Why do some forget that GGG accepted the Ward fight in 2013?

[_Maxi]

Should I bother hoping for links ?

There was an HBO meeting in 2013 to make the fight at 168. GGG said yes, Ward said "I can't".

https://www.badleefthook.com/2015/6/...sts-andre-ward

[Boxing_1013]

How do you accuse someone of spinning, when you are talking king about what “reportedly” happened? Think you may have been spun?

Exactly! What he said never happened. There is multiple links out their where ggg’s team called Ward a BET fighter, B-Side, etc.

Ward on video calling ggg a liar. I wish I could still find the link where ggg said Ward very disrespectful and said he said a lot of bad words about him. It was the time they met at a party in Cali where Ward punked him bad.... To this day ggg won’t say Wards name. When asked years ago he wouldn’t even say it to the media

I'm just intellectually honest...I wasn't at the meeting, so I can't say for certain that it happened, or that the narrative that came out about the meeting is true.

But the meeting reportedly happened, and the narrative that GGG put out about the meeting more or less makes sense, and is the only narrative about the meeting that is out there, so I phrased it that way...I don't say 'facts' when something can't be 100% verified, which is what a fact is.

Ward btw never has even acknowledged the meeting...someone should ask him about it...though to be fair, Ward is not the most trustworthy guy so I wouldn't take that too seriously...and I'm not talking about minor stuff that could go either way (154-168)...I'm talking about stuff like saying getting dropped by Kov was the first time it happened in his pro career, and then getting upset when Max corrected him that Boone dropped him earlier on.

You guys can pick sides all you want to based on arbitrary factors, that's what fans do...I won't get in the way of you fellas doing that...have fun, be fans...I just keep it real with what I see and if you need any further education on why I phrase things the way I do, feel free to shoot me a message...the professor is here and class is in session ...happy to help you fellas learn a bit.

[4truth]

When HBO asks in 2013 they explain that the fight will take time to build, which is obviously true. At that time neither was a draw, in fact Ward never developed his career to the point where he was a draw, ask Kovalev how much he made to fight Ward.
In 2014 The fight isn't going to happen without considerable build up which Ward said no to.

[Shadoww702]

I'm just intellectually honest...I wasn't at the meeting, so I can't say for certain that it happened, or that the narrative that came out about the meeting is true.

But the meeting reportedly happened, and the narrative that GGG put out about the meeting more or less makes sense, and is the only narrative about the meeting that is out there, so I phrased it that way...I don't say 'facts' when something can't be 100% verified, which is what a fact is.

Ward btw never has even acknowledged the meeting...someone should ask him about it...though to be fair, Ward is not the most trustworthy guy so I wouldn't take that too seriously...and I'm not talking about minor stuff that could go either way (154-168)...I'm talking about stuff like saying getting dropped by Kov was the first time it happened in his pro career, and then getting upset when Max corrected him that Boone dropped him earlier on.

You guys can pick sides all you want to based on arbitrary factors, that's what fans do...I won't get in the way of you fellas doing that...have fun, be fans...I just keep it real with what I see and if you need any further education on why I phrase things the way I do, feel free to shoot me a message...the professor is here and class is in session ...happy to help you fellas learn a bit.

I’m gonna believe Ward who wasn’t having fights canceled or delayed all the time. Don’t forget it was Oscar that saved the 2nd fight over like 2%.

And I still can’t over that BS with Saunders making it seem like he turned down $7 million which was actually $1.5 million.

[DreamFighter]

its probably a lie, ward would have no reason to fight a guy who had not yet won a title in the ring, and from the lower division, noone would pay.

its always 'would have' when the denominator is GGG taking and winning a big fight.
Meanwhile Ward had five top contender bouts, 4 champions. 4 elites bouts amongst them

all at the age when GGG was just stepping up to fight a titlist first time ever.

[TonyGe]

Dude shut up! Here in this video he clearly said he wasn’t ready for Ward because it was too big a challenge, and this is in 2014. So how the fook did he accept a challenge a year earlier and then duck it in 2014.

Golovkin wanted to fight him in 2013 and Ward didn't want to fight him at that time because it didn't make sense for him. In 2014 Ward offered a fight and Golovkin didn't want to fight him at that time because it didn't make sense for him. He had more lucrative fights lined up. That fight was never going to happen because of timing. Both men got some free publicity out if it and moved on.

[TonyGe]

I'm just intellectually honest...I wasn't at the meeting, so I can't say for certain that it happened, or that the narrative that came out about the meeting is true.

But the meeting reportedly happened, and the narrative that GGG put out about the meeting more or less makes sense, and is the only narrative about the meeting that is out there, so I phrased it that way...I don't say 'facts' when something can't be 100% verified, which is what a fact is.

Ward btw never has even acknowledged the meeting...someone should ask him about it...though to be fair, Ward is not the most trustworthy guy so I wouldn't take that too seriously...and I'm not talking about minor stuff that could go either way (154-168)...I'm talking about stuff like saying getting dropped by Kov was the first time it happened in his pro career, and then getting upset when Max corrected him that Boone dropped him earlier on.

You guys can pick sides all you want to based on arbitrary factors, that's what fans do...I won't get in the way of you fellas doing that...have fun, be fans...I just keep it real with what I see and if you need any further education on why I phrase things the way I do, feel free to shoot me a message...the professor is here and class is in session ...happy to help you fellas learn a bit.

Like I said in a previous post. Both men got free publicity out of it and moved on.

[Larry the boss]

Ward wasnt even active then..why did he not accept when he was active?

[TonyGe]

This video is dated July of 2014. GGG clearly says he’s not ready for Andre Ward! Got any more Narratives???

https://********/G6_IPGpBlYs

He said Andre Ward is too much for me. Not today. It's plain he meant he didn't want to talk about Ward at this press scrum when he was supposed to be talking about his opponent. You are making something out of nothing.

[DreamFighter]

Ggg - ' no, andre ward is too much for me'

so lets get this cleae, ggg fans read this as ' no, andre ward is too much for me to talk about' ?

wtf