[interview] TBE doesnt believe GGG is worth the hype until he takes a risk vs ward

[_Maxi]

http://www.fighthype.com/mayweathern...ight_ward.html

BT: Floyd, I don't know if you heard, but the first attempt at building the next pay-per-view star in the post-Mayweather era didn't turn out quite as well as some had hoped. Golovkin's first pay-per-view card did less than 150,000 buys. Do you think a fighter like Golovkin has what it takes to eventually do the type of pay-per-view numbers that you, and other pay-per-view stars before you, did during your careers?

FM: What I did, it will never be duplicated. Never! I don't know what my numbers were for pay-per-view the first time out, but I just want to let the fighters know this, just because you can fight has nothing to do with selling tickets, putting asses in the seats, or becoming a pay-per-view star. It takes more than just being able to fight. It takes more than that. You have to have a certain aura about yourself, a certain charisma about yourself, a certain sales pitch about yourself; it takes a total package. The thing is, as far as boxing, it's all about taking risks and taking chances. I did it. I took risks. I took chances. I'm just waiting to see if Triple G is going to go up and fight Andre Ward. I'm going to be convinced when he can go up and beat Andre Ward. Until then, I'm not convinced.

And I honestly feel it's not a black thing, it's not a white thing, it's the right thing, but like I said before, racism still exists in boxing. They had Hispanics and black fighters only that was dominating the sport for years. An Asian fighter comes along and makes a lot of noise, which is Manny Pacquiao. For years, they said I was a coward, I was scared, or I was ducking this guy. All I said is random blood and urine testing and let's make it happen. Eventually, we got to a certain point, we negotiated the fight, it happened, it is what it is. So what I'm saying is this, they were so adamant about that fight [Mayweather vs. Pacquiao], you know, but they're not adamant about Triple G fighting Andre Ward?

Whoever is forcing Andre Ward to go up to [light] heavyweight, that's not cool at all. They're trying to get him beat. From the looks of things, what's going on in the sport of boxing, they want their superstar to be Caucasian. It's obvious. And this has been going on for a very long time. They wanted me to lose to Pacquiao, but that didn't happen. When you get to comparing champions, comparing fighters, all I have to say is I did it my way. I did it my way!

LOL at all this illogical stuff by Floyd.

He said Ward is forced to move up and that that's all wrong. But he forces GGG to go up for Ward?

Who forces Ward to move up? he's free to do whatever he can. He can stay at 168 if he wants to.

What risk did Floyd take? when did he move up?

When he fought retired old Delahoya?
When he fought smaller guy already beaten badly twice Cotto?
When he fought Canelo at 152 instead of 154?

He didn't even take a risk when he fought Maidana, not letting him use punchers gloves and still almost got his ass kicked.

This bastard is unbeliveable. He's jealous of GGG. And GGG said nothing wrong of him.

[_Maxi]

Floyd Mayweather moved up 5 divisions in his career.

Gennady Golovkin has moved up 0 and was asked to move up 1 to face Ward.

Abraham barely turns up for his fights any more, he already went life n death with Paul Smith - the guy you lot deride Ward for fighting as a comeback opponent

You're so ignorant.

Moving up is not a problem if you don't face a height/reach disadvantage.

Mayweather rarely faced a height/size disadvantage. He's pretty tall for the WW division and pretty much all the time has the reach advantage too.

GGG at 168 would be in disadvantage against pretty much all fighters. It would be like Mayweather fighting at 160, something he never did.

And height/reach is more important than ever nowadays since the coWards are allowed to clinch all the time.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

You're so ignorant.

Moving up is not a problem if you don't face a height/reach disadvantage.

Mayweather rarely faced a height/size disadvantage. He's pretty tall for the WW division and pretty much all the time has the reach advantage too.

GGG at 168 would be in disadvantage against pretty much all fighters. It would be like Mayweather fighting at 160, something he never did.

They're called weight divisions, not height divisions.

Mayweather moved up 5 weights and 24lbs in his career. Often giving away 10-15lbs on fight night.

Golovkin has moved up 0 weights and 0lbs.

[TripleGFightFan]

You're so ignorant.

Moving up is not a problem if you don't face a height/reach disadvantage.

Mayweather rarely faced a height/size disadvantage. He's pretty tall for the WW division and pretty much all the time has the reach advantage too.

GGG at 168 would be in disadvantage against pretty much all fighters. It would be like Mayweather fighting at 160, something he never did.

Dare To Be Great!...

[_Maxi]

Dare To Be Great!...

You say that of the man that never moved up? what a dumb post.

Hagler wasn't a midget, it was Hearns that was too tall for any division near WW-MW. Hearns fought in that fight. It wasn't a clinchfest.

I see GGG knocking the **** out of Ward. The only problem is that Ward will clinch non stop and headbutt nonstop until late rounds similar to what Postol did to Matthysse, and then they'll write history as they want.

When they enforce the rules for fair play, I will believe that.

Similar to how they say mayweather beaten Pacquiao or Castillo, when it's not true.

[_Maxi]

They're called weight divisions, not height divisions.

Mayweather moved up 5 weights and 24lbs in his career. Often giving away 10-15lbs on fight night.

Golovkin has moved up 0 weights and 0lbs.

The myth of Mayweather giving 15 lbs of advantage on fight night has already been debunked. He never gives the official night weight and he said he weighed 150 for the canelo fight when one day before in the weigh in he was 150.5, absolute bull shet.

He never fought a taller guy than him except Corrales back in the day or washed up de la hoya amonst exceptions. He was always the taller man with the longer arms.

And answer my previous post too, bastard. You select what to answer because you know you're lost.

[Nay_Sayer]

Come to think of it, Floyd has never gone up in weight to face p4p #2 (or even top 10, like Froch last year), much less unpopular one, wanting 50/50 lol. Even Winky was not as high ranked, nor wanted such laughable terms

I'm pretty sure de la Hoya and Jose Luis Castillo were both in the top 10 P4P when Mayweather moved up to fight them...

[Xi_]

5 weight classes against hof'er's, champions and top contenders for almost 20 years>>>>>>>1 weight class against nothing but ****ing bums and taxi drivers for over 11 years........and golovtards are trying to compare the two, lmao. Floyd is right about the whole gwh thing and this proves it.

[therealpugilist]

So its okay to force GGG to go up weight but not Ward, neither men have went up a single weight division not unless a catchweight against Smith counts talk about hypocrisy.

Ward turned pro at 160 and fought the best at 168, but people want him to remain at 175 because They don't wanna see lil G lose to Ward at 168, Oh my bad 164


Ward has fought elite fighters, GGG has not and has a ton of hype that isn't warranted. He aint beat nobody to be worthy of a top 3 p4p spot and you know it.

175 will be Ward's third weight class...GGG is a career middleweight and would definitely be effective at 168.....Why do people cry for Ward to move up but rather see this so called monster GGG feed on no names and champions from the lower weight classes??? Double standard

[Nay_Sayer]

And don't lie to yourself. Floyd outgrew 135lbs and 140lbs. His ass would be dead trying to make those weights at 33 years old. Judah dropped back to 140lbs and looked like **** there, but he had no choice because he was taking L's at 147.

This is simply not true. Mayweather is a 140lb fighter. Most 140lb'ers weigh more on fight night than Mayweather does...