Comments Thread For: Roc Nation: This is Ward's First Step Toward Kovalev

[mathed]

Taking steps to face Kovalev by fighting a 168 pounder at 175? OK, that makes complete sense.

[aboutfkntime]

Taking steps to face Kovalev by fighting a 168 pounder at 175? OK, that makes complete sense.

Ward was forced to take a short-notice opponent.

He is " taking steps to " adjust his weight to 175.

Chill, it is nothing but good news for Kovalev.

Ward is a big boy, he can look af6ter himself.

[OnePunch]

Ward was forced to take a short-notice opponent.

He is " taking steps to " adjust his weight to 175.

Chill, it is nothing but good news for Kovalev.

Ward is a big boy, he can look af6ter himself.

only reason it was a short notice opponent is because they wasted a month and a half trying to get garbage opponents approved. They had Gonzalez locked and loaded but Andre said "uhmmmmm no thanks"

man, you Ward stans be like........

[aboutfkntime]

only reason it was a short notice opponent is because they wasted a month and a half trying to get garbage opponents approved. They had Gonzalez locked and loaded but Andre said "uhmmmmm no thanks"

man, you Ward stans be like........

hardly

look at the post you replied to, I said this.....

" Ward is a big boy, he can look after himself "

I'm chill ^^

You guys think it's all about Kovalev.... but it's actually all about Ward

Kovalev will just be the first name at 175 to get it.

[Eastcoast]

" for our dear lives " ?

Are you serious ?

Dude, Team Bull**** said this for YEARS.... " anyone from 154-168 ".

FACT: GGG has never done anything even remotely close to that, EVER!

Not even close.

They had FOUR opportunities, and they passed on every single one.

You seem to think that we should not be holding Golovkin to his word..... so I have to ask you something..... in your opinion, when did the "anyone from 154-168" lie expire?

When did it become inappropriate to point out the failure ?

How long ago should I have stopped noticing that Team Golovkin have completely failed to live up to their own hype?

Back when the '154-168' quote was made, Golovkin was making attempts to fight bigger guys. K2 sent offers to Edwin Rodriguez & Thomas Oosthuizen. Rodriguez rejected the offer and Oosthuizen priced himself out, and then K2 settled on Gabe Rosado due to his three KO wins on NBC. Also at that time HBO asked Golovkin about fighting Ward he said yes, Ward said he was unavailable - this was much discussed this past summer. And also they signed to fight Chavez at 168 and were willing to accept a fight at 168 vs Froch in the UK. So you can hardly say 'never'. Golovkin was going at Froch, which is Ward's golden win.

Since then I agree, Golovkin has little interest in currently fighting Ward. But I also believe the same with Ward. Andre signed with Roc Nation in March, in October prior to that he sent the email to HBO to be read after the Rubio fight that he'd fight Golovkin 'anyplace, anytime, anywhere'. Yet he made no attempt to do so once he was finally free from Goosen. Golovkin had just defeated Murray and literally had no quality options to choose from, but Ward made no attempts to make the fight then. People like you choose to ignore this fact.

I've yet to see Lara make a serious attempt to fight Golovkin, believe me I've been watching because I very much want that fight. It's hard to ignore the politics of Haymon/HBO. Their business agendas are very opposed to one another. Even if both Golovkin/Lara attempt to make the fight, I don't believe Haymon will sacrifice one of his fighters and at the same time boosten the popularity of his enemy-HBO's star fighters. We've seen Haymon kill such fights before with Stevenson/Kovalev and Quillin/Korobov.

[Jc8804]

fighters are suppose to go up...not down

Thats why canelo went to 152.
Floyd Dehydrated doe

[mathed]

Ward was forced to take a short-notice opponent.

He is " taking steps to " adjust his weight to 175.

Chill, it is nothing but good news for Kovalev.

Ward is a big boy, he can look af6ter himself.

He will fight another 168 pounder in his next fight as well then find a way to excuse himself from the sport indefinitely prior to a Kovalev fight, we all know what the deal is.

You adjust to a higher weight by fighting a lower level guy that participates at that higher weight, then step up the comp the next time out. He's milking Roc Nation and HBO for as long as he possibly can.

[Scipio2009]

Golovkin's **** fights? Enjoy your time with Ward/Smith and Ward/Brand. Be sure to ask Andre why he didn't make Golovkin an offer back in March when both were freed up and get your excuses ready when he bails on the Kovalev fight.

lol. Because in March, Team Golovkin was still acting as if Andre Ward was just a bad dream, like Candyman. If Golovkin hadn't gone on SportsNation, Max Kellerman hadn't put his employ by HBO aside for a moment to be an honest speaker of boxing, and Andre Ward hadn't been featured on that same program within weeks of Golovkin's appearance, Team Golovkin would still be trying to say "Andre who (cold shudder)".

Hilarious to see you hang so tightly to ****ing 15:1 actual title fights; you were probably one of the folks on this forum, spending your every breath, trying to sell ****ing David Lemieux as a real dangerous fight, lol.

Ward-Smith was a fight, after nearly a year and a half out of the ring, where Andre Ward would get the opportunity to knock off any ring rust, against a rugged and quality operator. Ward-Brand is a stay busy fight for Andre Ward, in anticipation of his coming HBO Championship Boxing show in Feb/Mar and the likely Kovalev fight in the Fall.

People call the fights what they are. Why Golovkin fans refuse to do so for their guy, who has been in maybe 3 real fights his entire professional career, is beyond me.

[SOPH~ REP.]

Dam A.Ward should be Bigger than he is at this stage of his career

[HeroBando]

lol. Because in March, Team Golovkin was still acting as if Andre Ward was just a bad dream, like Candyman. If Golovkin hadn't gone on SportsNation, Max Kellerman hadn't put his employ by HBO aside for a moment to be an honest speaker of boxing, and Andre Ward hadn't been featured on that same program within weeks of Golovkin's appearance, Team Golovkin would still be trying to say "Andre who (cold shudder)".

Hilarious to see you hang so tightly to ****ing 15:1 actual title fights; you were probably one of the folks on this forum, spending your every breath, trying to sell ****ing David Lemieux as a real dangerous fight, lol.

Ward-Smith was a fight, after nearly a year and a half out of the ring, where Andre Ward would get the opportunity to knock off any ring rust, against a rugged and quality operator. Ward-Brand is a stay busy fight for Andre Ward, in anticipation of his coming HBO Championship Boxing show in Feb/Mar and the likely Kovalev fight in the Fall.

People call the fights what they are. Why Golovkin fans refuse to do so for their guy, who has been in maybe 3 real fights his entire professional career, is beyond me.

Lol at Smith being a " rugged, quality" operator. We know the blowout stoppage losses to 2 UK prospects, but what's his best win?