WBSS tried it but the financials were a major issue. Russia basically saved the first Cruiserweight season. And thankfully Usyk didn´t care where he fights. The second season didn´t really do anything for the division. Showtimes S6 was a clusterfuck from the start. They failed to sign Bute. Taylor lost back to back KO´s and dropped out. He was replaced by Greene, who lost both his fights. Abraham lost two fights in a row and still got into the semi finals. Abraham then took a tuneup to get his mojo back. Dirrell ended up withdrawing which forced Ward to take a tuneup aswell. And prior to Dirrell pulling out, his bout with Ward was a s-show as well, with delays and uncertainties. Fortunately, Bika was a legit contender and it was a decent fight. Kessler also had to withdraw and he was replaced by Glen Johnson, who was a nice addition, but he moved down in weight for the tournament. And I might remember this slightly wrong, but I think there was an issue with the finals as Showtime´s contract dictated that fight happen on US soil, but Frock´s team had other ideas. And this reminded me of the shitshow Froch v Abraham was. On top of it all, during each stage everyone was supposed to fight 3 times in the tournament. Out of 6 fighters, only Abraham and Froch did so. But as a fan, I freaking loved it all! Sucks that the format didn´t work out tho.

@@SuperCrazyEstonian thanks for the detailed information. Sucks that money often gets in the way of blockbuster boxing matches. A simpler tournament format would work out such as an 8-man or 16-man boxing tournament where the winner advances each round.

A super 6 heavy weight tournament would be so cool !

@@SuperCrazyEstonian no it was Covid that ruined it more than finances

There was one in bantamweight in 2018-2019 that Inoue won.

I mean was a well respected fighter and one of the best of his time and his generation so enough said that you're right they need to be more tournaments like this but the best in the Square ring and unless you don't do it out that's

He is one of the best we've seen but sadly he doesn't sell much cuz of his boring style. He's in the pure boxer type kinda like a bigger floyd but that lil dude knows how to sell fights specially when he played villain starting from the Oscar(who's the most famous at his time) fight

That's a shame to hear. I prefer true champions who fight the best to test themselves rather than ducking guys because you don't want to lose. Ward did it his entire career. Full of excuses.

@@nassiglutt6587 Floyd did not start that crap with Delahoya. He did it from day 1. Living in Vegas I can say that Floyd is nobody to look up to. My girlfriend and myself saw him and 5 friends beat the hell out of a homeless man for accidentally bumping into him back in 1994 or 95. I follow the fighters very close out here. Boxing or MMA. I am everywhere in Vegas following training camps and watching for technique flaws or laziness or injuries in fighters. I see these guys alot. I know who they all are and it was no doubt Floyd that I saw do this. That's the first time I saw a fighter beat down a civilian with a herd of friends. 25 years later I watched Khabib Nurmogamedov tell one of the other 11 guys he was with you grab the boob of a woman who was with her husband to anger the man into fighting so they could hospitalize him. It worked and as the man lay unconscious one man looks right at Khabib and says what now? Khabib said and I quote " Break his bones, just another fat American." Then he goes on TV acting humble and nice. Point is, you do not know these guys enough to put them on a pedestal as role models for kids. A great majority of them are thugs and belong in prison. Delahoya turns out to be a drunk prick. Oddly enough one of the kindest fighters I spoke with repeatedly was Mike Tyson and Bernard Hopkins. Both very nice, funny, genuine and kind men. But both are former felons. Just gotta be careful who you look up too.

Apparently he saved kovalev from having kids also

he never recover from it sadly

What fight was this?

Nah the WBSS series was the best and promoters don’t want to lose the money. It’s a business at the end of the day 🤷🏾‍♂️

pretty sure usyks tournament win was more impressive.

@@Teddy-se8qb that whole tormemt was brilleant was so easy to get visas and travel to the fights aswell the second one wasnt as good though hopefully. The next one will be better

​@@Teddy-se8qb That tournament barely have any names. And cruiserweight is a wasteland., lol Taylor, Froch, Abraham and Kessler were world champions at one point. Who in the WBSS had that prestige other than Gasiev?

@@suiken3149 are you slow? most of the boxers in the wbss were champs. holy fuck ward fans rely on them being brain dead. how did usyk unify all the titles during the tourney?

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@@Divinefapper I’m a muppit*

@@steadyeddy6184 *muppet 😂

You really enjoyed which man?

