lets not forget that these black racists are a minority, same as white racists but its true, GGG gets a lot of hate from these insecure black supremacist.
Yeah,and they always say that he got exposed,i think the first time they said GGG got "exposed" was against Rosado.Since then he's getting exposed though nobody was able to beat him or at least take to the judges.That's really interesting.
Gennady Gennadjewitsch Golovkin European,Asian and World Champion in 4 different Divisions from 140 Superlightweight (Age 18) to Welterweight (Age 19) to Lightmiddleweight (Age 21) to Middleweight (Age 22) + Olympic Silver Medalist+ IBF/IBO/WBC/WBA SUperchamp 36/0/33Ko Respect him if you love the Sport!
lol, dont make yourself a fool! i didnt said he was a pro at age 18-22 .He fought and won the biggest international amateur Tournaments, european,asian and worldchampionships+ Olympic Silver.
maybe americans dont care as much about the amateurs and specially not you cause you are a casual, but in europe and asia and cuba its a different story and golovkin won the european,asien and world championships in 4 divisions. by the way, the best american fighters like ,crawford,spence jr,ward,Jacobs,thurman had a very good amateurcareer and that is there fundament till today, next time read carefully before making a comment.
Franko Arona dude stop taking that statement so serious...if anything you should of respect it from a competitors stand point..i mean why have the fight right..lets just sit here and have a praise triple g session
lol GGG said maybe his stronger than me. The humility of this man, I saw him doing things in his strength and conditioning, that heavyweights would struggle to do.
Then ggg should challenge himself and move up to lhw, ward had a good amateur career and won a gold medal and started his pro career at 160 and moved up to 175 and gets no credit, if ggg, hits so hard and has so much skill and is so talented he should be able to move up a weight class or two???
You heard it here first. Remember the first time Gennady said "He guys, this is no street fight, this is boxing" That's when he fought Lemieux and ended up setting a record on jabs in the middleweight division. This is the second time i'm hearing this "He may be bigger than me, he may punch harder than me but size doesnt matter, this is boxing" I predict Golovkin jabbing and boxing more than brawling. It'll be a good fight!
ppl said they missed killers in boxing. they said boxing is dead. well they have not been paying attention to GGG fights then. GGG is a MW Chavez SR, so appreciate greatness when he is here because eventually the father time will catch up with him soon n u haters will get ur wish.
Compare the weightdevelopment- Topfighters from age 19 till the Present Days- Kell Brook age 19 at 147lbs now at 147 rehydrates to 167lbs Golovkin age 19 at 147lbs now at 160 rehydrates to ~170lbs Canelo age 19 at 150lbs now at "164,5" rehyrates to 175+ Jermall Charlo age 19 150lbs now at 160 rehydrates to ~175lbs Lara age 19 at 152lbs now at 154 rehyrates to 170.5 lbs Andrade age 19 at 152lbs now at 154 rehyrates to ~ 170lbs Saunders age 19 160lbs now at 160 rehydrates to 177lbs Jacobs age 19 at 165lbs now at 160 rehydrates to 175+ Peter Quillin age 19 165lbs now at 160 rehydrates to 182lbs Eubank jr. age 19 at 165lbs now at 168 rehydrates to 175+ Degale age 19 at 165lbs now at 168 rehydrates to 174lbs Kovalev age 19 at 165lbs now at 175 rehyrates to ~ 188lbs Badou Jack age 19 at 165lbs now at 175 rehydrates to ~ 183lbs Ramirez age 19 at 168lbs now at 168 rehydrates to ~ 182lbs Beterbiev age 19 at 178lbs now at 175 rehydrates to ~190lbs Ward age 19 at 178lbs now at 175 rehydrates to ~185lbs
Larrypint also boxers fight at higher weights in the amateurs because they can't drain and rehydrate as much For example people may think that ward was bigger in the amateurs, not the case
Dont repeat shit before proving! Ward was even a year before the Olympics a lightheavyweight and won the National Championship. Quote : "Ward stepped on a scale wearing only his socks and shorts for an unofficial weigh-in at 9 p.m., 10 hours before the official weigh-in. The scale, with wires leading to a display screen mounted on the sink, registered 80.9 kilograms, 1/10 th of a kilo under the maximum weight for Ward's division." He is a natural lightheavy!
