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If no Jacobs or Saunders, I would prefer him to try and lure up Andrade, Lara, etc etc. He should get full credit. The size crap is bogus. All these top 154lbers, outside Lara, are big kids for the weight class. I think he kills all of them, outside of Andrade, but none the less, its where the best talent is imo.
168 is no different than 160 imo. He basicly has one dangerous fight (DeGale), a couple of past it guys and several unknown quan******. Jack has already said he is jumping to 175. Zurdo, AA, Bute and the rest of the lot are no better than a BJS, or Jacobs etc. Plus I don't think he has any better luck getting most of those guys in the ring anyways outside of maybe DeGale and Zurdo. So he would just end up in the same boat hes in now, just at a higher weight class, while basicly ending any hope of fighting any of the 154lb guys.
175 would be suicide. As good as I think he is, and I think his power would carry, that is still a monster leap. He could beat a lot of guys, but a fight with the Ward vs Kovalev winner? Hehe that would be madness. Would love to see it though.Comment
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its 2 totally different situations'
Ward was inactive because he had litigation issues, couldnt fight and injuries....GGG has been the most active big name fighter in the game and what has he done? He beat Lemieux for a belt and had one given to him
its smart management not to put a rusty guy in too tough off the rip...at least he is fighting Kov in november and he is in a new division
At least Ward has been in with top guys, elite guys....GGG is supposed to be p4p # 3 or 1 to some, then watch his fights and his opponents and he clearly fights overmatched no names.
Ward would be getting the bizness from me if Kov wasnt looming but come on...we wont see GGG vs Canelo til next yeat and in the mean time we'll be fed "mis-mandatories"...guys we never heard of, on house arrest, but he the "mandatory doe!!!"
this horse ride has gotten old....**** K2 and GGG unless they have a fight signed to fight a top 5 middleweight or someone top 5 at 154 or 168
Lemmie was a step in the right direction but the belts seem like a bargaining chip to get Canelo in the ring, and also a way to rack up victories and pad his record vs Cans...well he is the can man...any can, can get it.Comment
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Yep. Can't even suggest a think outside the box situation. I asked yesterday and couldn't get a serious response or a serious plan different from mine.
Seems like people think. Canelo is the endgame for GGG and they should continue on the path they've been going. That same path that has led to nothing. His fans are content with covering their ears and yelling "nobody wants to fight him" but don't realize money is the reason he can't get fights. If somebody is offering more money to get the big fights you go where the money is. This isn't unusual. All fighters have done it.Comment
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I really want him to beat Saunders/Jacobs/Canelo/Eubank at 160 first though/get all four belts, but then he would be too old to move up. So what I'm hoping is: if he can't fight one of those guys, then a fight at 168 would be great (depending on the opponent).
Unfortunately, the haters will swarm him and call him a bum if he loses, but it is what it is. They will ignore the fact that out of the top 10 SMWs, only one is shorter than him (Abraham), that he has basically the shortest reach (shorter than Abraham), and is also the smallest in terms of weight at this division.
Not even Floyd fought an, "Andre Ward" level of opponent that was in their prime when he moved up. He was never shorter/had lesser reach against 95% of his opponents. Only person that comes to mind that was bigger, is ODLH and he was already shot. It would be kind of like, Floyd fighting Lara at 154.Comment
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He should stay at 160, his natural division where the playing field is fairly even, and unify the titles
When he has done that, he can move up and have his 'legacy' fights if the division starts to heat up.Comment
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If his next fight is Eubank, that means his resume for the year is Dominic Wade(who?) and Chris Eubank, a promising young fighter, but all hes beaten have been domestic level guys. That's truly a waste of a year for anyone considered one of the top fighters in boxing. I remember a few months back we had a thread of people ****ting on Errol Spence for fighting Algieri and then Bundu later this year. Where is the frikkin disconnect???Comment
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lol what? First, there is no "before Canelo". There is no deal, not even a deal to fight in principle. Essentially it's a "don't negotiate with us until late 2017 at the earliest". Nothing here, no fight. Ward & Kovalev at least agreed to fight each other so if Ward and/or Kov want tune ups, cool whatever at least we know they are fighting. Second, GGG fans and people who criticize HBO/Ward for his two tune ups aren't mutually exclusive. NSB is a poor representation of what the boxing world thinks in general.Comment
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