Comments Thread For: Golovkin's Coach: Kovalev Will Be Too Much For Andre Ward!

[Bandman]

thats what the greats do. .take fights ppl dont think youre ready for ..and win. thats what builds legacy. kovalev has the power to put ward to sleep no matter how many tune ups he has. no point in "marinating" this.

[GGG Gloveking]

Shame on any idiot who thinks GGG wanted to fight Ward. K2 & Co actually asked for a catchweight of 164! SMH

Hadnt Ward just fought at a catchweight? And hasnt Ward over the course of his career, fought at catchweights? Were two of his three fights prior to the super6 fought at a catchweight as well? It seems a little hypocritical to shame on someone for offering a catchweight to a person with a history of such, doesnt it?

[kafkod]

Exactly. Kovalev was in a better position to accept that type of "wait for it" contract. He was already a super champion at LHW, with the promise of a unification with Stevenson looking very grim to say the least. He really had "nothing better to do". Golovkin, at the time, had his sights set on then champs, Cotto, Lemieux, and Andy Lee. It wouldn't have made sense for Golovkin to agree to a fight down the road with Andre. I firmly believe that had Gennady signed to fight Ward, he would not be WBC champ today.

I can hear Canelo little pipsqueak voice now..."I am ready now. I want to fight now, but GGG is set to fight Ward. I keep my belt."

This is what people keep missing, maybe because they want to miss it.

Cotto and Canelo both signed a contract agreeing that the winner of their fight would fight Golovkin next, at 160lbs, and neither of them actually wanted that fight.

If GGG had signed another contract agreeing to fight Ward, at around the same time he was expected to be fighting the winner of Cotto/Canelo for the WBC title, he might as well have torn the contract he already had with them in pieces and thrown it away.

Cotto and Ward even have the same promoter, ffs!

[turnedup]

Abel is going to talk Kovalev v Ward into super fight status...Let him keep talking it's good for the ratings and both of their careers. Considering how many Holes Sanchez has irritated these past three years, expect people to tune in to have him proved wrong.

[Swatty]

To bad your fighter lil g didn't have the balls to be too much for Ward now you dancing on sidelines waving cheerleading flag hoping another man can do what you didn't have confidence for your fighter to do mr 164lbs only for Ward everybody else we do 168 except Froch we can accommodate 172 for him

Triple G has avoided no one. Everyone has avoided him, including the few who call him out to get their name in the news, like Andre Ward. Ward refused the fight, accepted AFTER the Lemieux fight was set knowing full well he was safe. Whereupon Loeffler said ok, 50-50 for real, you come down to 164, we meet halfway. Spin it how you want but that's the truth. That and your attitude is laughable. You forgot to say "...but 154-168! Waaah!!!...

[GGG Gloveking]

This is what people keep missing, maybe because they want to miss it.

Cotto and Canelo both signed a contract agreeing that the winner of their fight would fight Golovkin next, at 160lbs, and neither of them actually wanted that fight.

If GGG had signed another contract agreeing to fight Ward, at around the same time he was expected to be fighting the winner of Cotto/Canelo for the WBC title, he might as well have torn the contract he already had with them in pieces and thrown it away.

Cotto and Ward even have the same promoter, ffs!

I can imagine the WBC would have found a way to take Golovkins mandatory status and all that. Or maybe make him fight Heiland in an eliminator to let Canelo milk the belt a little longer. Signing to fight Ward would have been disastrous for Golovkins goal of unifying the division.

Another thing people are missing is that Golovkins goal is the history books. He wants to be the first undisputed champ in a decade in the MW division. He wants to break Bernard Hopkins record for title defenses. We that are alive now remember the guys that go up a division and win one or two belts, but when our grandchildren look up the great fighters of our day, they will look for who held the records, who was the very best. And Gennady Golovkin wants them to see his name when they look up undisputed champs and most successful defenses.

[kafkod]

I can imagine the WBC would have found a way to take Golovkins mandatory status and all that. Or maybe make him fight Heiland in an eliminator to let Canelo milk the belt a little longer. Signing to fight Ward would have been disastrous for Golovkins goal of unifying the division.

Another thing people are missing is that Golovkins goal is the history books. He wants to be the first undisputed champ in a decade in the MW division. He wants to break Bernard Hopkins record for title defenses. We that are alive now remember the guys that go up a division and win one or two belts, but when our grandchildren look up the great fighters of our day, they will look for who held the records, who was the very best. And Gennady Golovkin wants them to see his name when they look up undisputed champs and most successful defenses.

Rating fighters by how many divisions they won world titles in is just a passing phase, imo, started by Manny and Floyd and their fans.

What really matters is who is the undisputed best fighter in each division. That's what boxing always used to be about and that's what it needs to get back to.

[REYESdelBOXEO]

ABEL + lil g + TOM = THE 3 STOOGES

[Progrssive_Jedi]

But Sanchez is talking shiiiit doe

I mean the guy just gave Ward huge props, but...

[Cinci Champ]

its possible anyone who is looking at the situation with an open mind knows ward could use one more tune up i hope hes able get one in cause i want both to be at their best when they fight. I still think ward wins but im not super confident