OLYMPIC QUEST / Andre Ward / A boxer's trial of life / Oakland 19- year-old balances family with ambition By John Crumpacker Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, November 12, 2003
- Photo: FREDERIC LARSON Photo: FREDERIC LARSON IMAGE 1 OF 3 - 2003-11-12 04:00:00 PDT Reno -- With life's rich bounty spread out before him, Andre Ward filled his plate with seafood, pasta, rice and vegetables. Then he did it again. The Oakland boxer and Olympic hopeful made two trips through the buffet line at the Eldorado Hotel and Casino, taking with him sauteed shrimp, crab legs, steamed clams, pasta shells, rice pilaf, fajita vegetables and finally, fresh fruit. "To balance it out," he said. "The only thing I'm concerned about is the butter. The shrimp is soaked in butter. The rice pilaf is soaked in butter." The plates left behind and stacked with crustacean carnage, Ward gamboled -- not gambled -- toward the elevators for a trip up to the 20th floor of the Eldorado where USA Boxing officials have a suite for the team's dual meet against France the next night across the street at the City Center Pavilion. Casually, Ward took off his shirt, pants and shoes and stepped on a scale wearing only his socks and shorts for an unofficial weigh-in at 9 p.m., 10 hours before the official weigh-in. The scale, with wires leading to a display screen mounted on the sink, registered 80.9 kilograms, 1/10 th of a kilo under the maximum weight for Ward's division. In the United States and nowhere else, that's 178 pounds. Although he appeared to cut it close the night before the Nov. 1 fight, Ward had no problem making weight, a fact borne out the next morning. Being a highly conditioned 19-year-old athlete with the metabolism of a hummingbird, Ward officially weighed 172 pounds. The creatures of the sea on which he dined the night before simply swam through him, it would seem. Making weight was one thing. Making a loser of his French opponent, two- time World Championship medalist John Dovi, was another. Ward struggled against the man 10 years older, but after the four two- minute rounds, he was a 7-6 winner. The deeply religious, married father of two with arms festooned with tattoos heralding poignant reminders of his life had won by a single punch. The best thing Ward did during the fight, besides keep his six-year winning streak intact, was slip most of the punches thrown by Dovi, who won a silver medal at the 1999 World Championships and a bronze in 2001. Ward's decision provided the clinching bout for the Americans, who defeated the French seven matches to four. "It's exciting, but I have a lot of work to do," Ward said. The work had to wait until Ward returned home from a U.S. Olympic Committee-sponsored trip to Athens from Nov. 4-8 for an athletes' summit in the city that will host the 2004 Olympic Games, Aug. 13-29. That the USOC invited Ward indicates officials expect him to make the Olympic team at 178 pounds. "I'd rather go to Vegas to see Roy Jones fight," Ward said of Saturday night's 12-round bout won by Jones over Antonio Tarver. "I put God first in my life. I ask him to open my eyes to see what I need. That's what I admire about Roy Jones, not just physically, but mentally. "One thing I've learned, being in control of your life is not always going to be pleasing to everybody. You have to do what's best for you. If it means going left when everyone else is going right, you have to go left." Like the USOC, Ward expects to make the U.S. team as well, but there's the small matter of qualifying first. The Olympic Trials are scheduled for Feb. 16-21 at a casino site in Tunica, Miss. If he finishes in the top two there, Ward will advance to the annoying and anticlimactic box-offs in Cleveland, in which the Trials winner must be defeated twice by the runner-up to lose his spot on the U.S. team. Ward currently is ranked No. 1 in the country in his division. While in Reno, Ward had a chance to meet David Reid, a coach now but the last American to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. It was at the 1996 Games in Atlanta and Reid, trailing his Cuban opponent by a virtually insurmountable 10 points going into the third and final round, slipped a punch and countered with a straight right to the schnozz that knocked out Alfredo Duvergel. "I had breakfast with David Reid this morning," Ward said. "It was pretty cool. We talked about the Olympics. I always like to talk to guys who have been somewhere I haven't been. I was surprised he remembered me from the U.S. Championships (last March). I beat one of his guys in the semifinals. He remembered me." Ward wants to be remembered as a good fighter but even more as a good man, a good husband to Tiffany and a good father to Andre Jr. and Malachi. His faith is sincere and he has good people supporting him, starting with his trainer, manager, godfather and