Comments Thread For: Golden Boy VP: Shabranskyy Was Willing To Face Andre Ward

[Eastcoast]

Exactly. Shabranksy looked way better against Gonzales than Pascal did, way too dangerous for Ward. Sulli-B didnt really face a top 20 guy in the division yet. I really like Sullivan, he is a good, humble and funny dude, but Shabransky is just so tough and gritty, i think he is easily top 5 in the division already.

That would be twice Ward turned down fighting Shabransky. If Ward can't handle Shabransky, he better not go around Kovalev, but then he probably already knows that....

[HI-TECH Boxing]

I think they should let Shabranskyy have a few more solid fights before fighting Kovalev or Ward.
I said after the Gonzalez fight that he looked great, but they should not rush him towards a Kovalev fight. Ward is almost the same thing. A Ward fight won't be brutal like a fight with Sergey, but if he loses he probably won't get back on HBO (or be given more opportunities). They should build Shabranskyy more.
Ward is not a bum like people like to say. He didn't get a Gold medal for no reason, even though it should have been Bronze imo; I don't think he won his semifinal bout, but that's a another story. It's crazy to think someone would just walk over him, especially someone who just recently stepped up.

So yeah I say build Shabranskyy a little bit more.

[Pigeons]

Barrera, Shabranskyy, and Kovalev should be Ward's 3 fights on his HBO contract. Three undefeated fighters. If he gets all of them in 2016, he should win his second Fighter of the Year award.

[Jubei]

That would be twice Ward turned down fighting Shabransky. If Ward can't handle Shabransky, he better not go around Kovalev, but then he probably already knows that....

I see Ward winning a close and dirty fight in his backyard against Barrera and ultimately realizing Kovalev would just be too much and Ward suddenly retiring because of some "injury".

[Foreign Soil]

Shabranskyy still needs a little seasoning, but he's much bigger than Ward. Not a risk worth taking for Dre. I'm not even sure how Shabranskyy makes LHW, he's probably closer to 6'4 than 6'3 and he's not exactly skin and bone.

[bigdunny1]

Shabranskyy looked great his fight against Gonzalez he will give any of the top light heavyweights a tough fight.

[MC Hammer]

Exactly. Shabranksy looked way better against Gonzales than Pascal did, way too dangerous for Ward. Sulli-B didnt really face a top 20 guy in the division yet. I really like Sullivan, he is a good, humble and funny dude, but Shabransky is just so tough and gritty, i think he is easily top 5 in the division already.

I never heard anyone on NSB mention this guy for a fight with Ward, all of a sudden once Ward signs to fight a guy you guys said he would "duck", you're on to a new nutsack.

[ShoulderRoll]

Shabransky can be next after Barrera.

[Geon]

I never heard anyone on NSB mention this guy for a fight with Ward, all of a sudden once Ward signs to fight a guy you guys said he would "duck", you're on to a new nutsack.

Thank you! Someone with a brain All of sudden wards scared to fight this guy and has ducked him twice, these guys cant be serious

[MC Hammer]

Thank you! Someone with a brain All of sudden wards scared to fight this guy and has ducked him twice, these guys cant be serious

I'll never understand how hard these guys look for a reason to complain