Comments Thread For: Golovkin's Promoter: We'd Fight Ward at 164, 50-50 Split

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Ward has already decided that he wants nothing of a legacy in boxing.

Just wants some easy fights, collect a nice paycheck for working out, and that's it.

Fight won't happen. Ever.

So he's following the Team GGG philosophy?

[cruz1383]

Why was Ward willing to fight Paul Smith at 172 but only fight Dawson at 168.

Ward or his fans can't complain because they defended Ward in these scenarios.

wow this is completely irrelevant this was like 3-4 years ago and ward hasnt fought in 2 years he didnt even know if he could make the 168 limit and be healthy now he found out he could and GGG's team wants him to go to 164 lol please be serious.

[MisanthropicNY]

So, fighting Froch, Abraham, Dawson, Green, Bika, Kessler, Miranda, and Ravelo are easy fights huh?

I feel you, because Monroe Jr., Rubio, Stevens, Macklin, and Adama is killers row!!! I guess by wanting to fight GGG he really is wanting an easy fight, because it would be easy work for Ward.

Big difference is Triple G fought them in a country foreign to him...not in Kazakhstan...

Ward fought those fights all in Cali...mostly all in Oakland except one in A/C where he still wasn't subjected to random-blood testing btw...

[MisanthropicNY]

Truth is, this is a "fair" offer. However, the fact that GGG said he would fight Chavez Jr. and Froch @ 168, makes GGG look scared of Ward's power. It's a PR problem, but the "50/50" is intriguing. If I'm Ward, I give him the 164, and counter with 60/40(Ward). Ward did beat Froch already, and GGG beat...well nobody.

LOL @ now you're worried about the weight...where were you crying when Floyd fought Cotto at 54' and made Canelo go down to 52'?

Huh FIomo?

Here's the difference FIomo...Triple G is the A side against Ward..against those other guys he's closer to equal footing..

You get it FIomo hypocrite fgt?

[-Kev-]

"I want to fight the best" of the weight class under mine, not Lara though. At 168, only fighters close to retirement like Froch, or C class Chavez Jr. Ward is dead to me, but at 164 he will be alive and well to me.

[hitking]

Andre Ward is the answer to every single question that GGG's have about him wrapped into a single package. And instead of salivating over the match-up, the fight scares the **** outta the Good B1tches. They would much rather ride the hype train, legit or not, than to have it Matthysse'd by the stylistic nightmare that Ward is to GGG. Much like they would have much rather have had Floyd go down in history as ducking Manny than to sit through that 36min b1tch-slap of reality they faced a couple months ago.

[-PBP-]

"I want to fight the best" of the weight class under mine, not Lara though. At 168, only fighters close to retirement like Froch, or C class Chavez Jr. Ward is dead to me, but at 164 he will be alive and well to me.

When micromanaging and overprotecting your investment goes wrong. GGGs promoter has no clue what he's doing.

[Jubei]

Damn what a little statement about GGG does to NSB.. you can clearly see that GGG is the most talked about boxer in the world right now.

I would take Loefflers statement with a grain of salt though, he probably means since Ward can barely sell any tickets, has been very inactive and GGG is on top of the game, setting records and selling a ton of tickets everywhere he fights - if Ward wanted a 50-50 split now he would have to make a compromise and meet GGG in the middle. If ward can actuallly rise his market value and bring more to the table, they would meet at 168.

It's all totally irrelevant anyway if you actually read the interview since Ward needs another couple tuneups first.

[Pigeons]

Big difference is Triple G fought them in a country foreign to him...not in Kazakhstan...

Ward fought those fights all in Cali...mostly all in Oakland except one in A/C where he still wasn't subjected to random-blood testing btw...

OMG! I am literally laughing so hard that my stomach hurts.

[Barcham]

Imagine the Backlash if Ward Asked to Drain Kovalev.

Neither GGG nor Kovalev need Ward for their career right now, Ward is the one who needs them. There is no other fighter close to Ward's weight who could bring him the publicity and attention than a fight with either of those two would. GGG would make more money from a Froch fight and Kovalev would make more from a Stevenson fight. Ward is basically a nobody in boxing right now and he is the one who is in great need and he is a distant B side to either GGG or Kovalev or any active top contender today for that matter.