Is the injury and subsequent shoulder surgery a potential career ending scenario for Andre Ward?

Man I really hope Ward isn't damaged goods. He's a great young talent, a good guy, and the sport needs him. If he is however, it will be a huge blow to his career and a fighter could make a name of his name, but I'm not gonna say that Calzaghe built his career off a damaged Lacy. Lacy was considered the next big thing in boxing and was even being compared by some (not me) as a 168 lb version of Mike Tyson. Lacy sure didn't appear injured beforehand as he was destroying guys. I just think he ran into a brilliant Calzaghe who beat him soundly and he was never the same. Calzaghe also went on to beat a darnn good fighter in Mikkel Kessler, who was unbeaten at the time.

Super middleweight world

champion Andre Ward underwent successful surgery

to repair a small tear in his

right shoulder capsule this past

Friday, his publicist Julie

Goldsticker informed

CSNBayArea.com. Dr. Michael Dillingham, who

was the 49ers' team physician

for 25 years and is renowned

for his work with Joe Montana

and Jerry Rice, conducted the surgery with the assistance of

partners Dr. Ken Akizuki, the

Giants' current orthopedist,

and Dr. Joe Donahue, team

physician for Santa Clara

University Athletics. The operation occurred at the SOAR

Surgicenter in Burlingame. Ward will now rehabilitate his

shoulder with physical

therapist Lisa Giannone at

Active Care in San Francisco.

Giannone once helped Rice

recover from a potentially career-threatening knee injury

and oversaw Robert Guerrero's

comeback from shoulder

surgery in 2012. A native son of Oakland, Ward

(NorCal No. 1; 26-0, 14 KOs)

was slated to defend his title

against Kelly Pavlik (40-2, 34

KOs), but the fight has been

shelved indefinitely. According to Ward's promoter Dan

Goossen, "S.O.G." will be out

for at least four to five

months. "I think that when I get back,

the super middleweight

division, and, even possibly

the light heavyweight division

is going to be more

appetizing," Ward told Ring Magazine's Lem Satterfield.

"There could be some potential

fights right on the table as

soon as I come back, so it

could be a good thing from

that standpoint."

how did calzaghe build a career off a damaged lacey , calzaghe destroyed the next so called american superstar ,before the fight no one picked calzaghe to win also joe went in injured himself .

i find that you have no boxing knowledge at all .

cheers

Could be, yeah. A lot of fighters ended up being a shadow of themselves after a serious injury or surgery. It's more psychological, I guess.

We will have to wait and see, but any injury of this type is always potentially an end of your career.