Why did GGG not fight Ward the lineal champ at 168 but choose Chavez?

[MDPopescu]

huh? why did HBO allow stevenson to fight anyone other than KKK if thats the fight they really wanted?

Dear Big Dunn: You're "done" over here...

(I know that Kovalev might be labelled as racist according to your standards in the U.S.... But it was supposed to be a debate on "boxing" here...)

[Foreign Soil]

Cos GGG is taking Ward's cherry pick.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

huh? why did HBO allow stevenson to fight anyone other than KKK if thats the fight they really wanted?

Because Stevenson sold them an old wives tale that he'd fight Forfarna first and then Stevenson after. Instead he signed with Al Haymon so now he gets to fight the bum he wanted to fight but he doesn't have to face Kovalev.

Do you actually think HBO didn't want to put on Stevenson/Kovalev now? They already did the setup fights.

[junior gong]

Because HBO wnated to stretch out the kkk/stevenson fight and fill empty dates with them on seperate cards.

Respectfully, I don't co sign HBO/Kellerman saying KKK is the best 175lber in the world. I think BHop desreves to be ranked ahead of him. That said, I would prefer steveson KKK to stevenson Bhop, myself.

About time this racist idiot was banned.

[Pain~Lucy]

it was chavez who chose GGG, ward have nothing(dont play dumb larry ), not even close to mayweather's shadow in terms of popularity, like mayweather he can choose who he wants to fight, oh...I dont mean pick a cherry

[Foreign Soil]

Except Mayweather did it twice at 154... Cotto was the best fighter at 154 when he fought him. Oscar was the best fighter at 154 when Mayweather fought him if I recall.

Not really true. Neither Cotto nor ODLH did anything at that time to prove they were the best in the weight class.

[Luilun]

Why did he not fight the best guy at 168? and don't talk to be about business and money because according to this forum that should not matter

Business decision fighting in Oakland will yield pennies fighting Chavez Jr will bring you millions and even more popularity with the fans

[Citizen Koba]

Another poster here on the forum disagrees with you, read page 1.

So Glovokin should fight the Smaller ranked number 1 guy at 147 and 154, but he should not fight the larger ranked number 1 guy at 168?

I don't understand your point. I've never been in favour of or suggested GGG would be a good fight for FMJ but based on their respective resumes and P4P rankings one would naturally have to conclude that FMJ - GGG should be far more competitive fight than Ward - Golovkin. On paper the the #2 P4P @168 should be a mismatch for the smaller 160lb GGG who most people have outside the top 10 P4P.

IMO it would be quite ridiculous for Golovkin to move up a weight class and fight the #2 P4P fighter without yet having fully proved himself at 160 yet alone the higher weightclass. The only people who are saying this appear to have some agenda derived from perceived slights to FMJ by a some fans who also happen to like Golovkin.

[Luilun]

The difference is because stevenson is with al haymon his actions are immediately labeled ducking but GGG, who is on HBO he is given a pass by the vast majority here on NSB.

I wonder if the reaction would be different if stevenson was white or GGG was with AL haymon.

Let me guess your one of those cry babies who plays the race card often

[bojangles1987]

I don't know if there's been any actual talk or offers for Ward/Golovkin. HBO may not want it yet, and both sides have talked about waiting. If Ward's people have inquired and been turned down, go ahead and call it a duck if Golovkin fights Chavez.