That fight could have happened at 168 but Ward declined. Would GGG give him a harder fight than Kovalev ?
Golovkin Ward 164" , refers to a potential boxing match between Gennady "GGG" Golovkin and Andre Ward which was heavily discussed but never materialized. A key point of contention was the weight class, with Golovkin's team reportedly requesting a catchweight of 164 pounds, while Ward was a super middleweight and later a light heavyweight. Here's a breakdown of the situation: The Hype: In the mid-2010s, a fight between Golovkin, a dominant middleweight, and Ward, a highly skilled and accomplished super middleweight, was highly anticipated. The Catchweight Issue: The main obstacle to the fight was the weight. Golovkin's team, specifically his trainer Abel Sanchez, denied requesting a 164-pound catchweight, but other sources indicated that it was a sticking point in negotiations. Ward's Perspective: Ward's team, Roc Nation, claimed that Golovkin's team turned down a super middleweight fight and then requested a catchweight, which they quickly rejected, according to Roc Nation on *******.com. Different Weight Classes: Golovkin was primarily a middleweight (160 lbs), while Ward had competed at super middleweight (168 lbs) and eventually moved up to light heavyweight (175 lbs). Size Difference: Some argued that Ward, being naturally bigger and stronger, would have had an advantage at 168 lbs, while Golovkin might have been favored at a catchweight of 164 lbs, where Ward would be weakened.
Ward called out Mayweather and said he would come down to 160 only for him. Not Golovkin or anyone else. GGG had nothing to gain fighting Ward at 164. Ward had horrible PPV numbers and couldn’t fill venues outside of his hometown Oakland. He was a boring and dirty fighter. Golovkin was chasing after Canelo for a bigger payday and a better fight for all.
If we move on past the "164" argument, there was a time where Golovkin's team basically caved in to Ward's 168 demand and floated the idea of the fight again. Ward was adamant: he would now no longer face GGG at 168, the weight he had demanded all along, and instead demanded that GGG move up to 175 to fight him. Ward seemed to feel that weight-hopping would weaken his future prospects. The irony is that he expected Golovkin to do exactly that Let us be serious: the fight was there if Ward wanted it. He did not want it. The reasons for that are best known to Ward. Personally I think he knew GGG would whoop him and he didn't want that smoke. But it could be he really did believe that weight hopping would ruin him as a fighter, idk. Regardless, it should really have been Ward (as the guy who couldn't draw flies to a turd as a fighter, who is the byword for boring and dirty fights and who virtually camps in oakland for every fight) chasing Golovkin, since Golovkin was the bigger name, the bigger draw and the smaller fighter.
Someone doesnt like fact checking ^ Lol at slaughter. No Golovkin fan ever wanted that fight to happen because even they knew Ward would've completely ramshackled him. GGG could hardly beat physically feeble glass chinner Jacobs ffs
Ward didn't mind a catchweight as long as it was Chad Dawson destroying himself at the weight. I think Golovkin would've beat him any way but it's strange in retrospect how Ward got away with Ray Leonard like stipulations when he was absolute ratings poison.
I suggest you run some basic boxing questions through AI and see the results. It's laughable at times. If that's the fact checking you embrace moving forward, our future is doomed.
