If GGG wanted 3 tune ups at 168

[Jc8804]

And what if they are outside the top 15 or they are weak 168 pounders being moved up.

[Barcham]

who said they would not be top 10 contenders? no opponent has even been mentioned

Because top 10 contenders are not considered to be tune up fights. If you are specifying that they will be 'TUNE UP' fights, that indicates they are not ranked opponents. And no fighter deserves top dollar to have glorified sparring sessions in the ring.

[boliodogs]

He is a small middleweight at an age when he stopped growing years ago. He is not moving to 168 and he is not spotting Ward 8 pounds to fight him at 168. The two men fight at different weights and Ward wants GGG to come to his perfect weight of 168. GGG will only split the difference and fight Ward at 164 which is what is usually done when two fighters are in different weight classes. So Ward won't go to 164 and GGG won't go to 168. They can't agree on a weight to fight at so the fight won't ever happen. GGG is no more a coward for not going to 168 than Ward is a coward for not going to 164. The fact that GGG was willing to fight Chavez and Froch at 168 is irrelevant because Ward is twice as good as them and everybody knows it. Meanwhile Ward has lots of good 168 pounders he can fight and GGG is trying to unify 160. Fans need to quit acting like GGG is the only fight for Ward and it must happen. It will never happen and there are lots of good fights for Ward at 168 or 175 if he can't make 168 comfortably. There is no real reason for GGG to fight Ward. Ward is not a big money fight and GGG has no desire to move to 168 since he is a small middleweight. GGG has always made it clear his desire is to unify and rule the middleweights. A win over Ward would do nothing for him at 160.

[-MEGA-]

if Ward was throwing Kovalevs name around for the past 3 years and Kova called him on it and Ward turned around and said I need 3 tune up fights. Then there would be a problem.

[MDPopescu]

... Golovkin had the Cotto/Canelo winner mandated to fight him next... Then came Oscar with the Lemieux "lure"... And, surprise, then came Ward who called Golovkin immediately, because he wanted so...
... Now Ward is asking HBO for an indefinite number of tune ups in order to fight God-knows-who after he suffers one of his famous injuries.

[-Kev-]

Well let's not talk about tune ups at 168, he is fighting the great elite fighter David Lemiuex at 160. Ward allegedly said 3 tune ups and Kovalev in 2016. Duva says talks have been positive. If GGG said this for Ward, i'd be okay with it. But next is probably BJ Saunders or Andy Lee, or a JMW coming up like Cotto or Canelo.

[Boxfan83]

How would it be viewed if he wanted a year vs tune ups at 168?

GGG's first 32 fights were Tune ups. How much more does he need?

[MDPopescu]

GGG's first 32 fights were Tune ups. How much more does he need?

Look, genius: and these tune ups they were at what division?

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

How would it be viewed if he wanted a year vs tune ups at 168?

then he would have clarified that he will fight anyone from 160-168 WITH TUNE UPS FIRST at 168. and I would see no problem with it but 3 is a bit much now that I think of it. 2 is fine

[ThatDude44]

He'd be viewed as the most feared. I mean, that's how people view him now after 30 tune-ups. What's 3 more?