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Why do some forget that GGG accepted the Ward fight in 2013?

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    Why do some forget that GGG accepted the Ward fight in 2013?

    There was a meeting in 2013. HBO, Ward, GGG. HBO proposed the fight to be made at 168.

    At that point, Golovkin was already pretty known to hardcore fans, but he wasn't making millions yet since he wasn't known by any casual.

    Making 1-2 millions against Ward would have been a great payday for him at that point, since he wasn't making 1M per fight yet. And in case of loss, he could have gone back to 160 and persue the best MW's as usual. So Golovkin accepted the offer.

    Ward turned the fight down, stating that he had some shoulder and legal issues.

    Ward offered the fight to Golovkin again in 2016, when Golovkin was a boxing star in line for a huge (or many) paydays vs Canelo and other big fighters in the MW division.

    Kovalev only made 3M (total) in two fights against Ward. Offering Golovkin that type of money, even if upped to 5M, didn't make any sense for moving up when you are about to make 20M+ per fight against Canelo, in your own division.

    GGG never ducked Ward. He wanted the fight when it made sense for him. Fortunately for Ward, he could find someone else to make a big fight, and it was Kovalev. And we all know what happened. First fight, Kova won, second fight, Ward won.
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    because it doesn't suit the narratives of some people on nsb..

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      #3
      This video is dated July of 2014. GGG clearly says he’s not ready for Andre Ward! Got any more Narratives???

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        Originally posted by JohnCastellanos View Post
        This video is dated July of 2014. GGG clearly says he’s not ready for Andre Ward! Got any more Narratives???

        Golovkin wasn't interested in moving up for Ward in 2014 because it wasn't a fight that gave him more money. So why move up? In 2014 Golovkin started to make at least 1M per fight and stablished himself as #1 in the division.

        Doesn't change the fact that he accepted to fight Ward in 2013.

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          #5
          Beause anti white boxing fans had to create some kind of fake news to discredit and diminish GGG who is one of the all time greats of the sport.

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            Originally posted by _Maxi View Post
            Golovkin wasn't interested in moving up for Ward in 2014 because it wasn't a fight that gave him more money. So why move up? In 2014 Golovkin started to make at least 1M per fight and stablished himself as #1 in the division.

            Doesn't change the fact that he accepted to fight Ward in 2013.
            Dude shut up! Here in this video he clearly said he wasn’t ready for Ward because it was too big a challenge, and this is in 2014. So how the fook did he accept a challenge a year earlier and then duck it in 2014.

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              Originally posted by JohnCastellanos View Post
              Dude shut up! Here in this video he clearly said he wasn’t ready for Ward because it was too big a challenge, and this is in 2014. So how the fook did he accept a challenge a year earlier and then duck it in 2014.
              Let’s not focus on a would be fight that would be ward absolutely bullying a guy who was backing up vs Canelo.

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                #8
                Originally posted by JohnCastellanos View Post
                Dude shut up! Here in this video he clearly said he wasn’t ready for Ward because it was too big a challenge, and this is in 2014. So how the fook did he accept a challenge a year earlier and then duck it in 2014.
                Simple. In 2013 it made financial sense to him. In 2014 he started to make millions (in purses and sponsors) and the Ward fight wasn't interesting to him anymore because there was no money in it.

                Are you saying Golovkin lied when he said he accepted the fight in 2013 on the hbo meeting they had?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by JohnCastellanos View Post
                  This video is dated July of 2014. GGG clearly says he’s not ready for Andre Ward! Got any more Narratives???

                  I’ve wondered about the context of what he said there. Was he saying the talk about ward was too much for him as in he’s had enough of it? Not today as in he doesn’t want to talk about it? His English not being great doesn’t make it any more clear either.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by youbeight View Post
                    Let’s not focus on a would be fight that would be ward absolutely bullying a guy who was backing up vs Canelo.
                    I saw Ward back up and touch the ropes against Brand. Wtf does "backing up" have to do with anything? He never touched the ropes once. He adapted to what Canelo was bringing, even though the majority of the fight was still in the center of the ring.

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