@@waxy954 im an helmet*

He don’t deserve any credit at 175 he lost to kovalev and nut shot his way to tko don’t believe me watch the tko ur gunna see straight low blows

@@noflockingsg__4024 you tweaker you must be seeing things when kovalev didn’t even deny the 2nd fight he got beat fair and square finished

Andre Ward is OVER RATED. Lacks PRIME Fighters and Hall of Famers on his Resume.

@@Drifter101z I mean, fair criticism but that doesn't make him overrated. No ine ever says he's the greatest boxer ever. Most people would say that he's a fringe top 10 boxer of his era but is for sure some where in the top 15-20, wouldn't you agree?

Ward is overrated. Quite a weak resume, really. No world-beaters on it, that's for sure.

A dirty cheater his whole careers

never left his backyard. meanwhile usyks tourney he won every bout and became undisputed champ going to everyones hometown.

@@Teddy-se8qb GOOFY HATIN ON BLACK FIGHTERS

@@Teddy-se8qbHis backyard just happens to be the habitat of the worlds best talent . This comment reeks of UK British w.e you guys call yourself now a days 📀😂

Floyd knocked out a prime Ricky Hatton, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA TBE 50-0, salute g

Floyed retialated by Cherrypicking and Juicings.

@@africanhistory6405 jose Luis Castillo said 49-1 good night sir

@@ignaciodelgado1368 who did he lost to? I must have missed it.

@@Drifter101z and also retired rich and 50-0.

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and the judges in your pocket

no it just means his manager had mafia connections and payed off judges

Kovalev didn't do anything else significant besides that knockdown. Keep crying ​@@evolun

OH REALLY HE LOST AGAINST KOVALEV ON THERE 1ST MATCH SO KNOCK IT OFF .🤓🥊

@@elliottsantiago1638 last time I checked he won

@@lefthook7960 YES he got his revenge on the rematch with KOVALEV. 🤓🥊

@@firefx99 I suggest that you go back and look at the tape again between WARD and KOVALEV in there 1st fight KOVALEV won that fight convincingly. 🤓🥊

Kovalev won the first fight in my opinion but Ward got hurt and he got up like a champion in the second fight Kovalev got hurt and he Quit and let's not forget Ward went up in weight to fight Kovalev in his prime everyone was scared of Kovalev and Ward beat him not only beat him but finished him

Andre ward the bitch of boxing bivol and beterviev made him quit.

Yeah I kinna wish he had kept going, so I still give it to Mayweather

pretty sure usyks tournament win was better. usyk fought every opponent in their backyards and beat them. meanwhile ward forced everyone to come to oakland.

@@Teddy-se8qb Ward was allowed to use every dirty trick in the book too.

@@surcalifas503 yeah not to mention that. holy fuck ward headbutted and dirty boxed the fuck out of everyone in oakland.

He really is the best at these type of videos 🤦🏾‍♂️🎯🎯💯🥊🤝🏽

NO CAP

Yea. It hits different like them low blows Ward gave his ops.😂

@@abrammedrano4392 😂😂get the f*** on bro don’t come on here being negative🤣still retired undefeated lol you a hater bro.

Good luck with your career man. God bless.

Most disgusting display of low blow cheating I have seen since Andrew Galota…..

"fought all of the tough opponents"? The fuck? The guy barely fought anyone and when he did (Kovalev) he lost the first time and cheated in the second.

Who was the tough opponents?

@@a.h.543 you gunna act like Carl Froch, Arthur Abraham, Chad Dawson and Kessler aren’t good wins? Quit acting like you know shit about boxing.

@@ScrilboBaggins no, not good enough But I reckon you're the type of guy to say canelo hasn't fought anyone and he ducks fighters

@@omega0195 putting words in my mouth, I take it you got room temperature IQ.

They all scared of each other

I think its good for him to retire early, bivol and beterbiev are are starting to climb the ranks during his prime.

@Kevin Carmell dude boxed till 52 too if I recall correctly

​@Kevin Carmell Anything can happen

@Kevin Carmell Chavez sr. Vs Duran would have been a blood bath

Ward is an Irish surname

@@skiggy007 His Dad was Irish I believe.

Awwww did he beat up your favvy wavvy

@@BlackBoyLost92 he low blowed his favvy wavvy.🤣🤣🤣

Its funny. Ward was "dirty" But Duran was a "warrior". Which is it. Ken Buchanan couldn't have kids after he fought roberto. But lets scapegoat Andre for some belt line shots and a headbutt

@@Duel1982 Yes you're right. Duran was a warrior and Ward is dirty.

