Mayweather: Hands Down, Andre Ward Beats Golovkin

By Edward Chaykovsky

WBA/WBC welterweight and junior middleweight champion, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0, 26KOs), is training for the fight of his life on May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas - when he unifies with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao.

Mayweather took a small break to discuss some of the other top fighters in the sport - like WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward, WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin and former three division champion Adrien Broner.

If he had a choice of signing one of them (between Ward and Broner) to his promotional company, Mayweather would select Broner, because he feels Broner has the ability to sell more tickets and market himself better - which may have been a swipe at Roc Nation Sports' decision to sign Ward instead of Broner. 

As far as a fight prediction, he strongly picked Ward to defeat Golovkin if the two of them ever faces each other.

"Andre Ward is a remarkable fighter. I think he just signed a new deal with a new company, and that's a good thing. We are not in the business to take a loss. Andre Ward... his skills...he's a helluva fighter. But if I am making a business move, I have to go with Adrien Broner. Because I understand business, hate it or love it....personality," Mayweather told Mlive.com.

"I don't take anything away from Andre Ward. I like the kid. Triple G, I just had the chance to see him fight. I've seen him fight once, actually. If he's fighting Andre Ward - Andre Ward [beats him] hands down. But Triple G is a solid competitor, he likes to engage in battle. In the past I got criticized for being a defensive, smart fighter - but it paid off in a long run."