Comments Thread For: Golovkin on Andre Ward: I Want Him, 50-50 on Weight

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One thing i dont like is the fact you think draining fighters is an option for a good fight , in current boxing fighters usually struggle to make weight so draining them extra pounds hurts their physical state in a bad way , if you believe that Ward should GO DOWN in weight , you need to think the same for a Ward Kovalev for example , in both cases i think its wrong to make a figther come down in weight as its always have greater impact and it shows in history that fighters that go down in weight usually loses.
If you think Ward is too big and that makes it a missmatch - 100% , but dont blame Ward for not going down in weight , we shouldnt encourage it as fans , fighters do it for the paydays that it brings but we shouldnt endorce it.
if GGG wants to be great and go fight the biggest threat to his carrer do it like it suppose to be done , if not , thats fine as well but you as a fan shouldnt go that CW route like you do. Ward barely makes 168 as it is now a 164 ward will be a dead man walking and a terrible fight.
This is coming for a GGG fan .....
going UP 4 and going DOWN 4 from your fighting weight are 2 different things all togther and you if you think otherwise "Anyone who is unable to understand the difference is too ****** to be on the Internet in any capacity at all and most definitely should not be posting on message boards".

Neither GGG nor Kovalev need to fight Ward for their career. GGG is fine just staying at MW and unifying the titles. And Ward has nothing to offer Kovalev either as Kovalev is the title holder at LHW. Each unification fight will bring GGG more money than a fight against Ward. This is not a title fight, GGG has no interest in challenging Ward for his SMW title. As a result, there is nothing wrong with a catchweight that falls ABOVE the MW limit and well within the SMW division limits.

Golovkin is a NATURAL middleweight. He has already made it very clear to everyone in the ****ing world that his main career goal is to unify all the MW titles. Fighting Ward does nothing to advance this goal.

Kovalev is one title away from unifying the LHW division. Ward offers him nothing to advance that goal.

As for weight changes, when you are in your 30s, moving up or down in weight is not the most advisable thing to so. You all expect GGG to move up to 168, to gain 8 pounds for one fight that he really has no need for, and after the fight to then LOSE those 8 pounds to return to his fighting weight and continue his goal of unification. But you see no problem with that at all.

Ward is the one who needs the fight with GGG. Ward is the one who needs the fight with Kovalev. Ward is the B side to both fights. And now with Golovkin's next fight on PPV, Ward becomes a distant B side at that. but Ward and his fans think that a fighter who has fought THREE TIMES IN FOUR YEARS should be calling all the shots and be in control.

Yeah... can't get any more delusional that that.

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Sure Im on board with this , but Ward should not be blamed for the fight not taking place , thats what i mean , i dont think GGG should go after him now , better things to do @ 160 and he most def needs a fight or 2 in 168 before starting to get the big guys there. going up to 168 for a Ward fight on first 168 fight is a MAJOR risk , but you guys needs to stop blaming ward thats all im saying.

No one is blaming Ward for a damn thing. This is not a fight with any great importance to anyone other than Ward. It is meaningless to Golovkin and he is not chasing Ward for a fight. It is not his fault that people jump over each little comment that is made as if it was an iron clad offer to Ward's people that was carved in stone and delivered to Ward by armed security guards under lock and key.

THERE WAS NO OFFER!!!!!! NONE!!!!!

[aboutfkntime]

Gennady Golovkin :

I will fight Froch at 168

I will fight Chavez at 168

I will fight Andre Ward at 164

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[Thuglife Nelo]

Damn almost 500 replies. Gonna get my popcorn!