confidant, Virgil Hunter, 49, of Oakland, with whom he and his family live. Further supporting him in Reno was his mother, Madeline Arivie. Though Ward is most interested in athletes of his generation -- Jones, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant -- he draws on earlier generations as well. Invoking something he claimed Muhammad Ali once said, Ward remarked, "If you're the same at 25 when you're 45, that's 20 wasted years. You wasted 20 years on this earth with no improvement." Improvement will have to come in Ward's next fight if he is to extend a winning streak that began when he was a 13-year-old novice. On Nov. 22, he'll be with the U.S. team again, in Tunica, for a dual with Russia. Ward will face the man who won the 2003 World Championship at 178 pounds, Yevgeniy Makarenko. That will be his last fight before the Olympic Trials. "It's a must-win," he said. "To be the best, you've got to beat the best. ... It feels good when you know you've paid your dues. If you've scrimped on your running or partied too much, I'd be nervous. My whole life this is what I've been training for, and it's getting closer and closer." The night before the Dovi fight, Ward expressed sadness that his father could not see his progress toward making the Olympic team. Frank Ward, himself a fighter in his day, died last year. The last time he saw Andre fight was in Reno, in an under- 19 match. Then, as now, he stayed in the Eldorado. "It's sentimental that I'm here," he said. "I'm here without my dad. I feel I have something to prove. He's not here with me." Ward's mother was with him in Reno, though, as was his wife, along with Hunter and his wife and an assortment of friends and relatives. They are the village raising the child to be a man.
It wasnt the official weigh in, it was 10 hours before and Its a quote from a american boxing magazine in 2003 -2004 that journalist was with him for several days.
They're saying the same stuff about Jacobs that they said about Lemieux and look what happened to him, GGG used his jab and wore him down then beat the fuck out of him
Ollie11 but you gotta remember that David is shorter than ggg, so he was able to capitalize on his jab with ease. not saying he's not gonna land the jab on Jacobs at all, I still think GGG will beat Jacobs by a way of knockout
Christian Rodriguez yes it will be less effective but a fighter like golovkin lands heavy and frequent body shots so he can also use that to chop away at him and open up to the head
Hard not to like both guys. Jacobs is a respectful, articulate individual with a great backstory. GGG comes across as extremely humble until he steps in that ring. I'm buzzing for this fight.
Best compu-box Jab in Boxing Best Power Left Hook to the Body Best Power Shot Percentage % in current Boxing Best Pressure Fighter of the last 25 years Best Footwork outside of Lomachenko Best ring IQ outside of Mayweather and Ward Best timing Best shot selection and accuracy Best Training regiment and work ethic in ALL of boxing outside of Pacquiao and Mayweather and arguably better at 7,000ft Best KO streak Best Current Pro Record for a Champion Best Middleweight Fighter on the Planet Best Title defense record about to break Hopkins record of 20 Best amateur record in the history of Boxing outside of Lomachenko and Rigeondaux Best Champion in ALL weight divisions with nearly all belts unified as the Undisputed Champion Best and most avoided fighter of the last decade of any division outside of Mayweather and Pacquiao For me he is by far P4P #1 over everybody and will go down in the history books as one of the best to ever grace the sport of boxing.
I've spotted you trolling on every GGG video on the internet. I give you the 2017 Troll of the Year Award. Congratulations on being a pathetic sack of shit.
I saw the power, the footwork, work on the floors up and down, a lot of pressure on the opponent and most importantly the feelings of the ring and the opponent. His style is incredible
how can people say Boxing is dead? they are so many great fights coming up like... GGG vs Jacobs, Spence vs Brook, Pacquiao vs Khan or even Joshua vs Klitschko
Dulce Montes hey dulce you look beautiful girl can I have your facebook or instagram ? Please. I cant believe a beautiful girl like you follows box cheers
3-5. there's no waiting on this one, golovkin is going after jacobs weak marshmellow chin. jacobs with all this quick punching and athleticism,has a poor punch resistance.
Great Middleweight Champion !!!!! Whomever throws the shorter straighter punches will win . Both will connect but how well they are able to take the punch will be huge as it is in any Fight . I hope it's a good fight .
3-5. there's no waiting on this one, golovkin is going after jacobs weak marshmellow chin. jacobs with all this quick punching and athleticism,has a poor punch resistance.
