Comments Thread For: Mayweather To Golovkin: Beat Andre Ward, Then I'll Fight You!

[-Kev-]

Pipe down, Floyd hater!!!!

Just 7 of those guys are actually still around. We've fallen

[b00g13man]

Just 7 of those guys are actually still around. We've fallen

Some of em are before my time. I'm assuming bans were responsible.

[Raonic]

This is the same bluff that GGG's promoter gave when he said GGG would fight Ward if he beat Kovalev. They're both full of ****.

[-Kev-]

Some of em are before my time. I'm assuming bans were responsible.

No actually they just stopped posting, Pullcounter and LordVoldermort were perma banned. Though Pullcounter got banned when he turned into a Floyd hater, not when he was a Floyd fan, he went out of control with the Floyd hate talking about death to his children and all types of sick stuff

IIRC what made him snap was the Mayweather-Marquez fight signing

[b00g13man]

No actually they just stopped posting, Pullcounter and LordVoldermort were perma banned. Though Pullcounter got banned when he turned into a Floyd hater, not when he was a Floyd fan, he went out of control with the Floyd hate talking about death to his children and all types of sick stuff

IIRC what made him snap was the Mayweather-Marquez fight signing

I wasn't enamoured with it, but sounds like he took it way too seriously.

[-Kev-]

I wasn't enamoured with it, but sounds like he took it way too seriously.

Same here, I criticized it, but I took into consideration that Floyd was coming off 2 years of inactivity and this sort of stuff happens, fighters moving up in weight to fight the best. Marquez was #2 P4P. I was looking at the negatives and positives of it. Mainly, I was disappointed and just wanted Floyd to follow it up with a bigger opponent, a real top WW, which he did by fighting Mosley right after, who was #2 WW and #3 P4P. Pullcounter never forgave Floyd though, he bashed every Floyd fight until his ban. I think he was banned 4-5 times before the big ban

[ShoulderRoll]

Damn, what a legacy Golovkin could build if he managed to beat BOTH Ward AND Floyd. He'd be an all-time great legend.

He's lucky to have such an awesome opportunity available as well as two very willing dance partners. Many fighters are stuck in weight classes with either no elite rivals or with rivals that won't get in the ring with them.

GGG should seize this chance at immortality. The first step begins with Andre Ward....let's go champ.

[hugh grant]

We know GGG wants to beat down Floyd first. Then beat ward. That's the order of things. Start with the easy floyd

[ThatDude44]

I think it's clear that GGG's primary motivation is to clear out 160 and get all the bouts. He was willing to drop a few lbs for a huge $ fight with Floyd; and he was willing to go up for good $ vs Froch or Chavez. I don't think the big $ was there for a Ward fight at 168. I could be wrong, but he's not a big name despite his success. Why move out of the weight class you plan on staying in unless it's for big $? GGG (or his trainer - I don't remember) said some things that appeared hypocritical, but I understand the planned career trajectory

But he always says "I'm not business man".

[Robbie Barrett]

Everyone with a brain knows all the negotiations where just publicity for Ward to rebuild his image after prolonged inactivity.

Talking about fighting GGG while moving up in weight and fighting at progressively higher weight tuneups... yes, he was definitely serious about fighting him at 168.

But if Ward is so Great, why doesnt he go to 160 like Dawson came to 168 for him? Or even better, just too 164 half way.

Its a bit of a double standard. Especially since Wards Gold medal was at Light Heavyweight. Golovkins silver was at Middleweight.

One of them has been boiling down to a smaller weight class. Any guess which one it is? Not GGG

If Ward was a 175lb fighter like you say he was already moving down a division and meeting Little G halfway with the 168 offer.