Mayweather double standards when he talks about Ward and Golovkin

[-Kev-]

What division is Ward fighting?

His comeback fight was 172 because it had been 2 years. He and his team sent GGG an offer for a 168 fight in 2016 and he was turned down and sent to fight Kovalev by HBO.

[SplitSecond]

Golovkin Ward won't happen because Ward can't make 168, he could have made it for maybe another fight or two, but he's struggling and HBO won't risk Golovkin going to 168 to fight a bum that no ones cares about. Same reason why Ward Kovalev hasn't happened yet, Ward has to be built and the public have to see that he's back and he's still as good as before.

Ward really thinks HBO would just give him Golovkin at 168 when he brings nothing to the table to be taking that risk and going through the trouble, if they were in the same class it probably could've happened already.

[boxinggod101]

His comeback fight was 172 because it had been 2 years. He and his team sent GGG an offer for a 168 fight in 2016 and he was turned down and sent to fight Kovalev by HBO.

And what weight is GGG fighting?

[OnePunch]

I don't give a crap what jdj says....his isn't apart of the ward camp. Ward left 68 to get bigger fights and challenge himself.......Something lil g and his fans know very little about. The TS is ****ing ****** and you're right there with him if you believe that bs.

lol, well so far his biggest "challenge" is getting commissions to approve the slobs he wants to fight haha

[Scipio2009]

Martinez was the A-side name. HBO wanted that fight and would have paid him handsomely for it. GGG would have been lucky to get 500k, but they would have taken it.

Martinez gets $1.5m, Golovkin gets $500k.

Before paying for a co-feature bout, getting some money to the promoters of the fight, covering the rest of the undercard, etc, you've already spent the entire night's budget that HBO has been giving K2 to put on Golovkin fights.

What do you imagine HBO's budget for Sergio Martinez's prior fights was, when he was openly willing to bend over to Cotto for $1.5m? lol

[Scipio2009]

All you say is bull****, just hear his latest comments: "They force me to move up" Andre Ward.

Nice try.

Andre Ward, as of the ESPN SportsNation interview not too long ago, walks around at 180lbs; Sergey Kovalev likely walks around at 200lbs, as can be said for basically every other light heavyweight fighter sans maybe Bernard Hopkins.

HBO put their price at picking up Ward's next three fights at going to 175 for fight Kovalev, Ward and his camp looked at it, and they felt confident enough to go forward with the deal.

If you want to try and discredit outside observers seeing a guy who walks around at 180lbs being compelled to fight guys walking around at 200lbs, that's on you.

[OnePunch]

Martinez gets $1.5m, Golovkin gets $500k.

Before paying for a co-feature bout, getting some money to the promoters of the fight, covering the rest of the undercard, etc, you've already spent the entire night's budget that HBO has been giving K2 to put on Golovkin fights.

What do you imagine HBO's budget for Sergio Martinez's prior fights was, when he was openly willing to bend over to Cotto for $1.5m? lol

thats what the live gate, foreign sales, sponsors, advertising, merchandise, etc is for.........

[Scipio2009]

so the "I could beat a Klitschko", Im guessing that was just yet another "aspirational statement"???

lol dude you are too funny......

He said that, at some point in his career, he wants to challenge for the heavyweight title. When then posed with the question of having to possibly face a Klitschko, Ward defaulted to the fighter trope of "if I'm on my game, I'm good enough to beat anybody".

try again

[Scipio2009]

GGG made 1.5 million against Monroe
Pavlik in your av made 2.5 million against Gary Lockett
Ward makes 2 million per fight
Bradley makes over 2 million per fight

ALL non PPV

Damn straight Martinez would have got 1.5 Million for a middleweight unification fight. Stop talking nonsense

lol Golovkin was only able to make $1.5m because Willie Monroe only took $100k. How about you try and average out the three fights before that.

For argument's sake, you should probably try averaging out Martinez's prior three fight purses as well.

[MPX309]

And what weight is GGG fighting?

Well, depending on who he is in negotiations with. . . lol