Knowing how to always win is spectacular. Implies he has a spectacular IQ. Intelligence and heart and the skills to execute what he knows he needs at the moment.

Never left the usa, disgraceful. Froch would have beaten him to death in Wembley. Dirty bent USA judges and refs.

He should stop talking shit about fighters that accomplish more than him too loo

@@ArmandoFloresAvila 😂 well he thinks he's done enough someone will show him

He’s a bum only fought European fighters

@@b3bparker88 he beat chad Dawson too🤷🏽‍♂️

@@jlexofficial5130 he beat one overrated US champion and had to weight drained him …

@@b3bparker88 everyone knows him, who knows you? Fucking hater

@@b3bparker88 Did you watch the damn video and listen to Dawson challenging him saying I'd go to 168lbs?! I guess you only want to come on here and state falsehood! Nobody makes anyone do anything they both are in agreeance when a contract is signed!

You’re the only person to speak facts

The world boxing super series is out there too. Don't know when the next one is

@@ArmandoFloresAvila think its this september they might no boder now since there with sky

Nope

him & inoue both

@@luissofargon usky aswell and josh taylor would love a wbs torment at 130 135 today

Calzaghe would have spanked him ! 46-0 end of

​@@franklyn9642 Calzaghe ducked from competition, lol. He could have fought the likes of Toney, Griffin, Jones and Hopkins back in their primes. Got called out by Glen Johnson 3 times and fought cab drivers in Wales instead.

@@suiken3149 🤣🤣 more like Jones Hopkins all ran mate ! Calzaghe was champion over 10 years how could he possibly duck ?! Smashed Hopkins when he was ring magazine champion and smashed Jones still top of their game ?! Don’t be salty 46-0 says it all

What are you talking about Andre Ward is the last American fighter to win gold in the Olympics

Made him want to punch people in the balls

@@matthew-jy5jp OKAY...but Bro rewatch the video and pay attention to the content🗿

@@matthew-jy5jp tf are you on about buddy? Can you read

@@matthew-jy5jp he's talking about Floyd... It's in the video

In the second fight Ward punch so many times to Kovalev's groin, that's why he is called son of groin (SOG)

While you’re arguing crying about a decision Ward KO’d him

@@mmmyeni9386 kod Kovalevs nuts

4 P4P wins Canelo only has one. 👍 Suck it up, Buttercup 🤣🤣

@@WilddogAB lmfao everyone on wards resume is subpar besides kovalev who he robbed and lowblowed

I'm huge fan but he retired too soon to be considered one of the best ever

@@Stefan-lz7vj ward is one of the best ever.

well you have the answer - boring, dirty and hypocrite

Known for a lot of illegal tactics, even called the Nut Puncher after the 2nd Kovalev fight, but wayyyy before that he did a ton of headbutts, as seen in his Kessler fight.

@@Ascasc1980 very true, but u dint wanna hate, still underrated, I also feel he didn't need to cheat like that to win either

You couldn’t just acknowledge his success

Don’t forget the kovalev robbery and low blow

@@duckyh9712 so true! Andre “The Dick Puncher” Ward

@@duckyh9712 🤣🤣🤣

Casual for sure, Garcia? Isaac Lopez? SMH Davis only fights slow moving boxers with zero skills. He is only 1 weight champion, the other two are fake championship belts, he has interim belts and never actives the mandatory to fight the real champions. Garcia is another for champion, basically a UKposts fighter, he sucks.

Never left the usa, disgraceful. Froch would have beaten him to death in Wembley. Dirty bent USA judges and refs.

Worst boxer

@@armorplates8848 😂 ok bro

🤣 yeah sure.

A nutcracker is your favorite?

@@TheBoxingRealm you’re in every comment hating on ward😂🤡

@@Eblivious Just like how Ward be hating right? 🤣🤡

@@Eblivious SYBAU Wardsexual 🤣🤡

Or heavyweight

Joe Calzaghe

@@apolloskywalker633 nobody is really into joe calzage, he gets brought up by white dudes when they want to pretend that Joe made a statement by beating a seriously out of prime roy and Bernard. Joe has no serious statements on his paperwork.

Andre Ward is OVER RATED. Lacks PRIME Fighters and Hall of Famers on his Resume.

@@Drifter101z are you serious?

@@vince11harris Ward fought in one of the Weak Era of Middle Weight. No Future Hall of Famers in his Era. . Retired Early coz he afraid to lose his 0

@@Drifter101z getting something as simple as the weight class wrong isn't helping your errant argument.

I always wondered where it came from ?