The president of HBO who still had and still has two contracts with Andre Ward publicly stated and was quoted not on this website but on plenty others that he would be sitting down with Andre Ward to discuss the fight. The only way he could've done that is with Loeffler's permission because the big HBO contract for Golovkin came after that fight failed to be made. See this is what kills me about people bringing up ward, one minute it's "Well he was going through his goosen issue" and the next its "he was never offered the fight"..which one is it?
So the president of HBO confirmed that Ward turned down a Golovkin fight?
I will say this again if Ward could actually make 168 that is where he would be, he would not be fighting Paul Smith at 172. 168 is much more accessible to him and his promoter than 175lbs and because he vacated he'd have first dibs as mandatory to pretty much anyone at 168lbs regardless of the promoter. Hell no Floyd would be the dumbest person alive to unretire to fight Golovkin, never agreed with that fight even at 154lbs. Ward is at lhw now and people need to accept that andre ward for all hi talents does not have mastery over father time himself.
Its as if you are happy GGG waited out Ward going to 175. I agree the ward/GGG fight is not going to happen and we should all move on. It's just a shame the fight didn't happen when it could have.
GGG still has a very weak resume and no opponent on the horizon that will improve it.
The irony of him saying it isn't easy to move up when that's what he wanted GGG to do is apparently lost on him.
The fact that GGG's amateur career is a thousand times stronger than Kovalev's is also lost on him. For many fighters you might argue that in their eyes that is irrelevant, but it isn't to Ward. He loves to remind us how he won a Gold Medal.
I have followed Ward's career since he was preparing for the Olympics. I think he's a wonderful fighter. But he just has a bee in his bonnet about GGG and he keeps putting his foot in his mouth. I think it's jealousy. He can't bear the fact that whilst he is a great fighter (correct) he isn't getting the attention that GGG gets. It looks like he feels it is somehow 'unfair.' So he keeps making these dumb remarks about GGG. I know he has fanatical fans who will forgive him anything and good luck to them. But he isn't helping himself and his team aren't saving him from himself. I know from my own experience talking to other Ward fan's that he is just looking ****** right now. It's sad.
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