Comments Thread For: Roc Nation: GGG's Team Turned Down Ward in 36 Minutes

[Scipio2009]

they did no such thing. The offered a 50-50 split to a more popular fighter who will bring in the lions share of the revenue. They didnt put money ON the table, they are trying to take money OFF k2's table. GGG's recent fights pretty much sold out the Garden and Stub Hub, and the Lemieux fight will sell out the Garden also. Wards last fight they were giving away tickets by the stacks just so not to be embarrassed by having a half empty arena on tv. Tv they had to buy the airtime from by the way.

But putting all that aside, K2 would have to be complete morons to cast aside the possibility of facing the Cotto-Canelo winner, in order to move up 8 pounds and do a 50-50 split with a guy who cant draw ants to a picnic, and whose fighting style is about as exciting as a 2nd coat of paint. It would have been a moronic proposal to accept. Even though I think it is unlikely that should Cotto prevail that he will agree to fight GGG, you still have to let it play out and see what happens. Worse case scenario GGG gets the WBC belt and then unifies with Lee, and THEN moves up. 50-50 with Ward is nowhere near an enticing enough offer to abandon the current 160 unification track.......

-Andre Ward has headlined three shows (Ward-Dawson, Ward-Smith and, though not confirmable online, Kessler-Ward; Ward-Dawson did over $700k at the gate, with Ward-Smith seeming to do similar numbers) that have done more business than any Golovkin fight (sans possibly this upcoming Golovkin-Lemieux fight).

-Ward's HBO numbers (1.3m viewers for his debut against Dawson, 1.2m viewers for the Rodriguez fight) aren't all that off from the numbers that Golovkin has been able to put up (1.4m viewers, for the Stevens fight, is Golovkin's high-water mark)

[The beauty about the internet is that, if the information was ever posted anywhere, more often than not, it'll be available in perpetuity]
[note: the Andy Lee fight, at the soonest, is three fights away, Billy Joe Saunders being owed his mandatory shot; beyond that, Andy Lee is with Lou DiBella, putting him into the PBC orbit of things, lining up Jacobs-Quillin winner and/or the EubankJr/O'Sullivan winner as his next viable fights]

Opening up the year with a fight for the vacant WBC 160 belt, before sitting through two more cans (IBF will want their mandatory to be one of those fights) and possibly getting a shot at the WBO 160 belt is a **** course of action when compared to opening up the year with a fight against the sport's p4p best fighter on PPV (in a live fight that will capture the boxing world's attention, with a chance to crossover as ESPN gets a showdown that they can push).

[Vasyl’s dad]

"As the finishing touches were being made to Golovkin's October 17th unification with IBF champion David Lemieux - Ward's promoter, Roc Nation Sports Chief Operating Officer David Itskowitch, emailed an official offer to Golovkin's promoter, Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions."
So they make an offer just as sigs are being signed, and expect to get taken seriously?

lmao. Who the **** does that?

A guy who doesn't want to fight.

[deanrw]

Why does all this stuff come out when one of the fighters have a fight lined up? LOL we saw this for years with Floyd and Manny. Now we see it with GGG and Ward. Now it is Wards propaganda team at work. Once Ward gets a fight lined up GGG's propaganda machine will take their turn.

Free publicity is the best publicity!!! Well not really, but it is the cheapest.

[Progrssive_Jedi]

For the love of god...stfu, nobody asked you all of that Adolf. For a guy with 2 degrees, you don't even know how to type.

You're into stopping racism? Hahahaha.

Hey look i'm into stopping racism.

Ward fans use crack.

Why? It's nothing racist man, i'm not racist, look at my name, look at my degrees!

Naw, I am not worried. You have to wake up and realize your still you.

Not a single person who knows me will tell you I am racist.

I'll let you know when my professor scores me anything less that an "A." OK!

Seriously, I've seen a lot of ****** people, but you take the cake pal.

[-Kev-]

Insults, you just called me a ****ing racist.

I have not called anyone names.

But you, but clearly you deserve it.

After you accused me of being racist.

So Yea, You a ****ing ******ed ignorant fool.

Let me know when you have half the credentials I have ****.

You are not smart enough to wipe my ass, prick.

I will keep calling you names, because you're ****ing dumb.



No one needs an excuse to duck ward.

GGG has much bigger fights coming.

So you calling people ******ed and saying they are on crack is not hurling insults? Okay Adolf

[HeroBando]

Its funny that the ggg fans cry about the best fighting the best but come up with the excuse that Ward has no name. Talent recognizes talent. Vasyl Lomachenko=like 4 fights and could be the most talented fighter in the game. Rigo=Nonito Donaire maned up and fought him when rigo had like 11 fights. The best fight the best regardless of all the excuses able sanchez has come up with. 168 is only 1 division from middleweight and youll acting like ggg is trying to go up to heavyweight or some ish.

Same is true for Ward, just to a greater extent. He's much more proven, last fought at 172, unlike Ggg has **** options at his weight yet wants 3 tuneups before fighting the top LHW. It's not even one division, right,hardly HW despite Wards boasts he could beat Klitschko and become HW champ by 32, per Hunter

[Progrssive_Jedi]

For the love of god...stfu, nobody asked you all of that Adolf. For a guy with 2 degrees, you don't even know how to type.

You're into stopping racism? Hahahaha.

Hey look i'm into stopping racism.

Ward fans use crack.

Why? It's nothing racist man, i'm not racist, look at my name, look at my degrees!

Quote me where I said Ward fans are smoking crack.

What I actually said MR. Reading Comprehension All Star is this.

Nice one, did you and a bunch of Cotto and Ward fans think that up over a bucket of crack.

You somehow decided that was racist.

The connotation of Crack and Ward fans was made by you not me.

Its clear you made race connection, not me.

That makes you the racist.

But you are too dumb to realize that. Man!

[-Kev-]

Naw, I am not worried. You have to wake up and realize your still you.

Not a single person who knows me will tell you I am racist.

I'll let you know when my professor scores me anything less that an "A." OK!

Seriously, I've seen a lot of ****** people, but you take the cake pal.

Who asked you what degrees you have, what grades your professors give you? You are such a cornball, log off, I don't want to read next how you are in the chess club

[Progrssive_Jedi]

For the love of god...stfu, nobody asked you all of that Adolf. For a guy with 2 degrees, you don't even know how to type.

You're into stopping racism? Hahahaha.

Hey look i'm into stopping racism.

Ward fans use crack.

Why? It's nothing racist man, i'm not racist, look at my name, look at my degrees!

Quote me where I said Ward fans are smoking crack.

What I actually said MR. Reading Comprehension All Star is this.

"Nice one, did you and a bunch of Cotto and Ward fans think that up over a bucket of crack."

Or something along those lines, because I actually said it twice.

And actually, it is a play off of a line pulled from Gotham, the TV show.

You somehow decided that was racist.

The connotation of Crack and Ward fans was made by you not me.

Its clear you made race connection, not me.

That makes you the racist.

But you are too dumb to realize that. Man!

[HeroBando]

Why does all this stuff come out when one of the fighters have a fight lined up? LOL we saw this for years with Floyd and Manny. Now we see it with GGG and Ward. Now it is Wards propaganda team at work. Once Ward gets a fight lined up GGG's propaganda machine will take their turn.

Free publicity is the best publicity!!! Well not really, but it is the cheapest.

I doubt team GGG will go for that for Wards next tune-up. It's not their style, that's part of why they're so good at what they do, all business. Doesn't hurt to have a guy like GGG to promote, of course