Comments Thread For: Golovkin's Manager: Andre Ward More Realistic in 2016

[Jsmooth9876]

He'd have to leave James Prince to do that, and remember what happened to Floyd when he tried to leave James Prince? Ellerbe got sent to the hospital and Bob Arum had to pay Prince six-figures to back off.

Oh, I didn't even know he was still with prince..lol, I remember reading about that stuff happening to Floyd..didn't someone pull a gun on him also?

[NEETzsche]

Yeah, Ward's target was April/May, that ain't happening as he doesn't have anything close and the schedule's filled up. At earliest now will be June (by which time GGG will have fought 2x this year), but he still has no viable options, especially given his financial demands.

Cedric Agnew just lost again, so that option's out the window. He wanted Periban for a couple mill, who was just KO'd by DeGale in 3 and hasn't won in 3 years, but for some reason HBO/Showtime wouldn't pay for it. No more buzz on the proposed Kessler fight.

is there anything stopping ward from fighting chudinov as his comeback?

[Eastcoast]

is there anything stopping ward from fighting chudinov as his comeback?

Fedor Chudinov looks to be fighting Felix Sturm for the WBA interim title in Germany, probably for more money than what Ward would be able to pay too.

Ward's problem is he's unwilling to back-off his financial minimum which is around $2mill (I've heard rumors it's now higher as Roc Nation re-worked his contract). If he took a page from Golovkin's play-book, he could've had his two tune-ups on Fox in front of a larger audience and regained his momentum as a big name boxer.

[Beater_of_ass]

I'm guessing the end of 2016, at which point Ward will want another tune-up instead because he hasn't fought in a year and a half.

[licketysplityu]

Ward is one of the dirtiest fighters. He got 'elbow' lessons from Gord Howe!

[tiliheels]

Easy work Golovkin.



Andre Ward is a great fighter, though. Only GGG and Kovalev beat Ward at 168-175.



Ward is smart for pretending Kovalev (the unified LHW champion) doesn't exist, though

im sure he wants ggg to move up first get that on resume and then kovalev...if he moves to 175 now he never gets the big fight with GGG

[bluebeam]

Easy work Golovkin.



Andre Ward is a great fighter, though. Only GGG and Kovalev beat Ward at 168-175.



Ward is smart for pretending Kovalev (the unified LHW champion) doesn't exist, though

Kovalev has a better shot than ggg. I'm a ggg fan but he didn't impress me saturday. Ward eats ggg alive

[Cinci Champ]

Nothing is realistic since he retired as soon as Golovkin became the face of boxing. That ****** coward. I ****ing hate that bish, no respect for him. I e-spit on his face.

oh please if u honestly think that had anything to do with ggg you cant be taken seriously

[Cinci Champ]

Kovalev has a better shot than ggg. I'm a ggg fan but he didn't impress me saturday. Ward eats ggg alive

ya i can see why people say kovolav name when people want ggg vs ward but honestly i think ggg ward now that pac may is on that is the best fight that can be made in all of boxing. were talking about the future most likely 1 and 2 p4p fighters

[-PBP-]

Agreed.

GGG vs.

Lee or Lemieux
Cotto or Canelo
Chavez Jr., Froch or Abraham

Ward vs.

Tuneup
Groves/DeGale/Stieglitz, etc.
Gilberto Ramirez


Then they can meet up at the end of next year.