Why did Andre Ward duck James degale to fight Paul smith?

Well it's not like GGG ruled the fight out altogether, they said that after Kovalev they want to fight Ward so what's the problem then?

 

ggg was supossed to be wards tuneup after a long layoff

but ggg shamefully ducked demanding an impossible 164 cw.

 

Ward wanted 2 to 3 tune ups.

He was fighting at 175 in his second one, Brand will be his 3rd.

We are in August by the time is 3rd tune up is happening....that's 4 months on from the alleged time Golovkin could have fought him.

Also his second tune up was at 175, now if he had any interest in making the GGG fight after the tune ups he would of stayed at 168. But as you well know he was struggling to make the weight. That's why his last 2 fights have been in the division north.

If he wanted to really push for the fight he could of stayed at 168, reasserted his dominance and HBO could have put Golovkin in a corner to make the fight.

 

Great story.

You're the best poster by far on the forum Steve_Fox.

 

when he said that

why would ggg demand an impossible 164 cw if he wanted to fight ward

 

Of course he wasn't, if he really wanted the fight he would have stayed at 168, beat someone like DeGale and most likely the fight would be on the cards.

 

Smith wasn't a tuneup, more like a stay busy. The kovalev deal wasn't in place yet.

 

Ward probably couldn't even make 168 that's why he wanted the fight with GGG so soon.

 

Golovkin vs Ward was never in play, and is even less likely now. Move on.