why was ggg so scared to move up/down a weight class

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  1. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Yes, a lot of multiple weight champs are simply weight bullies and the reason they moved up in weight is not because they dared to be great but rather because they couldn't make weight anymore

    A lot of these multiple weight champs are also proven PED cheats too who artificially enhanced themselves to compete or campaign at higher weight classes

    And GGG was often outweighed by his opponents at 160

    That filthy dirty deck stacking serial cheat from Oakland would never dare do once what GGG did religiously, let alone what he expected GGG to do against him

    1. How many times has Ward fought his opponent in their backyard?

    2. How many times has he done that with the ref being from their backyard?

    3. And with 1 or 2 of the judges coming from their backyard?

    4. Or with 3 of them coming from their backyard?

    5. Why did GGG have to fight him for his first fight at 168 but that female dog wouldn't dare go anywhere near Kovalev or any of the top digs at 175 until he had 3 fights to acclimatize to the new weight?

    You can stop at 1 and history attests to that resoundingly

    Why won't he release the email he kept threatening to release but still won't do even after GGG's team dared him to do so? Why send an offer for a fight after they had already announced GGG vs Lemieux knowing full well that GGG had or thought he had at the time a mega massive payday on the line in his next fight after that, the kind of which Ward could never earn or offer anyone? GGG sold more tickets fighting a ''bum'' in Ward's home state than Ward did for facing an unbeaten contender in his hometown and the tickets were more expensive for GGG's fight too. That clown wanted 50% vs A side GGG.
     
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  2. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    Why was Hagler so scared to move up? See how stupid this is?
     
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  3. bjl12

    bjl12 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Part of it is just marketing but there's nothing wrong w staying at 1 weight. All but 2 or 3 fights at 160 w/ 1 cw above and 1 SMW fight
     
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  4. KiwiMan

    KiwiMan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    SMW was a wasteland most of the time, with the exception of the Ward fight, which, as I have explained at great length, only became an option when the Canelo fight was on the cards.
     
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  5. tarrant45

    tarrant45 Active Member Full Member

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    Because he was a small MW at 5'10 , 70 inch reach. Weighed in at 170 on fight nights. Canelo was heavier than him at MW.
     
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  6. Third_Brotha

    Third_Brotha New Member Full Member

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    I don't think he was scared. He was just using the Felix Sturm playbook of taking easier fights for good money. Why take huge risks when you have suckered the network into paying huge money to fight mostly scrubs?
     
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  7. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Yeah, why was he? Literally his best opponents are all guys coming up in weight to fight him. He kept whining about Leonard not fighting him. Move up and fight a guy bigger than you and see how it goes. He still couldn't put a dent on Leonard.

    Spinks would have beaten him and he knew it.
     
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  8. Jpreisser

    Jpreisser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    When exactly was Golovkin supposed to make this move? I thought even in this day and age with an absurd amount of classes and titles, we prefer men to unify before venturing on...By the time Golovkin got that opportunity and then the rematch to try and rectify the situation, he was 36. It's not as if 168 was some hotbed of talent around that time, either. Finishing up with ranked contenders in Derevyanchenko, Szeremeta, Murata, and then a shot at "the man" at super middleweight seems like a fine way to end things.

    Personally, I have more issues with what he could have done at 160 after the second Alvarez fight than not jumping up to a less prestigious division.
     
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