IBF orders Golovkin vs Wade, sides apparently negotiating

[Kagami Taiga]

Then he sues his promoter and loses 3x, sits out for 3+ years, fights Gary O Sullivan at 165 etc

Yea, Ward is the worst managed fighter since Winky Wright. The two are actually quite similar in a lot of ways tbh. But sticking to the topic...

[HeroBando]

Yea, Ward is the worst managed fighter since Winky Wright. The two are actually quite similar in a lot of ways tbh. But sticking to the topic...

The world will be his oyster if he beats Canelo, that's what happens. Concretely shouldn't have trouble unifying all 4 belts, then moving up for the biggest fight available

[Teddy05]

Whats with the IBF and their terrible Rankings. its like they are trying to make a mockery of their belts

[LouIE G]

With Johnson hurt, IBF has moved on its rankings and ordered GGG to face Dominic Wade. IBF says the sides are negotiating.

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn)

Worse possible opponent... he's ass.

Prefer Korobov off a year layoff and tune up fight to Wade.

I forgot since he technically won, the IBF moved him up in rankings

It's crazy, wade has had 3 10 round fights and he's the number 3 contender in the IBF? That BS. Korobov would have been a way better fight than Wade..smh

[MDPopescu]

It's crazy, wade has had 3 10 round fights and he's the number 3 contender in the IBF? That BS. Korobov would have been a way better fight than Wade..smh

Add to these that Wade never fought at 160 -- all his fights were above the middleweight limit.

[buddyguns]

translation: I understand he has to do his mando and its not his fault that Saunders is scared and Johnson is hurt.

And I know you're relatively ****** but even still you have to acknowledge that its pretty hard to face "good" opponents when they would sooner jump into a friggin volcano than fight you......

If GGG's intention was to ever fight good fighters, he would have moved to super middleweight long ago and had a stronger talent pool to work with.

[Hougigo]

It's crazy, wade has had 3 10 round fights and he's the number 3 contender in the IBF? That BS. Korobov would have been a way better fight than Wade..smh

At this point I prefer Korobov off a year and a tune-up to Wade... Wade is pure garbage

[Chollo Vista]

I think HBO will allow it. They'll put in every effort to make a deal and then win a purse bid should it come to that, but in the end if Haymon throws crazy money at the fight, HBO would be making a wise decision to allow it. Not doing so only sets a precedence to encourage Haymon to strip all of HBO's title holders. In the past Pernell Whitaker was allowed to fight off HBO (while under an exclusive deal) to go fight on Showtime. It saves on HBO's budget for a ****ty fight and burns off their competition's budget.

Tomorrow the WBA announces the time line for Jacobs/Golovkin, could you really imagine HBO allowing Haymon to strip Golovkin of both his titles? They've put in too much effort to allow it. If their offering BJS over $3mill for his title, the titles obviously mean something to them, more so the brand of being the sole champion is at stake.

The WBA was suppose to make their announcement.

Have you heard anything?

[Hougigo]

The WBA was suppose to make their announcement.

Have you heard anything?

They're not gonna do anything until WBC make their ruling....so nothing

[Hougigo]

I'm told that Golovkin-Wade is agreed to and approved by HBO. April 23, likely at the Forum in LA.

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn)

Yea yea mando... but Wade is horrendous shit