Basically team Golovkin said they have bigger fish to fry than Ward at the moment. It was a bad deal because Ward's team wanted a 50-50 split for a fight in 2016 after each fighter had taken one fight earlier in the year.

But team Golovkin had already announced the Lemieux fight and the fact that Golovkin was made mandatory to the Cotto-Canelo winner. A fight with either is much bigger than a fight with Ward.

They have a goal to unify the middleweight division which includes WBO champion Andy Lee (although they better hope Billy Joe don't beat him).

Why would team Golovkin step up in weight and give 50-50 to a guy that won't leave his hometown?