Comments Thread For: Golovkin's Promoter: We Never Rejected 168 For Andre Ward!

[Eastcoast]

I thought this interview was with Lance Pugmire? Is Edward Chaykovsky an actual person or ghost writer? I always see his stories coming off other interviews.

[CaneloMaidana]

The coward Golovkin refused.

[Metho_4u]

If Ward said it, it's a lie..fuggin GayLoveKin says it...it's gospel. You pole smoking groupie losers.

[icha]

Yet on fight-night he is often under 170. If it was such an issue for him with weight he would be at 170 on fight night for every fight.

Here straight from the horses mouth:

http://www.boxingscene.com/andre-war...y-make--107486

lol@being tiny at the weight, you do realize Ward won his gold medal at 175 right? Or are you one of those new Ward fanboys.

ggg doesnt do fight night weigh ins, the ibf requires the weigh in to be done in the morning of the fight, so if he weighs in at 170 he still continues to rehydrtae from 10 to 12 hours, which could potentially be another 6 or 8 lbs.... the networks might use his morning weigh in as a fight night weigh in but thats a different story...

[bojangles1987]

Golovkin's Coach: Andre Ward Must Go to 164 or No Fight

It's so ****ing easy to find. Why do they always lie? Lying just makes them look like they did duck.

[Edward90]

This is bad he say, she say with both guving partial truths and lies. I think GGG was chasing the money fight (Canelo) and it hasn't materialized yet. That's justifiable over fighting the more dangerous Ward. No matter how you slice it though, no one can convince me that Ward was so scared of GGG that he would fight Kovalev. LOL. That would take some impressive jedi mind tricks to come to that logic...

[MoneyMayFan]

Yea they never officially rejected 168 because the fight was never on the table. We cant pretend we didnt see ggg go on sportsnation and say they should meet on the middle tho

[OnePunch]

Let's pretend there aren't numerous documented times where GGG and his team asked for 164lbs.

yeah, the nerve of people actually trying to negotiate better terms for their fighter instead of just conceding every point to a guy who cant even sell out his hometown.......

[OnePunch]

July 23, 2015:

Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas - Abel Sanchez, trainer of WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin, has made it absolutely clear that he's not going to budge from his position that a potential fight with Andre Ward will only happen if Ward - the recognized champion at super middleweight - is wiling to meet them halfway at a catch-weight of 164-pounds.

Golovkin and his team received more than their fair share of heat in recent days, after placing a catch-weight demand on a potential fight with Ward. The reason for the heat, is because Golovkin was willing to fight both Carl Froch and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the full super middleweight limit.

But, Golovkin's side viewed Froch and Chavez Jr. as HBO Pay-Per-View opportunities, while they don't see Ward in the same respect. And Ward is by far a more dangerous fight, and likely one of the few boxers between 160 to 168 who the oddsmakers would favor to beat Golovkin.

Sanchez is a little annoyed that Ward faced Chad Dawson - who at the time was the light heavyweight king - at the super middleweight limit. In Ward's defense, it was Dawson who pushed the idea of dropping down to 168 to fight Ward.

The pecking order has changed, says Sanchez, with his boxer standing in front as the A-side of the equation. Having said that, he believes a 50-50 agreement in weight is more than fair.

"We don't need Ward. Golovkin doesn't need Ward. Dawson needed Ward. The fact that he made Dawson come down to 168 kind of irks me. When [Golovkin's promoter] Tom [Loeffler] said 50-50, and me and Tom talked about it, he meant 50-50 all the way across. That was the reason why I said 50-50 and 50-50 means 164 - right in the middle. If they want the fight, come to what Golovkin is asking for," Sanchez told BoxingScene.com.

"I don't think Ward should have a problem making 164. He talked about fighting Mayweather at 160. Why is he talking about fighting Mayweather at 160 if he's not willing to fight Gennady at 164?"

"If they thought that it was in their best interest to fight Gennady at 164, then fight him - or else they can go about their way. For us, Golovkin is the A-fighter in this situation and I don't care what anybody says. It's not like Golovkin is asking him to come down to 160, like [Golovkin] was going to do for Mayweather and go to 154. We're asking him to meet us halfway. If he doesn't want to, that's okay - we'll just go on to the next one."

http://www.boxingscene.com/golovkins...int_friendly=1

why do you guys constantly quote Abel Sanchez as if he is the decision maker for the team?

Wait, never mind.........

[Gary Coleman]

"It's not a lie if you believe it." - George Costanza