Roc Nation: GGG's Team Turned Down Ward in 36 Minutes

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Martinez and Cotto ducked him dude, at the very least Cotto is stalling the fight as much as he can. The rest all ducked him and no they're not unproven these are all top middleweights I've no idea what you're talking about.

Yes, GGG has been taking a long while to get going? You know why? Because nobody was willing to give him a chance. He was a high risk low reward type of fighter similar to Lara or Rigo.

 

Naw, it's more like GiGi fans are illiterate, take too much lithium or are just dumb.

RocNation plainly state above that the offer for Ward allowed Little g to not only complete his unification bout with Lemieux, but have until mid 2016 to fight.
Neither Cotto, Alvarez, GBP or RocNation has committed to fighting Little g after the Cotto-Alvarez fight, so K2 waiting for the Cotto-Alvarez winner is just pie in the sky wishful thinking.
Clearly GiGi fans are delusional if they think K2 isn't intentionally ducking Ward because there is less than a 10% chance that either Cotto or Alvarez will fight GiGi at MW.

Plain to see that GiGi has now blatantly ducked;
-Lara
-Hopkins
-Ward

and will only fight b-level MWs, or small welterweights. :smoke

 

I'm pretty sure Martinez was injured when GGG got his name out, when he came back from injury the plan was a big money fight vs Cotto then GGG just so happened to lose to Cotto.

Cotto has had all of 2 MW fight's the first was a bout vs the Lineal Champ, the second was a tune-up after a year missed due to a contract dispute his tune-up happened to be GGGs best win.
Is now having a mega fight with Alvarez.

Geale gets some credit because he's actually won something but Quillin doesn't have a top level resume neither does Murray.

Rigo fought Donaire after what 10 pro fight's, Lara has fought basically every top JMW.

I'll admit some fighters have ducked mainly guys who are either relatively no names or old shop worn guys.

No elite fighter has ducked GGG, only difference between the Cotto-GGG situation and the Ward-GGG is Cotto is actually fighting a top fighter instead, GGG is not.

 

they knew very well the Lemi fight was being made, and since Ward cannot get anyone at 168 into the ring with him, he has been living off Golovkin ever since his 'comeback', telling stories about how his 'fair' offer to K2 was rejected just to keep himself relevent

 

they knew very well the Lemi fight, they can spin it how much they like, the facts were that second half of August everyone knew the Lemieux fight was having the final touches being made to becoming a done deal

 

you can't spell it out any more simplier than this :yep

 

This is a testament of how far down hill the sport of boxing has declined, when a MW champion can blatantly duck a fight and receive accolades for avoiding tough competition.

Eight long years of fighting b-level opponents and bums in today's climate idolizes a parachuted champion.

Dizzy fans whine and moan that Little g is being ducked when it is crystal clear that it is he who is the ducker.

 

atsch. Ward is irrelevant....little baby that hasn't fought anyone in years and now he wants to call the shots and ask for 50/50 split....the dude is delusional and boring...

 

Roc Nation is a bunch of goofballz

 

“We’ve always said when we first got to HBO that we wanted to unify the titles. We said we’d move up to 168 for mega events. Fights with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Carl Froch would have been big events".

What's left unsaid is the obvious: a fight with Ward wouldn't be a mega-event in terms of $$$. It's strictly business and strategy. Unify the MW belts, then and only then move up (or down) for mega-bucks.

 

Ward's last fight was an embarrassment. A top pound for pound fighter should never be fighting a scrub like that.

 

on BET, no less. NOT HBO, or Showtime or even Spike ffs.

 

Please, the minute Team GGG said they would fight anyone from 154 to 168, that opened the door for guess what (?) anyone from 154 to 168 to challenge them. But, what they obvisouly meant was we want lucrative winnable fights. So, naturally they turned down Ward, because, he is not considered a big draw and most importantly it's not really a winnable fight for GGG.

But, I am pretty sure HBO would have made it worth both fighters while to step in the ring. Surely, both guys would see their biggest paydays to date. They simply don't want to face Ward.

We know the sport revolves around money. So, sure the risk/reward ratios looks better for GGG with Lemiux followed by the winner of Cotto-Canelo. These are all guys he should beat. Ward on the other hand, will be nearly untouchable in the legacy department, if he moves up and cleans out LHW. It's a much greater risk with less financial gain.

 

I think Ward-GGG is 60-40 in favour of Ward, but true, they should never have made these statements, they should have said, as you mentioned " Golovkin will take any lucrative fights from 154 to 168", I also personally think Ward-GGG should be at 168 once 1) Ward re-establishes himself and 2) GGG cleans out 160 to maximize the $$$ both guys could make from a potential PPV fight