Andre ward says he's ready and available to fight gennnady golovkin:

[Scipio2009]

It doesn't even have to be about A-side/B-side arguments. Golovkin is the one who has to move up and Ward is the one who needs Golovkin.

W/O Ward - Golovkin can fight N'Dam in October, sell 10,000 tix, get 1.5mill tv views, make over a million from HBO another million from international sales.

W/O Golovkin - Ward goes back to BET, fights in front of a paper'd house, gets maybe 500,000 tv viewers, and loses his promoter another $2mill.

Ward is looking at $2m minimum paydays, regardless of who he fights; there's no need on Ward's part, especially with Golovkin still being a 33 year old fighter who can't draw a PPV. c'mon man.

[just the facts]

I don't think it is going to happen now. I don't see Golovkin bettering his offer of 164 for another year or so.

Which shows you how much interest team ggg really has in this fight. NONE!

[ИATAS]

Bum-love-kin's handlers wont let him within the same timezone as the Ole' Man. They're gonna DUCK Hopkins...

How can a middleweight duck a light heavyweight? That's some ******ed logic, ***** man.

[firstborn]

Ward just fought at a catchweight..........against a smaller guy..........in his own backyard. Only difference was that the CW was something that suited him and not the opponent.

Paul Smith was the smaller man in the Ward fight? I thought Smith had trouble making weight, how was he the smaller man?

[just the facts]

How does Ward still have a title? Dude hasn't defended it in almost 2 years.

How did ggg ever get a title? He's never beaten an A list opponent, not one

[mathed]

Paul Smith was the smaller man in the Ward fight? I thought Smith had trouble making weight, how was he the smaller man?

He is a SMW who said f-it and didn't try to make the weight because he knew the cards were stacked against him. Ward couldn't make 168, so they fought at 172. Smith just didn't care because he knew he had little to no shot to win anyway.

[Jubei]

Where are the real Ward fans?

Why don't you guys buy his tickets, why don't you guys watch his fights?

I tell you the answer:

You guys are FAKE Ward fans, most of you are a bunch of racist keyboard warriors who hate GGG for being more popular and more exiciting than any american boxer.

[Scipio2009]

LOL I'd like to see where you got these numbers.

Simple rules of thumb and observation:

-most fight promoters generally take 30%-33%
-most fight managers generally take 15% of the purse
-trainers are supposed to get 10%
-general rule of thumb on taxes is 35%.
-Manny Pacquiao is known to take large fight advances, with at least $4m spent on fight tickets

If those basic parameters hold true, Pacquiao is out 80% of his purse, before even figuring how much of his purse he'd received as an advance. lol

[Scipio2009]

You're only factoring in ticket revenue but want to account for all expenses? LOL.

.... revenue brought in from an event weighed against the total cost of putting on said event is a pretty simple way to look at the numbers

[firstborn]

He is a SMW who said f-it and didn't try to make the weight because he knew the cards were stacked against him. Ward couldn't make 168, so they fought at 172. Smith just didn't care because he knew he had little to no shot to win anyway.

Wouldn't that mean Smith walks around at a regular weight higher than 172lbs and decided to stop cutting weight to give himself an edge? Just trying to figure out how Ward was the bigger man if he made the agreed upon weight and Smith didn't.

Ward is also a career SMW so I don't see how Smith would be at any type of disadvantage.....