GGG has NO EXCUSES now, he can't duck Ward no more!

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  1. lewis gassed

    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    I haven't! He doesn't? Well it'd definitely be more legit to beat Ward at 168 but I don't know how much he weighs on fight night.
    GGG walks around 165-170.
     
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  2. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    GGG is a medium sized middleweight, Ward is a sizeable SMW, there's no question he's bigger and it'd definitely be a big factor in the fight.
     
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  3. Gneus7

    Gneus7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fair enough I don't agree with your reasoning either. I don't see how you can say that if a fighter is willing to fight above his natural weight division for a big pay cheque, he should also be willing to fight above his natural weight division for a small pay cheque or it's a duck. People should get paid an appropriate amount for their trouble imo.
     
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  4. attaboi

    attaboi Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    David Tua is 5'9. He's more closer to GGG. GGG should fight him.
     
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  5. Ol' Bub

    Ol' Bub Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes. He has said it in a few interviews. If they fight the SMW champ, it will be at SMW.
    It really wouldn't make any sense otherwise.
    Saying that, it wouldn't surprise me if they agreed to a 159lb catch weight to get a big money fight with Cotto...if Cotto doesn't vacvate his belt.
     
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  6. Ol' Bub

    Ol' Bub Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't like catch weights in title fights either. You know how Cotto is though.
    If Cotto does fight Golovkin, I would be surprised if the fight is at 160lbs. That's just being realistic about it.
     
    Ol' Bub, Jan 10, 2015
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  7. box4life11

    box4life11 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ok here's another example Ward is the bigger guy because he fought at 175 in the ametuers :good



    Keep hating :hi:
     
    box4life11, Jan 10, 2015
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  8. gdm

    gdm Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Shut you dumb limey mouth you bri tt ard
     
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  9. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ward and Kovalev is the same height but Kovalev has a bigger frame. Same with Hopkins. Hopkins is taller than Kovalev but did you see how much bigger Kovalev was in the fight. I would like to see Ward fight Kovalev but don't act like GGG is too small for Ward. For the record, Kovalev can't outbox Ward and Ward is not an old man like Hopkins. GGG's frame is just as big as Wards. He is just 1/1/2 inch shorter. Every other fighter can come up two or three weight classes but not GGG, Naw, you GTFOH.
     
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  10. oiky

    oiky Gypsy Boy Full Member

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    GGG ain't ducking anybody, let him do what hes gotta do
     
    oiky, Jan 11, 2015
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  11. Bollywooden

    Bollywooden Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If Roc Nation offer Golovkin millions he would agree, but they're not gonna.
     
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  12. drozzy

    drozzy AERE Full Member

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    In the ring: Alvarez 170 (Angulo), Golovkin 171 (Rubio), Ward 178 (E-Rod), Kovalev 182 (Hopkins). Off the top of my head from tales of the tape, feel free to research and prove me wrong, I might very well be but those are the assumptions I'm operating under.

    Who are you comparing Golovkin to when you're saying 2-3 weight classes jumped? Wasn't Pavlik the last natural MW to try his luck in SMW/LHW territory? Was he not slightly bigger than Golovkin? How did it work out for Taylor and Abraham?
     
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  13. attaboi

    attaboi Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Arthur Abraham is the current super middleweight WBO champ. I guess he has done quite well for himself at super middleweight.
     
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  14. Dos Huevos

    Dos Huevos Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Anyone notice how none of these Hip hop/urban music types are throwing big money at any E.E. or Central Asian fightrs? Haymon has a couple tokens but make no mistake about it, these guys are in boxing to line the pockets of their own kind. It is disgusting and stinks of collusion.
     
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  15. drozzy

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    ...and you know he lost to the same guy he won the belt from. These two, along with Sturm, are in an exclusive market they will never leave now.

    Abraham lost to Dirrell, Ward and Froch. Beside the perks of being in Germany, you're saying he's done quite well at SMW?
     
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