Andre Ward speaks on fighting at 175, Kovalev and more

[fighter1234]

no one is hating on the kovalev fight. they are hating on his 3 lame tune ups and they are pointing out how hypocritical ward fans are when they called ggg a duck for trying to fight froch who was number 2 in the division in his very first fight at 168. but ward needs baby steps just to get to kovalev who is number 2 in his division.

Hmm but Golovkin never said that Froch/Chavez Jr would be first steps to a campaign at 168 that will ultimately lead to a fight with Ward... Ward clearly said that he's going to 175 with the intentions of facing Kovalev.

GGG: "Froch/Chavez at 168 but Ward only at 164."

[The Hammer]

Ward is striving for greatness. We need more fighters like this in the game

A win over Alexander Brand will establish Ward as an ATG?

[firstborn]

no one is hating on the kovalev fight. they are hating on his 3 lame tune ups and they are pointing out how hypocritical ward fans are when they called ggg a duck for trying to fight froch who was number 2 in the division in his very first fight at 168. but ward needs baby steps just to get to kovalev who is number 2 in his division.

So you'd prefer he move up to fight one of the P4P best without acclimating himself to the weight class first?

[The Hammer]

So you'd prefer he move up to fight one of the P4P best without acclimating himself to the weight class first?

Isn't that what Ward was demanding Golovkin do?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Isn't that what Ward was demanding Golovkin do?

According to Golovkin's team, the fight was proposed for late 2016 which is when the Kovalev fight is supposed to happen.

So same time-frame of acclimatisation.

But GGG never brought up acclimatising to 168 when it was Chavez or Froch.

[mathed]

Hmm but Golovkin never said that Froch/Chavez Jr would be first steps to a campaign at 168 that will ultimately lead to a fight with Ward... Ward clearly said that he's going to 175 with the intentions of facing Kovalev.

GGG: "Froch/Chavez at 168 but Ward only at 164."

WARD: "Mayweather at 154 but GGG at 168"

[Larry the boss]

Isn't that what Ward was demanding Golovkin do?

But GGG claimed he wanted to fight Ward when Ward was not an active fighter

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Can Little G fans just stay out of Ward/Kovalev threads from now on?

These threads are for real fans of the sport who want to see a real fight between 2 real fighters.

These matters don't concern Little G or his fans.

[firstborn]

Isn't that what Ward was demanding Golovkin do?

The situations aren't exactly the same in my opinion.

I was under the belief that Ward expressed interest in the match up after GGG tried to make fights with Chavez Jr. and Froch. I don't think they ever got far enough into negotiations for a fight between them to discuss tune ups, etc. Not to mention that Able was running his mouth about GGG being a monster, capable of beating any fighter from 154-168.

Ward seems to be giving Kovalev the respect he deserves by admitting he needs to prepare himself for a fighter of his caliber. I didn't get that same impression from GGG's camp.

[Larry the boss]

WARD: "Mayweather at 154 but GGG at 168"

im lost here.....Ward never mentioned fighting anyone at 154 EVER