Andre Ward speaks on fighting at 175, Kovalev and more

[fighter1234]

WARD: "Mayweather at 154 but GGG at 168"

Are you seriously using that as a defense? Everyone knew that he wasn't serious he even came out and said it.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Are you seriously using that as a defense? Everyone knew that he wasn't serious he even came out and said it.

Trust me, they will use ANYTHING as a defence

[imperial1]

Ward showing these cats how true greatness is acheived. Not by hype but by fights !

[Real King Kong]

That's right, Sanchez is delusional as hell.

GGG will likely lose to Ward, he's too small.

But we know who truly is confident taking 2-3 tuneups before Kovalev is OK but GGG must go to Ward right away

I'm sure it would be fine for ggg to move up to 168 and fight some unranked mw for his first of many tune ups too.

[firstborn]

That's right, Sanchez is delusional as hell.

GGG will likely lose to Ward, he's too small.

But we know who truly is confident taking 2-3 tuneups before Kovalev is OK but GGG must go to Ward right away

It's usually a sign of defeat when you have to resort to using an alt......

[!! Shawn]

It's so funny how scared Golovkin's fans are of Ward. They never fail to flock to these threads to spend every page telling us how irrelevant Ward is and how much he sucks.

Its just funny, that you have a guy trying to unify the middleweight division, being named by a guy who is clearly intent on moving up to 175.

The only reason, Ward needs to rebuild a name, and the only way is with GGG's name in his mouth.

[firstborn]

[QUOTE]Its just funny, that you have a guy trying to unify the middleweight division, being named by a guy who is clearly intent on moving up to 175.

The only reason, Ward needs to rebuild a name, and the only way is with GGG's name in his mouth.[/QUOTE]

Why does Ward need to mention GGG when he's on a collision course with Kovalev? Surely you'd admit that Kovalev is just as dangerous and almost as popular as GGG.

So exactly what would Ward have to gain by mentioning GGG?

[!! Shawn]

[QUOTE=firstborn;16193831]

Its just funny, that you have a guy trying to unify the middleweight division, being named by a guy who is clearly intent on moving up to 175.

The only reason, Ward needs to rebuild a name, and the only way is with GGG's name in his mouth.[/QUOTE]

Why does Ward need to mention GGG when he's on a collision course with Kovalev? Surely you'd admit that Kovalev is just as dangerous and almost as popular as GGG.

So exactly what would Ward have to gain by mentioning GGG?

Kovalev while the king of 175 is not the kind of name stateside that GGG is. Kovalev is not selling out arena's everywhere and being talked about constantly.

GGG is the much more popular fighter with much larger mainstream exposure than Kovalev.

He is talked about with fighters like Canelo and Cotto, compare that to being talked about with Ward and Stevenson.

Its not the same league of exposure.

Ward clearly has no intention of staying at 168, he never did. He is calling out GGG while taking tuneups to test the waters at 175.

Its smart, it gets wards name out there again, and will make him more marketable when he fights Kovalev.

Im not calling Ward a coward or anything. Its just the reality of what is going on.

[firstborn]

Kovalev while the king of 175 is not the kind of name stateside that GGG is. Kovalev is not selling out arena's everywhere and being talked about constantly.

GGG is the much more popular fighter with much larger mainstream exposure than Kovalev.

He is talked about with fighters like Canelo and Cotto, compare that to being talked about with Ward and Stevenson.

Its not the same league of exposure.

Ward clearly has no intention of staying at 168, he never did. He is calling out GGG while taking tuneups to test the waters at 175.

Its smart, it gets wards name out there again, and will make him more marketable when he fights Kovalev.

Im not calling Ward a coward or anything. Its just the reality of what is going on.

You have a point, GGG is also slightly more popular due to his recent media ops with Rhonda Rousey and his Apple commercial. That being said, I still don't know too many casual fans that are familiar with either Kovalev or GGG. Hell to be honest the only reason why casuals around here know Ward is because he's from the Bay Area.

What I'm trying to express is that GGG doesn't bring in that much more attention than Kovalev....at least not where I'm from. Besides, at this point I think Ward and GGG only mention each other because reporters ask the same questions a million times.

[2501]

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.

The irony. el-oh-el.