think of Think, Mainly From The Fight, But I Think Out The Numbers What You Seem. And, Obviously, When We’re Talking About A Jake Paul Fight (It’s a Mucher One), “Said Matchroom Promoter Eddie Hearn to Australian Boxing Central, Reacting to Ward’s Callout of Joshua.