Comments Thread For: Kovalev's Coach: Ward Can't Make 168, Belongs at 175

[_Maxi]

Bro Ward and Krusher are not the same size! Krusher is really CW! Dude is like 6'4 or 6'5. I know he walk around 200lbs. Krusher skill is no where near Ward, but he has enough skill, power, size that scares me. It should be a good fight!!

I don't know if you are trolling or what, but it has been posted that Kovalev fight night weight ir around 185lb. Also, he's just as tall as Ward if not a little shorter.

He's a bit shorter than Hopkins:

[The plunger man]

Bro Ward and Krusher are not the same size! Krusher is really CW! Dude is like 6'4 or 6'5. I know he walk around 200lbs. Krusher skill is no where near Ward, but he has enough skill, power, size that scares me. It should be a good fight!!

No he is not lunatic he is 6ft and ward is 6ft 1 and they both rehydrate to 184 pretty much ...there's a thing could the internet where you can actually check boxers profiles and see for yourself.....ward was a light heavyweight in the Olympics and sweated down to make super middlweight....krusher and ward have no more than 2 or pounds natural weight difference...go read tale of the tape bro

[Jimmy 23]

Most amateur turn pro at their amateur weight you ****** Phuck, Floyd fought at 125 turn pro at 130, Mosley fought at 132 turn pro at 135 Ray Leonard Tommy Hearns fought at 147 turn pro at 147 do you get it dumb a$$ or does this list need to get bigger ?

you f#cking idiot, when SRL and Hearns turn pro weigh in was at the same day you ****** schoolboy.Mosley gain muscles, he was 145-150 at lightweight.Ward starts at his natural weight and cut just ~10 pounds like 95% fighters today.175 pro this is 185-190 big dude at fight night, 178 amateur this is 180-181 dude at fight night.Plus Ward wasn't real 178 fighter.Loma at WSB fought at 141 and OG 132. turn pro 126 and it's not because he is a coward, that's reality of pro boxing.And STFU

[Luilun]

you f#cking idiot, when SRL and Hearns turn pro weigh in was at the same day you ****** schoolboy.Mosley gain muscles, he was 145-150 at lightweight.Ward starts at his natural weight and cut just ~10 pounds like 95% fighters today.175 pro this is 185-190 big dude at fight night, 178 amateur this is 180-181 dude at fight night.Plus Ward wasn't real 178 fighter.Loma at WSB fought at 141 and OG 132. turn pro 126 and it's not because he is a coward, that's reality of pro boxing.And STFU

Here we go again the ****** one again go drown your self

[Scipio2009]

As a Ward fan I could see why you'd be so confused by your hero. One second he says he needs time to move up to 175lbs and that he needs to do it the right way and that once he does he can never move back down to 168lbs. And now he's saying he doesn't need to gain any weight to fight at 175lbs. Hmmmmm.

That my dear Scipio2009 is based on statements by your boyfriend Andre Ward. You can go ahead an make a laughable assumption that he walks around at 180lbs. I mean why else fight Paul Smith at a 172lbs catch-weight. SOG wouldn't want to risk cutting 8lbs of water-weight over an 8 week camp!

You don't know what he's cutting down from ok. As a SMW he only ever released his rehydration weight one time vs Dawson, he's sensitive about that subject. Maybe he doesn't want people knowing how much he's coming down from?

Just like Floyd being ready to fight 155lb-160lb welters while basically waling into the ring for his fight at 150, Andre Ward is confident enough in his skills that he's confident in being able to knock off these 200lb fighters who cut down to light heavyweight, even if he's only 180lbs.

Why you continue to believe that Andre Ward is some giant fighter, deceiving the public for whatever sly reason you want to put on him, is your own issue to deal with.

[Scipio2009]

He was was 168 30 days before the fight with lemeuix....so what's your point buffoon...ward is 172 at he weigh in and it's safe to say he weighs at least 182 before cutting ...so again get realistic...ward is 172 and golovkin 160.....ward is far from a warrior ...ur really deluded lol

Ward was 173.5lbs with three weeks to go to the Paul Smith fight (~20 days to the fight, if I recall correctly). 30 days to his own fight, Golovkin was 168lbs.

20 days to the fight, I doubt that Golovkin was even at 165lbs.

talk about "getting realistic", lol

[Scipio2009]

Most amateur turn pro at their amateur weight you ****** Phuck, Floyd fought at 125 turn pro at 130, Mosley fought at 132 turn pro at 135 Ray Leonard Tommy Hearns fought at 147 turn pro at 147 do you get it dumb a$$ or does this list need to get bigger ?

.... Andre Ward's amateur career was spent largely at 165lbs; he only moved up to 178lbs (stepping on the scale at 172/173lbs for his fights) because America's #2 amateur boxer was Andre Dirrell, who just so happened to also campaign at 165.

Ward debuted at 160, before settling in at 168, like nearly every other top 165 amateur has done (or higher), sans Gennady Golovkin.

[joseph5620]

.... Andre Ward's amateur career was spent largely at 165lbs; he only moved up to 178lbs (stepping on the scale at 172/173lbs for his fights) because America's #2 amateur boxer was Andre Dirrell, who just so happened to also campaign at 165.

Ward debuted at 160, before settling in at 168, like nearly every other top 165 amateur has done (or higher), sans Gennady Golovkin.

A fact that history revisionist and ignorant boxing fans can't grasp.

[j0zef]

A fact that history revisionist and ignorant boxing fans can't grasp.

Kovalev, 6'0 (Apr 1983, age 32)
Ward 6'1 (Feb 1984, age 31)
Golovkin 5'10 (Apr 1982, age 33).

Kovalev at age 18-22 - Middleweight
Kovalev age 22-32 - LHW
Kovlaev turns pro at 25, fights at 175.

Ward at age 17-19 - MW
Ward at age 20 (olympics) - LHW
Turns pro at 20, fights at 165. Goes back down,
Fights at 160 at age 21 & 22.
Fights at 168 at 23 (2007)
Came in at 171 in 2009 (age 25) - boxrec
Fights at 172 in 2015.

Golovkin at age 18 - Light Welterweight
GGG at age 20 - Light Middleweight
Golovkin at age 22 - MW
Pro at age 24
Heaviest he came in was 161 in 2009.

[joseph5620]

Kovalev, 6'0 (Apr 1983, age 32)
Ward 6'1 (Feb 1984, age 31)
Golovkin 5'10 (Apr 1982, age 33).

Kovalev at age 18-22 - Middleweight
Kovalev age 22-32 - LHW
Kovlaev turns pro at 25, fights at 175.

Ward at age 17-19 - MW
Ward at age 20 (olympics) - LHW
Turns pro at 20, fights at 165. Goes back down,
Fights at 160 at age 21 & 22.
Fights at 168 at 23 (2007)
Came in at 171 in 2009 (age 25) - boxrec
Fights at 172 in 2015.

Golovkin at age 18 - Light Welterweight
GGG at age 20 - Light Middleweight
Golovkin at age 22 - MW
Pro at age 24
Heaviest he came in was 161 in 2009.

Where are you getting that Ward is 6-1? For his fights I've only seen him listed as 6-0.


Also, what does this have to do with his amateur career? You're responding with something that has nothing to do with what I posted.