Comments Thread For: Golovkin's Promoter: We'd Fight Ward at 164, 50-50 Split

[Barcham]

Wait maybe this interview got taken out of context and he didnt' exactly say he would ONLY fight Ward at a catch weight. Is there anyone that knows how to contact Steve Kim or those guys who interview Loeffler???? Maybe we could reach out and get a more definite answer. After re-reading and googling some ****, something doesn't seem right.


GGG wouldn't give him the go-ahead to say this

I sent a tweet to Loeffler and no reply as yet.

how is it ok for GGG to want cotto , canelo at his weight when cotto is a blown up ww and canelo is a 154 fighter , yet wants ward to come down ??????
obviously he is ducking ward , and picking on smaller guys .....

Cotto is LINEAL MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION and you are an idiot.

[mike1010011]

Damn,at the beginning I said that this thread would reach more than 30 pages. Less than 3 hours in,its got 25 pages and counting. Could it reach 50?

[Jc8804]

I sent a tweet to Loeffler and no reply as yet.



Cotto is LINEAL MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION and you are an idiot.

Yet canelo and cotto are fighting at 155 catchweight..

Lmao

[ИATAS]

Overplaying it so much that he's saying 50/50???

I wouldn't take Tom Loeffler's comment as the end all, I do believe it could be negotiations. That is the first offer, of course Ward can counter that and they can meet in the middle. We've seen promoters say stuff like that a thousand times and end up agreeing to something totally different. Especially when they say 50/50, that usually always means they'll take less because if they truly believed Golovkin was A side, he'd straight out say 60/40.

Now, there is something to be said about the fact Golovkin would be the one moving up in weight however. They could feel that hey, if you want us to move up out of our own weight class, you better make it worth while ($$$). Like with Froch, it would have been a very big payday. For Ward, not as much. But at the same time, they are the ones looking for a fight so they'll have to take what they can get.

[Mukuro]

by the a side hes saying because hes the A side he wants to be able to drain ward who would dominate him otherwise seems pretty clear to me that they are scared to fight ward at 168 if they said 166 i would take them more seriously

The flip side of that is assuming GGG beats Ward at 164. The fact is that size is an issue, and I'd rather see the fight fought on an even playing field. 166 sounds good to me, but it is up to Ward what he can make without being overdrawn. Hype and contradiction aside, I don't see anything wrong with the offer.

[Scipio2009]

Ward walks around 175 and fights at 172 after 2 months of hard training. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa

I was a huge Ward fan but not anymore. He should agree to this terms if bro wants respect.

Ward was 173 with three weeks to go till the fight, so not that much of a stretch tbh

[Joe Beamish]

I'm super tired of "A side" bull shiztz and playing games with draining fighters. Just stop.

[sicko]

They are okay with Froch and Chavez Jr at 168 but not Ward? They are so afraid of Ward it's beyond obvious now.

Another Contradiction! Didn't they just deny asking Froch to come down to 164 then turn around and ask Ward to come down to 164

[Jc8804]

#34 fans scared

[La_Vibora]

If its that hard to make 164 lbs then why doesnt Ward just move up to 175 to fight Kovalev instead of picking on smaller fighters.