GGG's friend: I begged GGG to fight Ward. He blamed his promoters.

[BrometheusBob.]

Kovalev is about fighting anybody, anywhere, anytime. Since you're trying to downplay Kovalev and Ward like they aren't draws. I'll bet you ALL my points that Ward and Kovalev doubles the PPV numbers of GGG-Lemieux.

But I'd bet it doesn't double the PPVs of GGG versus any live body.

[joseph5620]

We all know the reason why Gennady is hated on here...

We also know why you hate Ward's style but jumped on Postol's bandwagon.

[Nay_Sayer]

Tom Loeffler has a situation right now where he has a fighter that can pack an arena versus a novice.

What incentive is there to take on a risk like this? It's common sense. I don't see how this needs to be debated 500 times day after day. Time to move on people.

^This.

Why take a tough fight when HBO is happy to pay millions to watch Bumlovkin knock over TOMATO CANs?

[about.thousands]

But I'd bet it doesn't double the PPVs of GGG versus any live body.

So you're saying Lemieux wasn't a live body?

[Beercules]

We also know why you hate Wards's style but jumped on Postol's bandwagon.

He actually knocked out a relevant opponent. Ward beat up Paul Smith.

I guess Gennady doesn't clinch enough for you?

[BrometheusBob.]

So you're saying Lemieux wasn't a live body?

By live body I mean someone with a better chance to win. Lemieux isn't a bad fighter, but not many thought he'd be the one to topple the best MW we've seen in years.

Lemieux was relatively unknown in the states and GGG was a 16/1 favorite. The Hagler/Hearns narrative that the promoters tried to spin up did not account for those glaring problems.

[hhs661]

We all know the reason why Gennady is hated on here...

Because he beats up the dominick wade's of the world?

[bigjavi973]

Hagler never moved up.

Can you explain why?

[about.thousands]

We all know the reason why Gennady is hated on here...

Why is he hated here?

[Beercules]

Because he beats up the dominick wade's of the world?

Blame the IBF like Larry said before his epic meltdown last night.