GGGs trainer says "he's not ready"

[Rantcatrat]

I think theres no point in GGG moving up yet if he can easily make the weight. Theres still decent fights to be made at 160 for him like Martinez, Quillen, Murray and Sturm. If he can beat all of these fighters he should move up then. As his trainer said it will give him a bigger bargaining tool with Ward and will bring the fight on an even level, not Ward demanding more with his higher p4p ranking. GGG needs to fight the best in the weight class now, I cant see Adama lasting too long with him and this kind of fight does nothing but add another KO onto his record. I hope GGG steps it up the fight after this one.

If GGG was fighting Quillen, Martinez or even Geale then sure stay at MW. But he isn't. As for this proposed Kirkland fight, I've seen him fight enough Jr Middles at Middleweight. I'm beginning to think I'm just not a GGG fan because his people are lying. The story that they can fight all those Middleweights and then move to 168 for Ward is hogwash. Ward will be at 175 soon. If GGGs people said we have no interest in Ward we're cleaning out Middleweight I could support that. But deception from a camp that still hasn't earnned the right to BS is offensive. I'll be a fan when he finally steps up, you all can watch these garbage mismatches I won't

You must hate Andre Ward then for staying at 168 when he actually has cleaned out the division, fought Edwin Rodriguez, made Chad Dawson come down to 168, wanted to fight mismatches against Pavlik and Junior on HBO, and now refuses to move up to 175 where there are multiple competitive fights?

HBO prefers Kirkland to Geale because he's American. It's that simple. Kirkland is a name more casual fans recognize and Geale is an Australian that people aren't as familiar with.

Quillin needs to rematch Rosado before he does anything else in my opinion. He didn't have an extensive amateur career so he should develop more before facing the top middleweights.

Martinez wants his pay day before passing on the torch at 160 against Cotto. If Martinez beats Cotto without injuring himself again, I bet he takes on GGG for his last fight. There is no way to know though. If Martinez ducks GGG after facing Cotto, Quillin is still on Showtime and hasn't rematched Rosado, and Murray and Sturm refuse to face GGG, then at that point, even though GGG hasn't cleaned out the division, I see the point in moving up. Right now moving up would be premature when those fights are still potential options.

[Rantcatrat]

Is there anyone at 160 that he has ducked?

[FinitoElDinamita]

Is there anyone at 160 that he has ducked?

Lol not really I guess since the mw division is kinda weak but if he doesnt attempt to work something out with sturm, martinez, and quillin this year, yea its a duck..

No more geals, macklins, and those other euro joes.. he needs to fight the wolves now.

[Beanz]

Wolves? Quillin is more like a puppy. Australia is not in Europe. Sturm and Martinez will avoid him.