Andre Ward

[FinitoElDinamita]

It's not really a tough sales pitch to turn down.

"Hey how would you like to fight a guy who will will walk around, jab you, try to unload but will headbutt you on the follow up, then clinch you, rock you to sleep and then hit you on the break when you're trying to escape from his bear hug. It has to be in his home town and he'll keep most of the money which will be considerably lower because HBO will need guaranteed money to televise it. You wont get any help from the ref, but if you win... you'll be the champ...and you'll easily be in line for other ahem.. money fights ...against most anyone from the Goosen, Shaw or Dibella stables...JUST SIGN HERE! P.S. there's a 50 dollar bonus if you can keep from rolling your eyes and vomiting when the announcer says Son of GOD..."

Andre Ward is more trouble than he's worth. His style is as dry as his commentary and watching his fights is like watching an anaconda eating a deer. The first minute is interesting till you realize the deer has given up its will to fight. After that its just an eternity of slow tedious digestion.

Lol the truth!!

Any objective fan should agree with this..

Any objective fan of?

Pure Boxing, my friend.. the sweet science..

[IamInuit]

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Do you have a link where Golovkin's team offered Ward anything? I've seen many interviews where Golovkin's team said they were focused on middleweight, not ready for the Ward fight yet, Ward has to concede, etc. And I'm sure you're aware that everybody would concede to making a weight for Floyd.

I cant find the quote I came across where he mentions a fair catch and faie split so I have to come clean on that. But why would Ward melt to 160 for Floyd when he has hinted at 175? According to Ward he does not get what he is entitled to so he would do the same thing Dawson did? Ruin his career by ripping muscle from his bones for one major with Floyd?

Golovkin is on board in saying he’d fight Ward at 168

HBO Boxing After Dark | Beats, Boxing and Mayhem

[Editor's note: Golovkin and his representatives have informed HBO executives that he's willing to fight the contenders and titleholders of the 168- and 175-pound division, and he hasn't turned down any super middleweight or light heavyweight opponents cleared by the U.S. cable network.]

Having said that Golovkin and Kovalev are being touted as "the Boogey Men in their divisions," Ward invites an eventual match with Golovkin, a 2004 Olympic silver medalist from Kazakhstan.
"Hey, when that fight happens, it's going to be a great fight for boxing. A lot of people say that he's gotten a lot of unnecessary hype, but I've got a lot of respect for Gennady Golovkin," said Ward. "The thing is that against the guys that he's fighting, he's doing the things that he's supposed to do against those guys, I mean, he's getting them out of there."

Andre Ward calls Gennady Golovkin 'a great fight for boxing' - Ring TV

"I think, I have now an excellent platform for the next year. Firstly I need the February’s bout to be a success. And what concerns the future, I hope for a fight against Andre Ward, but the time has not come yet. It is realistic, but not now," Gennady Golovkin said.

Earlier, Gennady Golovkin vs. Andre Ward fight entered the Top12 most anticipated bouts in 2014. The American boxer is expected to be the favorite at the ring against unbeaten Golovkin.

Boxing: Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin hoping to fight Andre Ward. Sport. Tengrinews.kz

Now if he would be willing to kill himself and most likely his career to be half a man for Floyd much like Oscar did for Manny then why would he not be willing to shed a few pounds to meet GGG for legacy?

[jehoshaphat]

[QUOTE=IamInuit;1233499]

Do you have a link where Golovkin's team offered Ward anything? I've seen many interviews where Golovkin's team said they were focused on middleweight, not ready for the Ward fight yet, Ward has to concede, etc. And I'm sure you're aware that everybody would concede to making a weight for Floyd.

I cant find the quote I came across where he mentions a fair catch and faie split so I have to come clean on that. But why would Ward melt to 160 for Floyd when he has hinted at 175? According to Ward he does not get what he is entitled to so he would do the same thing Dawson did? Ruin his career by ripping muscle from his bones for one major with Floyd?

Golovkin is on board in saying he’d fight Ward at 168

HBO Boxing After Dark | Beats, Boxing and Mayhem

[Editor's note: Golovkin and his representatives have informed HBO executives that he's willing to fight the contenders and titleholders of the 168- and 175-pound division, and he hasn't turned down any super middleweight or light heavyweight opponents cleared by the U.S. cable network.]

Having said that Golovkin and Kovalev are being touted as "the Boogey Men in their divisions," Ward invites an eventual match with Golovkin, a 2004 Olympic silver medalist from Kazakhstan.
"Hey, when that fight happens, it's going to be a great fight for boxing. A lot of people say that he's gotten a lot of unnecessary hype, but I've got a lot of respect for Gennady Golovkin," said Ward. "The thing is that against the guys that he's fighting, he's doing the things that he's supposed to do against those guys, I mean, he's getting them out of there."

Andre Ward calls Gennady Golovkin 'a great fight for boxing' - Ring TV

"I think, I have now an excellent platform for the next year. Firstly I need the February’s bout to be a success. And what concerns the future, I hope for a fight against Andre Ward, but the time has not come yet. It is realistic, but not now," Gennady Golovkin said.

Earlier, Gennady Golovkin vs. Andre Ward fight entered the Top12 most anticipated bouts in 2014. The American boxer is expected to be the favorite at the ring against unbeaten Golovkin.

Boxing: Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin hoping to fight Andre Ward. Sport. Tengrinews.kz

Now if he would be willing to kill himself and most likely his career to be half a man for Floyd much like Oscar did for Manny then why would he not be willing to shed a few pounds to meet GGG for legacy?

Why did Golovkin say he would go down to 154 to fight Floyd but turned down Lara at 154? Does it really need to be explained why "everybody" would risk going to a weight for Floyd that they wouldn't for anyone else? If Golovkin offered Ward $10 million for a fight at 160 or a catchweight. then you bet he'd be all over trying to melt down. And once again, Team Golovkin said they would fight anybody from 154 to 175. And yet again an article is up today with his team saying they would fight any "compelling" fight from 154 to 168. I guess they have a different meaning of the word compelling. They definitely changed their tune to now make it more discretionary. It would not even be an issue if they didn't go around claiming Golovkin to be the boogeyman and stating they'd fight anybody from 154 to 175. Give me your take on Golovkin flat out turning down Ward and the smaller Lara?

[Rantcatrat]

GGG is an HBO fighter. Lara calling him out was Lara grandstanding. There was no substance behind it. For example, if Lara wanted to realistically challenge for a middleweight title he could call out Peter Quillin, who he shares promoter with. Instead he calls out a guy on a network that doesn't show GB fighters? Smells like

[Rantcatrat]

If you can call deciding not to move up in weight to face Ward a duck, which I'm not sure you can (I don't call it a duck that Floyd hasn't fought Martinez, but his legacy suffers from it), then GGG has ducked Ward. He is moving up to fight Junior and won't fight Ward. That's a duck. Now, I'm assuming he is only moving up because of the money involved and he intends on moving back down, but still, he would make decent money fighting Ward too. Basically, I can't fault him for making a decision based on risk/reward, but I also can't say that he is helping his legacy out by not doing it either.

With all that said, I'm on board for a Junior-GGG fight at the forum in LA at 68. It'll be a fun fight to watch and Junior's size advantage evens out the fight at little bit.