The war with Raymond Ford may have taken something out of Nick Ball and left the risk-averse fighter we have seen in his two fights since. Ford put Ball (22-0-1, 13 COs) through pure torture for 12 rounds in the loss of a questionable decision of 12 round in June 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ball’s Na-Ford Vermizing Strategy
The WBA featherweight champion Ball, 28, has not fought any featherweights since his war with Ray Ford. Indeed, its next challenger, the non-puncher Sam Goodmanwas selected from the Super Bantamweight section for him to defend Dazn PPV in Riyadh on August 16.
Ford’s behavior is similar to that of a soldier at war who does not want to return to the front lines after experiencing the horror of fighting. So, instead of getting there again to meet the enemy, the ball stays behind and protects his skin.
Fans believe Ball avoided the highly custom Bruce Carrington because he saw a real threat in the same way as Raymond Ford. Carrington has criticized Ball’s avoidance of him and his repeated choice of non-featherweights to defend his WBA title.
The general perception of Nick Ball by fans is that he deliberately weaker punchers from the Super Bantamweight section (122) to Artificially expands his reign As long as possible to ensure that he is still in possession of the 126-pound WBA champion when the superstar Naoya inoue move to featherweight. It is a fight that Nick is expected to shower with millions and will raise him as a rich fighter for life.
Milk the WBA title
It seems to people just as obvious that Ball does with his milk of his WBA title by choosing the lights Sam Goodman (20-0, 8 COs), the ham-and-eggs 38-year-old man Doheny, and 35-year-old man Rios for his title defense.
It seems that the Ford match has taken something out of the ball, causing him to choose his next two opponents, TJ Doheny and Ronny Rios, of the Super Featherweight section to defend his WBA springweight title. What made it look even worse is that it wasn’t even the best of the 130 pound division. It was probably regular Run-of-the-mill fringe-level fighters chosen for ball to defend its
Last updated on 08/05/2025
