Sergio Mora believes that this is a “entertaining” idea that 41-year-old Andre Ward would come out of a pension to fight the heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. He says that Ward (32-0, 16 KO) can be wounded in the fight with a much larger double champion Joshua (28-4, 25 KO) after retirement for eight years.
Ward is a former world champion with two divisions, winning titles in Super Middle Wweight and lithe heavyweight. He retired in 2017 after the detention of Sergey Kovalev. Although Ward talked about the desire to return many years ago, he was not chosen. Now he seems more interested in returning if he manages to fight Joshua, whom he called last week in social media.
Mora about the threatening fight of Ward
“He will be like a smaller man. It will be entertaining. He is a sport of a newborn man and you can be hurt, especially if you move to fight the giant,” said Sergio Mora on Chris Mannix canal, Speaking of Andre Ward trying to fight Anthony Joshua.
If Ward orders the fight with Joshua, it will aid to relieve retirement with millions he will get. He could move from the gloomy, deserted Dublin in California to a more exclusive, ultra-roast district in Atherton, California. He could live well among the upper shell with a great payment from the fight against AJ in a quick return to the ring.
Ward knew that he would not have a chance to defeat Joshua, especially now at the age of 41 and for eight years. Money would be good from this world good and easily is the largest day of paying Ward’s career.
“He is still a much larger warrior at the championship level, and Andre Ward has been retired for eight years. I saw it if it were so,” Mora said.
Ward had no chance of retiring and fighting the Master of the scales of the cruisers of Jai Odetaa or the lightweight ponderous weight of Dmitra Bivol, Artur Beterbiev and David Benavidez. Choosing Joshua gives Ward an excuse to tell fans after he lost. He was beaten by a ponderous weight in a division where he never fought.
“People in boxing must really think that Joshua is washed. You have Jake Paul, thinking he has a chance against AJ. You have Tony Yoka, and now you have Andre Ward, eight years with his last fight in a lithe heavyweight, believing that he has a chance against AJ,” said Mannix.
Ward’s return to millions
It is not that warriors like Jake Paul, Tony Yoka and Ward perceive Joshua as an over-the-Hill. It’s more about money. Fighting Joshua means a mega-million day when you won’t fight other guys. It is well known that AJ is approaching the end of its career and wants as much money as possible before retiring. It has now become his focus.
“Eight years outside the ring means something. A approach to ponderous weight means something. Fighting with a puncher like Anthony Joshua means something. At his size he goes to this weight class, it is inevitable that he will eat his right hand. Even against Sergey Kovalev, he ate his right hand and went,” said Mannix.
It would be obvious that Ward had a chance to survive in the ring with Joshua for more than two or three rounds in the best possible circumstances. Ward would have to run and hold AJ. Even in the case of Clinking Ward would be in great danger of being hit by AJ and knocked out. It’s not like he would have the strength to prevent much greater Joshuaei before fighting without a shoulder, knocking off the lights with any hand.