GGG's Coach Reacts To Mayweather's White Star Belief

By Edward Chaykovsky

A few days ago, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs) voiced a strong opinion on the current boxing landscape, explaining what he believes to be a certain level of favoritism, at least politically, when it comes to certain races and ethnicities.

Mayweather believes super middleweight king Andre Ward is being forced, politically, to move up the light heavyweight division - with the goal of getting him knocked off. Ward recently signed a multi-fight deal with HBO which includes a 2016 showdown with light heavyweight king Sergey Kovalev of Russia - arguably the most dangerous fight of Ward's career.

Additionally, he voiced the belief that Ward being knocked off is part of a behind the scenes plot to create a white superstar.

"Whoever is forcing Andre Ward to go up to [light] heavyweight, that's not cool at all. They're trying to get him beat. From the looks of things, what's going on in the sport of boxing, they want their superstar to be Caucasian. It's obvious. And this has been going on for a very long time. They wanted me to lose to [Manny] Pacquiao, but that didn't happen," Mayweather told Fighthype.com.

"I honestly feel it's not a black thing, it's not a white thing, it's the right thing, but like I said before, racism still exists in boxing. They had Hispanics and black fighters only that was dominating the sport for years. An Asian fighter comes along and makes a lot of noise, which is Manny Pacquiao. For years, they said I was a coward, I was scared, or I was ducking this guy."

"All I said is random blood and urine testing and let's make it happen. Eventually, we got to a certain point, we negotiated the fight, it happened, it is what it is. So what I'm saying is this, they were so adamant about that fight [Mayweather vs. Pacquiao], you know, but they're not adamant about Triple G fighting Andre Ward?"

Mayweather then stated that he was not convinced Golovkin was worthy of the hype he's received. The retired pound-for-pound king says he won't become a believer until the Kazakhstan puncher moves up to face Ward.

"The thing is, as far as boxing, it's all about taking risks and taking chances. I did it. I took risks. I took chances. I'm just waiting to see if Triple G is going to go up and fight Andre Ward. I'm going to be convinced when he can go up and beat Andre Ward. Until then, I'm not convinced," Mayweather said.

Golovkin's trainer, Abel Sanchez, spoke with boxing scribe Michael Woods and responded to Mayweather's theory on a behind the scenes plot to create a white superstar.

He also gave his take on Mayweather's call for Golovkin to prove his worth by moving up in weight to fight Ward.

"[I] will point out that Floyd sold out the MGM how many fights in a row, I can't believe that all those fights were attended by all non-white fans, so I think Floyd has fans from all races, as does Ward. The success that GGG is having is due to fighting consistently, his demeanor towards all fans, media, his character and honesty is evident, and that endears and makes followers of non-boxing fans," Sanchez said.

 "Also the success, opportunities and fights that GGG is having were planned way in advance, sometimes 6-8 months, so the planning of fights and opponents have to be penciled in against names that are for sure. GGG wants to fight three to four times per year, [so] when opponents [like Ward] have persistent issues, injuries, legal troubles, it would be very irresponsible for us as the GGG team to book or schedule fights with names that are not dependable."