Why does Andre Ward get a pass for calling out Floyd at 160 but not GGG?

[TonyGe]

really?

pretty much because was was mostly joking about it while triple quack was dead serious about it

Wow.. Triple Quack...Did you think of that all by your self. Impressive..

[chrisJS]

To answer the OP - Skin color and/or the nations each fighter comes from.

[BattlingNelson]

Because Ward later came out and said he was kidding. Golovkin was 100% serious.

I see. Did he also retract that he wanted to fight at hw?

[RINGG]

As I recall Golovkin wanted Ward to drop to 160 but refused to fight him at 168. I had no problem with that but GGG then wanted to fight Chavez Jr. at 168.

[Pigeons]

I see. Did he also retract that he wanted to fight at hw?

Good job, Bat. You found a better Ward-Golovkin comparison. Golovkin ducked Ward and Ward ducked Joshua. See, they're all the same.

[jas]

Fighters want the best reward-risk ratios

Fault should be put on hbo imo

I think they didnt wanna make the ward vs ggg fight . They wanted to keep them both unbeaten. Otherwise they could have said to both fighters "we wont pay to have you fight guys like edwin rodriguez and rubio unless you agree to fight each other after" ...they did this for ward vs kova...they granted ward a couple tune ups on the basis he fought kova after them

[Bjl12]

Guess the same reason You give GGG a pass for calling out Chavez Jr and Froch at 168 but not Ward

Damn.

Of same reason GGG said he would go to 154 for Mayweather but wouldn't fight Canelo at 155

Straight Venom.

[Bjl12]

But not GGG at 160? Pffft SMH.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88z0yek_fVM

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