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

[Brickyardigan]

Promoter Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions, who handle IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (33-0, 30 KOs), says a fight can certainly be worked out with WBA super middleweight king Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KOs).

But the deal would have to be under Golovkin's terms and not dictated by Ward. Loeffler feels Golovkin has surpassed Ward as a ticket seller and in terms of name recognition - making GGG the A-side of the negotiations.
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This looks like this is actually about to become a thing, no matter the hypocrisy of the demanded terms, please let this happen PLEASE!!

Play time and posturing is ****ing OVER!

Ward should accept this, just so he call their obvious bluff. They are hoping he says no, it's so obvious by the "we're the ones who call the shots" tone they are using to incite blow back from the over side.

[simms601]

so there's a 4 pound difference hence the 4 pound catchweight...

you are the one claiming ggg is ducking yet when the fighters you like do the same thing you defend them. it's really mind boggling that you can't see how hypocritical you are being. basically you should either be consistent or don't post if you are just going to defend everything certain fighters do while bashing others for doing the same thing because a bot can just do your job.

First of all, who called out who? Canelo called out Floyd and offered a catchweight. Ward didn't call out GGG homeboy! That's where your contradiction theory is thrown out the window. If Ward had called out GGG and said he'd come down to 164, then I would be ok with that. But let's look at the excuses as it relates to Ward. When Ward was mentioned, GGG's camp stated that they wanted to clean out 160. Froch and Chavez Jr. are thrown out there and he's all of sudden privy to jumping to "full" 168. But as it relates to Ward, he's only interested in 164?????? How is that not ducking? Chavez Jr has fought at light heavy, but no catchweight for him? Froch came in 178 vs groves, but no catchweight for him either?

[Scipio2009]

so....

Makes sense

Sebastian Heiland pelea en el exterior en el mes de Agosto. Pronto tendremos el rival...

— Boxeo de Campeones (@BoxeoDCampeones)

Heiland is taking some other fight in August, Tureano Johnson is positioning himself as the mandatory to Lemieux's IBF title. Where does that leave Golovkin?

He doesn't want to fight Lara (asking the fighter being brought in as the opponent to make the fight offer is as ridiculous as if they asked Willie Monroe Jr to make the fight offer), he doesn't want to fight Ward (will gladly fight every other super middleweight at 168 yet Ward, a fighter coming off of a 19-month break and, according to NSB, 2-3 fights away from being all the way ready, has to fight at 164?), and all of the other name fighters at the weight are pretty much tied up.

Who is Golovkin supposed to fight this Fall?

Tony Jeter (WBA #15, WBC #11) [20-4-1], Avtandil Khurtsidze (WBC #13) [30-2-2], and Andrey Meryasev (WBC #10) [17-0] are the only middleweights rated by the WBC or WBA in their top 15 who would be available for a fight September/October.

Have fun selling one of those.

[periks19]

so all these andre wards fans and GGG haters on the attack. criticize GGG but fail to mention how ward made dawson come down and face him. They tell GGG to move up to face ward at his weight wonder why they don't ask ward to move up and face kovalev at his weight.

Talk about double standards. Theres no point for ward to be at 168 anymore. For GGG no one wants to fight him at 160.

[SchoolTheseCats]

Heiland is taking some other fight in August, Tureano Johnson is positioning himself as the mandatory to Lemieux's IBF title. Where does that leave Golovkin?

He doesn't want to fight Lara (asking the fighter being brought in as the opponent to make the fight offer is as ridiculous as if they asked Willie Monroe Jr to make the fight offer), he doesn't want to fight Ward (will gladly fight every other super middleweight at 168 yet Ward, a fighter coming off of a 19-month break and, according to NSB, 2-3 fights away from being all the way ready, has to fight at 164?), and all of the other name fighters at the weight are pretty much tied up.

Who is Golovkin supposed to fight this Fall?

Tony Jeter (WBA #15, WBC #11) [20-4-1], Avtandil Khurtsidze (WBC #13) [30-2-2], and Andrey Meryasev (WBC #10) [17-0] are the only middleweights rated by the WBC or WBA in their top 15 who would be available for a fight September/October.

Have fun selling one of those.

Lmao he mines well fight Paul smith those names aren't even stay busy fights

[b00g13man]

I cried real tears at this

Team GGG is laying the foundation for Heiland.

1. Ward and Froch turned us down (because they tried to drain them)
2. Lara won't call us (because he's the B-side and shouldn't be the one making offers)
3. We can't land any fighters at 168 (because they want to drain them and want PPV fights)
4. Canelo and Cotto are ducking us (when they can make the 2nd biggest revenue fight in boxing by fighting each other)
5. Floyd is ducking us (because he's a welterweight with one foot out the door)
6. None of the champions will fight us (Because Lee has a mandatory and Lemieux wants to face his mandatory first)


So we were forced to fight Heiland. But in order to make it exciting GGG will stand in the center of the ring and eat punches to the face. BIG DRAMA SHOW!!!

Absolutely spot on.

"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.

Looooool

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.

Ward is the one fighting easy fights? Really? Looooooool.

[Jc8804]

#34 can take the test.

A side has spoken

[SchoolTheseCats]

so all these andre wards fans and GGG haters on the attack. criticize GGG but fail to mention how ward made dawson come down and face him. They tell GGG to move up to face ward at his weight wonder why they don't ask ward to move up and face kovalev at his weight.

Talk about double standards. Theres no point for ward to be at 168 anymore. For GGG no one wants to fight him at 160.

Hey ****** Dawson said out his own mouth he will go down to 168 ward didn't make him ward and kov team has had discussions for fight triple G team killing ward fight before it can even have discussions

[wlliam]

When tf did Ward get all these fans? some of em sound as if theyd let Ward bust in em As long as Cottos been duckn GGG, Ward the Cotto Protector has picked up tons of fans

[The Problem Child]

EVERYBODY is mad because GGG is the face of boxing, the A-Side of boxing. Same thing happens in a fight with floyd, we'd still be the A-Side and we make the calls. It's be Golovkin-Mayweather on the poster. PERIOD. You fools. Golovkin is the MOST talked about ATHLETE in the WORLD. He is being called the GREATEST / MOST feared fighter of ALL TIME.

The best 160 pounder vs the best 168 pounder meeting in the middle. Ya'll ask Golovkin to move up and not Ward to go down? Instead of making him come down, the 160 pounder is giving him the privilege of both meeting halfway.

WE CALL ALL THE ****ING SHOTS IN THIS SPORT. PERIOD. GGG Nation rules boxing. He is the most talked about fighter in the sport, how the **** are we not setting the terms. GTFOH.

If ya'll got a problem we can meet on the streets and solve this with our fists.