article_snippet: To be a truly great champion you have to box overseas.
article_snippet: That evening of December 17, 2011 represented Ward’s only fight in more than six years outside Ward’s native California, where the overwhelming majority of Ward’s bouts have taken place.
article_snippet: The closest Ward’s has come to risking Ward’s unbeaten record abroad has been in two relatively insignificant fights in the Caribbean in 2007 and 2008.
article_snippet: He has been pondering retirement since He brutal KO of George Groves at Wembley.
article_snippet: That remains an option, even though He has kept working in the gym to maintain an impressive physique, as a recent picture posted on Twitter reveals.
article_snippet: Embroiled in promotional disputes and plagued by injuries, Ward has fought only once in two-and-a-half years.