Andre ward is desperate

[nacho daddy]

First off he's Irish second why in god's name would he fight triple duck at 164 when he is the champ at 168 and he would have favored Froch and Chavez Jr at 168 ?

you are right if I was GGG I would fight mental ward at 160

[daggum]

ward is more full of sh-it then floyd is of IV fluid. they offered ggg the figth a month ago? the ggg-lemiux fight was made in july. ward why don't you tell us how you tried to fight truax, sartison, and zac dunn instead of lying adn trying to fight guys with fights already made.

[2shameless]

Sad to see Ward attempting to reinvigorate his career at the expense of GGG instead of doing it in the ring. Ward's stans tell us 168 is stacked, but Andre can't fight a single person with a pulse to fight? I get why Ward is petrified of Kovalev and Stevenson. Kovalev for obvious reasons and Stevenson for starching a non zombified Dawson in the first round. Surely he can find someone to fight.

[boliodogs]

Ward and GGG are different weight fighters. Instead of trying to have a smaller fighter come all the way up to his ideal weight Ward should be challenging one of the 168 pound champions but he fights mediocre boxers instead. GGG is popular and exciting and he doesn't need Ward. GGG wants to unify 160 and Ward doesn't help him do that. Ward, mr. clinch, is dull as dirt and he wants GGG to help him make money. That's too damn bad. Fight Jack, he is your size and he'll give you a title shot.

[kafkod]

(1)Bullshit. It's called moving the goal post once your bluffed is called.

(2)ggg & his team stated that they had troubles making fights so that they'll fight ANYONE 154-168 lbs. (Also ya don't say that about Ward-Dawson. That's called being hypocritical).

Thsoe are called excuses.

Nobody moved the goal posts. They are playing on a different field now. As you say, GGG and his team had trouble making fights.

Past tense, get it?

Time moves on. Circumstances change. They have other options now. Better options than giving away 8lbs to a fighter who can't draw flies.

WTF are you on about with Ward/Dawson? Dawson wanted to fight Ward, so he came down to Ward's weight. He didn't demand that Ward came up for him, which is what Ward is doing with GGG.

[Cuban Linx]

He's in a tough situation when you consider the landscape of the SMW division. I think what he's trying to do is get that GGG fight desperately to maybe push him over and take some of his momentum. Because realistically his options are very limited at the division. Looking at boxrec for a moment...

There is a fight with DeGale that's possible where that fight takes place could be tricky cause i think Hearn is trying to turn DeGale into an attraction at home.

Arthur Abraham isn't leaving Germany ever again. The same goes for Felix Sturm. The Dirrell brothers and Badou Jack are with Haymon so those are off the board. Arum is not going to put Ramirez anywhere near ward.

So what he's stuck with is George Groves, Fedor Chudinov and porky Medina... Apart from the Groves fight (which I don't think he'll get) I can't see HBO signing off on the other two fights.

So it's not that great for him right now. He also doesn't have to kind of backing that Golovkin has where he can fight lesser named guys on the network.

[Luiz]

No. He's delusional and need to take whatever K2 offers to him.

Word on the Curb is that there is teeter tottering w/ Ward regarding #CottoCanelo. He may want his own bill or some of the PPV money #boxing

— Raging Babe (@M_RagingBabe) September 15, 2015

A bigger Khan if you ask me.

[-Kev-]

lets be honest would any one miss ward if he never fights again?

the public is not demanding any fight with him at all.

Depends what "public" you speak of. If you mean the racist public, I agree.

[Pigeons]

Golovkin doesn't believe in his own abilities. He believes that Ward would beat his ass and take his pride.

[fourtheboys96]

Ward fans can defend their fighter all they want.

But the fact is GGG has a fight lined up (vs Lemiuex) and has potential lucrative fight after that (vs. Cotto/Canelo)

GGG moved on, duck or no duck.

It is time for Ward to do the same. Mentioning GGG at this point when GGG has an upcoming fight smells a bit of desperation.

The 168lbs division is in resurgence. He can challenge the champs in this division. DeGale, Jack, even Chudinov.