Comments Thread For: Ward on Golovkin: I Don't See Him Calling Me Out!

[hitking]

Who wouldn't be surprised about a MW going up to fight the SMW king.

Folks wanting Floyd to fight GGG. Why can't GGG fight Ward?

[koolbreez12]

GGG should fight Canelo, Sergio, or Quillin next. Then move up and fight Froch. If he beats Froch then he should position to fight Ward. Ward should move up soon if he doesn't rematch Froch. If Ward handles Kovalev or Stevenson like I think he would, then all the hating should stop and the man should be in convo for the #1 spot.

[mofrekinfoe]

How did GGG make god like status with some of you? By beating Macklin and Rosado?lol. Seriously? and consider a guy (Ward) that easily beat bigger punchers like Dawson, Froch, Abraham , Kessler , Green, and Bika in some kind of danger against GGG? you guys have let HBO fool you into the GGG hype!

[mathed]

I'm with you on B-Hop. I personally didn't take notice of him as an Atg until he moved up and took the light heavy title from Tarver. I basically viewed him as a guy that feasted on a weak division that RJ could have easily still been reigning over. And a guy that wouldn't move up to challenge the likes of Calzage, RJ, or even Toney while simulatneously calling out the welterweight stars DLH and Tito.

As for Ward, I feel the move to light heavy is long overdue. The guys he's alreeady beaten are still his top contenders and no new legitimate th**** are emerging. Plus, he won his olympic gold at light heavy. So I really don't understand the hesitation to make the move. I was pretty critical of Ward bringing dawson down initially. But, my stance on that has softened. Much like ellerbe said of bringing canelo down. If the opponent makes the offer, why not hold him to it? Yes, it would have made the Dawson fight a lil more meaningful. But Dawson is the one that shot his mouth off. So you can't be too critical of Ward for holding him to it.

Yeah, I know Dawson offered it up at first but later he tried to get a compromise for a catchweight and Ward's team flat out refused and threaten to walk away from the fight. Dawson had 0 power or anything in that fight...I mean I can see the "you wanted it, so you got it" mentality but you [me] just can't ignore the fact that the guy was drained.

This fight wasn't Ward's fault either but again....this opponent appeared to be drained and out of it in the fight too. I think Ward needs a standout fight where he takes some risks to restore some shine to his image. At least in my eyes, especially if he is going to entertain fighting MW's. It is definitely a fight that people are talking about so I can't put the blame on Ward for answering questions asked about the fight but I can see there being demands by Ward's team regarding weight and a failure to compromise.

If something like that happens and the reason for the fight not happening is on Ward's side, people are gonna start paying a lot more attention to the details of some of Ward's past fights. There is a pretty established precedent of Ward not being so accommodating when it comes to the negotiating table.

It says something when the networks only show your fight and don't put undercards on your events, it usually means they don't expect a big return on the investment so they skimp as much as possible. HBO is going to be increasingly demanding and critical of Ward's opposition moving forward....I think it's just something Ward's team should take into consideration.

[Luilun]

Not sure where you are going with this but just so you know, virtually ALL of the famous athletes in America are African American. The only white (Caucasian) athletes I know of are quarterbacks and maybe a few tennis players. GGG isn't even American to add insult to injury.

Actually Wrestling,weight lifting,swimming and Elite Special Forces such as Delta Force, Navy Seals are all controlled by White Guys hell you hardly ever see a Black dude as a Navy Seal which is more difficult to achieve than any sport

[skinnystev]

andre ward would sooner face a 50 caliber machine gun than to step into the ring with adonis stevenson at 175 he ducked him when stevenson was # 1 contender at 168 stevenson would make quick work of the light punching bible ****er

[Luilun]

I did hear GGG on national TV say I'll fight anyone from 154 to 168. Ward does weigh 168 ?. For those who have simple minds 154 to 168 means Mayweather and Ward

[junior gong]

Excellent point Ward made, he not seeing these media made monsterscalling him out. Why?????. They aren't calling out Ward because they rather amke their name off of C-D level fighters or a named fighter on the way down like Sergio. Ward would school this guy umm what's his name ggg or something. People giving this dude much respect and for what, a knock out record? ???? Where was
Ggg during the Super Six? ???? Guess he wasn't in that weight class.... But my point is this, I'll never give a guy the kind of credit my American counterparts are giving ggg over Ward based on his record. Like I keep saying in the world of sports regardless of what sport it is, Americans lovd a winner so long as he/she isn't black.....

Take your race card and shove it up your arse.

[Cuban Linx]

Nor should he. GGG still needs to clean out the 160 division.

[hitking]

GGG should fight Canelo, Sergio, or Quillin next. Then move up and fight Froch. If he beats Froch then he should position to fight Ward. Ward should move up soon if he doesn't rematch Froch. If Ward handles Kovalev or Stevenson like I think he would, then all the hating should stop and the man should be in convo for the #1 spot.

I think its gonna be pretty difficult for Ward to overtake Floyd without a Floyd loss, or very close call.