Comments Thread For: IBF Same Day Weights: Golovkin 168.6, Lemieux 169.2

[Redd Foxx]

168 this morning, 175 tonight. Oh, the excuses just keep turning to dust....

[damian War]

why is this thread about ward .. everybody acting like ggg won this fight already.. ok i think he wins too but lemeiux has that punchers chance..if ggg loses all those plans go down the drain, he goes back to square one and rebuild.

[-Kev-]

GGG will be like 173-175lbs on fn.

In Ward's own words 3 years ago Sergio Martinez was too small but now somehow Golovkin isn't...

Martinez came from 147 and was weighing in at 157-158 on his weigh ins.

[aboutfkntime]

GGG walking around the same weight that Ward would have to boil down to

It sort of reminds me of how biased posters called on Floyd to be taking on fighters like Lara or GGG himself, because they wanted to see him lose so badly

I'm so sorry you fell for team GGG's hyperbole that they'd beat everyone 154-168 or whatever it was. You won't be so easily fooled next time, hopefully.

hyperbole means exaggerate

The word you are looking for is " bullshht "

[turnedup]

Whatever happened to fighters moving up in weight and fighting bigger fighters and overcoming? Great fighters overcome size and weight disadvantages.

LMAO...yes the same man who waited two years for a lineal shot he had earned two years ago is now supposed to move up with 8 months to go before he gets a shot at the belts...again. Makes a ton of sense...

[turnedup]

GGG will be like 173-175lbs on fn.



Martinez came from 147 and was weighing in at 157-158 on his weigh ins.

Fact is Ward cannot make 168, if he could he'd have his belts back and would be in better territory to negotiate a move to 175.

[aboutfkntime]

168 would be competitive for GGG just because of the severe weight disadvantage he'd be given. Ward is really the only legacy fight there, the only other SMW of note is Degale and he really hasn't done much. Abraham is the highest ranked fighter, other than Ward. That says a lot

But I agree, let GGG unify his division, then he can make the decision to move up. He's never going to outgrow 160 at his age, and will always be undersized at 168. I don't see the problem with him only wanting to fight at 168 for big money fights, like Froch in the UK, and previously Chavez. Other fighters do the same exact thing

So your position is that Golovkin can fight at 168 and " avoid " Ward without it being called a blatant duck?

My position is, beating Ward at 168 would be more lucrative in the long term.

It would immediately install Golovkin as the best fighter on the planet and would turn him into a PPV star a lot quicker than beating Froch or Chavez.

The only difference is, they are willing to fight Chavez because they know that they can beat him. It is about risk/reward..... you have referred to the reward, but completely forgotten about the risk.

They would be far better off fighting Ward, IF they could beat him.

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Ward fans:

"GGG might weigh 172 on fight night with his boots and gloves on

Ward managed to cut to 172 at his last weigh in

They are the same size"

[aboutfkntime]

LMAO...yes the same man who waited two years for a lineal shot he had earned two years ago is now supposed to move up with 8 months to go before he gets a shot at the belts...again. Makes a ton of sense...

You're right that Golovkin will obviously wait for the Cotto/Canelo winner.

But that " move up" excuse aint right.

Golovkin was not going to move up for Froch/Chavez.

He was willing to fight them at 168.

[KillerJones]

So your position is that Golovkin can fight at 168 and " avoid " Ward without it being called a blatant duck?

My position is, beating Ward at 168 would be more lucrative in the long term.

It would immediately install Golovkin as the best fighter on the planet and would turn him into a PPV star a lot quicker than beating Froch or Chavez.

The only difference is, they are willing to fight Chavez because they know that they can beat him. It is about risk/reward..... you have referred to the reward, but completely forgotten about the risk.

They would be far better off fighting Ward, IF they could beat him.

Come on dawg. Everyone is like that.

Floyd fought 154, but that doesn't mean he had to fight GGG.

Ward has fought above 168, so is not fighting Kovalev a duck?

Ward isn't big enough to make the demands anymore, that's the point. GGG has said, he will fight at 168 for big money fights. Otherwise, he will fight the biggest at 160.

Someone like Ward is the one who had to come to him. Its that simple.