Comments Thread For: Golovkin's Coach: We'd Fight Andre Ward, But He Can't Make 168

[Nightfall]

when he could make 168 they wanted to bring him down to 164

[aboutfkntime]

Great post. Sums it all up. Ward never intended to fight GGG. Just used his name to stay relevant since obviously not fighting one top opponent in the last four years, really his entire career, was not going to keep him relevant by itself lol. Smart strategy to use GGG's name actually since GGG had all the excitement and accomplishments the last four years, and Ward had none. He latched himself to GGG to try to leech some of that fan interest, since he was generating none himself, and it worked on some fans, fooled them very effectively.

funny, because everyone else thought it was rubbish LMAO

but, great to see you 2 gimps supporting each other

[Bronx2245]

The Ward-Kovalev winner would be a much bigger legacy defining fight than Canelo.

Of course it would, but I don't see GGG being physically capable of fighting @ 175. That's why his team said 164 for Ward but not for Froch or Chavez Jr.! GGG would've never been able to beat Ward @ 168! It's basically Canelo or bust now! Lara would be a good name, but there's no money, and GGG needs to make some money now!

[Jc8804]

So if ward couldnt make 168 since 2013,

That means he was blowing smoke in 2014
And 2015 and 2016 about being able to fight GGG right.?

That will always be a debate. He had promoter issues and supposedly couldnt make the weight


One could argue that by the time ward fights kovalev in november (if ward acrually goes thru with it ) he hasnt fought a real opponent in 4 years.

Dawson -c minus fighter drained -2012
Rodriguez-c minus fighter - 13' domestic fighter
Smith-d plus fighter -15' overweight domestic

2016---
Barrera-c minus fighter-inexperienced domestic
Brand-d fighter-old journeyman .

Thats a weak resume

You wanna get technical

Before Froch which was a good win
He beat Abraham whos best weight was 160
And bika an old journeyman along with a d fighter in Allen green.

We all know how the kessler fight went with all those intentional head butts in oakland.

You cant make this stuff up

[HEND]

Golovkin will fight Kell Brook, a blown up welterweight in two weeks

Ward fights Kovalev, the almost undisputed LHW champion of the world in November.

^That says it all

[hitking]

Of course it would, but I don't see GGG being physically capable of fighting @ 175. That's why his team said 164 for Ward but not for Froch or Chavez Jr.! GGG would've never been able to beat Ward @ 168! It's basically Canelo or bust now! Lara would be a good name, but there's no money, and GGG needs to make some money now!

I honestly don't think money is GGG's motivation. He has a nice net worth, and a sweetheart deal from HBO. I think money is the motivation for his team. I think they're milking him for everything he's worth. I think he has some ****ty people around him giving him some ****ty advice. And he's trusting them, and making him look bad.

[Bronx2245]

funny, because everyone else thought it was rubbish LMAO

but, great to see you 2 gimps supporting each other

What they want to forget is:

October 9, 2015:

According to Loeffler , the offer was rejected because K2 had already finalized Golovkin's upcoming HBO Pay-Per-View fight with Lemieux - and the winner would become the mandatory challenger to the November 21st showdown between WBC champion Miguel Cotto and Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.

Loeffler indicates that their strategy, since last year, has been to unify the middleweight division.

However, during that period they did explore potential fights at super middleweight with both Carl Froch and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

When it came it Ward, Loeffler and Golovkin's trainer Abel Sanchez made it very clear that a catch-weight of 164-pounds would be required. They also feel their boxer deserves a bigger portion of the monetary split. Roc Nation's offer was an even 50-50 deal.

Golovkin came under fire for his catch-weight demand. Loeffler explained that Golovkin fighting at the full weight limit of 168 would only be considered if the event was financially worth the risk. They felt a fight with Ward would not have generated the same financial benefits as a fight with Froch or Chavez...

Michael Yormark, president and chief of branding and strategy for parent company Roc Nation, disputes some of the information being circulated in the press.

The Roc Nation executive reached out to BoxingScene.com to respond, on behalf of his company and their fighter, to some of the published statements from Golovkin's team members.

According to Yormark, Roc Nation was never afforded the opportunity to discuss weight, the financial terms, potential dates, which fighter was the A-side or any other factor - because their offer was turned down in 36 minutes.

"I respect Tom and he's a nice man, but as it relates to this issue - he's way off-base," Yormark told BoxingScene.com. "The chatter that you've been hearing from Triple G's camp is inappropriate, inaccurate and we need to clear this up immediately."

"Andre Ward has always fought the best opponents that were available, and that holds true today as well. We want to fight the best and we obviously consider Triple G a formidable opponent. We made an offer to fight Triple G. It was the number one priority on Andre's list."

"We made him an offer, prior quite frankly, to knowing about the fight with Lemieux. But regardless of that fight, the offer was very, very clear - that he and Andre would both have one fight before they fought each other, and they would fight each other sometime in the first half of 2016. So obviously the fight with Lemieux would continue to move forward and the next fight would be Andre in 2016.

"They received the offer and in 36 minutes we got a response which basically stated 'we cannot accept the offer and we're going in a different direction.' In 36 minutes [they turned it down], so that tells me there was not even any consideration given to the offer, because at the end of the day Triple G always knew that he would never fight Andre Ward. He's stated publically, and in writing, that he would go up to 168 to fight anybody but Andre. We put an official offer on the table and we got a 'no' in 36 minutes.

http://www.boxingscene.com/roc-natio...minutes--96761

[Fetta]

Oh man!!!

This cant be real!!

[Fetta]

As soon as fight is signed they talk about fighting Ward but claim its the other way around

[Gary Coleman]

Ward not fighting since 168 since 2013 should have opened alot of eyes. If you're not ignorant or racist that is.

Cant make 168 in 3 years and people believe in that offer Roc Nation sent out an hour after GGG announced another fight, for a fight that was supposed to happen right now. LOL!

You cant make this **** up some people still ride with Ward. HAHAHA.

Then why ask for a catch weight of 164?

You're a clown!