Comments Thread For: IBF Same Day Weights: Golovkin 168.6, Lemieux 169.2

[bigjavi973]

is Hagler a great fighter?

Just from the logic of your post, he mustn't be

There wasn't a super middleweight division until after he retired.

[fourtheboys96]

Ward fans still bringing up their fighter's name on a 160lbs championship thread?

[TX_BOXNG]

Lol it was little G who called out 154-168

Ward hasnt tried to fight at 160 or 160lb fighter, it was little G who made the challenge but little G is afraid of Ward at 168, unlike Froch who he did try to fight at 168

[SchoolTheseCats]

I thought 170 is what everyone thought he weighed anyway?

But you seem to accept it as fact, he might not even weigh 170. He weighed 165 30days before the weighin. He really isn't a big middleweight at all

Dude if he was goin to be 165 for fight tonight then he wouldn't of rehydrated 9 pounds already, they had to be within the 10lb rehydrate limit for morning weighin for ibf rules after that they can rehydrate higher and triple g normally comes in around 170-172 stop trying make yourself to be some smart know it all on a boxing forum when your wrong

[Unseen]

On a side note, fight night weight has nothing to do with weigh in weights. I see people looking at GGG and Ward. Ward has weighed at LHW himself... no one is stepping up...

[techliam]

Dude if he was goin to be 165 for fight tonight then he wouldn't of rehydrated 9 pounds already, they had to be within the 10lb rehydrate limit for morning weighin for ibf rules after that they can rehydrate higher and triple g normally comes in around 170-172 stop trying make yourself to be some smart know it all on a boxing forum when your wrong

So why was he 165 30 days from the weigh in?

[aboutfkntime]

I got banned for 4 days because of my offensive avatar.........but the king is back on his throne .......ready for the war tonight

welcome back bro

and..... that avatar is much better

[aboutfkntime]

I see, so your theory is that any negotiating concession made for 1 fighter MUST also be made for every other fighter in the division or its a duck? Interesting.

Therefore, since Ward offered to go to 160 for Floyd, but refuses to for GGG, I guess thats a duck too?

Or was that simply an "aspirational statement" from Ward?

Different fights warrant different concessions. I thought you were smart enough to grasp that fact. My bad........

No, 2 is the limit

[hitking]

The WBC & IBF weigh-in rules should be universal for all boxing matches. I'd be interested to see what some of these guys would weigh the morning of the fight, this would help keep a level playing field.

What should be universal is weighing in on the morning of the fight. That's how it waa done in the old days. That's how it should be done now. My guess is at least 75% of current fighters would be campaigning at least a division north of where they currently reside.

On a sidenote. What made what Floyd and Manny did even more impressive is that they were two of the few boxers actually campaigning in their natural division. At least by yesteryear's standards. Both guys often faced size disadvantages in most of their fights based purely on guys fighting in divisions 20lbs+ lighter than they walk around in their daily lives. Kudos to both.

[aboutfkntime]

Ward is high risk, medium reward

I hate how boxing is more a business than a sport, but its how its being played. Youre right, beating a much bigger Ward would be a huge legacy win. Its a shame boxing isnt really like that anymore

GGG would be better off fighting Klitschko, if he could beat him

Theyre willing to fight Chavez/Froch for money. If Ward paid the same as Froch, we'd have probably seen the fight by now

Nowhere in your post explains why GGG has to fight Ward? You just want to see him lose to the bigger guy, much the same as those who called for Floyd to fight GGG. Before you bring up the 154-168 thing again, let me reiterate my sympathies for you falling for team GGG's hype. I hope you get over it soon

Nah, I completely disagree. I think that Ward would be a huge financial windfall for GGG/K2/HBO, IF they could beat him.