What year did HBO sit GGG & Ward down for the meeting?

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Basically, Ward didn't do anything when the fight was available. HBO wanted it done. Ward made excuses.

ward had a laughable run of horrible opponents lined up. do we all forget ward almost fought pavlik? do we forget ward vs sartison? Ward’s management had a deal made with Sartison’s team, but they were unable to go ahead with it after HBO rejected the fight.

he was throwing any crap against hbos walls trying to see if it would stick. he got them with edwin rodriguez but the rest of the guys he wanted to fight were pathetic. he thought he had total control of opponent selection. his promoter and hbo said no you dont. they went to court. he lost.

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The meeting where Golovkin said "Yes" and Ward said "No" because he had a shoulder injury?

From what I've found it seems it was likely early 2013.
Here GGG after Proksa saying yes to fight Ward: http://www.boxingnews 24.com/2012/09...ht-andre-ward/(Remove the space)
Ward has shoulder injury: http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/...vlik-fight-off

Here's an article after Rosado-GGG saying Golovkin wants to fight Ward as soon as his shoulder is healed: http://www.boxingnews 24.com/2013/01...-ward-in-2013/(remove the space)

In 2013 although Ward did do some talking about Golovkin, he viewed him as an opponent "down the road" and was more focused on rematches with Froch or Kessler, fights that really had no chance of happening outside of each guys respective hometowns, Ward fights Rodriguez.

By 2014 we have this: http://www.boxingnews 24.com/2014/10...ng-andre-ward/(remove the space)

Cotto and Canelo have come onto the scene as possible opponents for Golovkin, if not Froch, Ward is irrelevant as hell and from whatever part of the world Ward is at, he's managing to have his lawyer send letters to HBO saying he wants to fight Golovkin, Ward didn't fight at all in 2014 btw.

Basically if this is true, Golovkin was willing to fight Ward when he was at the top of the mountain. But now is supposedly ducking him.

Man great post...hard to argue this but some will I'm sure lol