GGG was destined to be a fighter the way his body is built and those heavy hands!! He has a gift i remember in a interview he had when he was younger he said he was positive he would become world champion and was better than everyone else so far he has proven it!!
Hell no it ain't gonna do a lot of buys...a lot of people aren't going to be buying because that shit is only going to last like two rounds because Danny doesn't have a chin. I will see the knockout for free on social media apps lol
Abel Utra who cares if they're "boxing fans" or not? To progress this sport we need as many eyes on the fights as we can get. I was a casual fan at first, everybody has to learn about the sport somehow
He thing is this isn't a good fight...it's only good on paper not good to people that actually know boxing. Jacobs couldn't even knockout a weak over the hill Sergio mora that has shot out knees, how can he possibly knockout ggg? Not to mention he also got dropped by mora LOL, mora isn't even 1/4 of a puncher ggg is....to sum it up, Jacobs doesn't have a chin or enough power to give ggg a fight, ggg will knock him out before 5 rounds
GGG got the old school skills and tactics to go along with the power and the chin. I actually respect Jacobs for taking the fight even if its not a money fight. But I think GGG puts him away before the 8th round.
no wonder golovkin is popular. first theres that weird contradiction wheres hes so shy/kind of person at the same time really brutal in the ring. and i think a lot of people can connect in that sence that. at least for me. i feel like golovkin is that kind of dude i imagine, could be really nice to go out fishing with or have a beer at a pub talking shit with.
Manni Alvarez He was doing good until they supended him for weed... they messed up his career over weed, lets not forget that he's taller than Canelo, imagine if he actually beats Canelo, Nacho Beristain is training him and he doesnt fuck around so we'll see how sharp he will look against the smaller Canelo.
L. j.a. no bro Chavez is a big crybaby weed ain't nothing it's his work ethic he's slow and sluggish he has no skills bro I'm surprised he sucks so bad having the father that he does. it like looks more like chokolatito is Chavez seniors son he fights just like Chavez sr in his youth and prime. best cutoff and attack pressure fighter and counter attack!
This is what I love about HBO. The production quality is so damn high. The music choice is always amazing. HBO do a deal with the UFC and produce their preview shows!
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GGG - "I'm a regular guy and this is boxing"
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Before the fight:
"This is probably the toughest GGG will face"
After dominating:
"GGG hasnt faced anyone relevant he hasnt proved himself"
Mike Fenimore the dumbest shit I've ever heard, I'm black and GGG is my favorite boxer... in fact all my black friends who like boxing love GGG
lets not forget that these black racists are a minority, same as white racists but its true, GGG gets a lot of hate from these insecure black supremacist.
I remember when they were saying Kell Brook was bigger than GGG before the fight, afterwards they act like GGG fought a small child
Yeah,and they always say that he got exposed,i think the first time they said GGG got "exposed" was against Rosado.Since then he's getting exposed though nobody was able to beat him or at least take to the judges.That's really interesting.
GGG only has to get hit more than twice in a round these days and he gets exposed lol.
Preview Show. Didnt expect it. Ty HBO!
Gennady Gennadjewitsch Golovkin
European,Asian and World Champion in 4 different Divisions from 140 Superlightweight (Age 18) to Welterweight (Age 19) to Lightmiddleweight (Age 21) to Middleweight (Age 22) + Olympic Silver Medalist+ IBF/IBO/WBC/WBA SUperchamp 36/0/33Ko
Respect him if you love the Sport!
lol, dont make yourself a fool! i didnt said he was a pro at age 18-22 .He fought and won the biggest international amateur Tournaments, european,asian and worldchampionships+ Olympic Silver.
maybe americans dont care as much about the amateurs and specially not you cause you are a casual, but in europe and asia and cuba its a different story and golovkin won the european,asien and world championships in 4 divisions. by the way, the best american fighters like ,crawford,spence jr,ward,Jacobs,thurman had a very good amateurcareer and that is there fundament till today, next time read carefully before making a comment.
who ever edited this deserves a oscar
The look on Stevens face just screams 'oh shit who's using a steel chair'
Ollie11 Lol 😂
Ollie11 this!!!!^^^^
Your spoiling us HBO
*unknown* agreed... better than all access 4 parts of 15min vids.😐
Rich Lee r u on hbos payroll or sumthin, stupid fanboy
Rich Lee better watching for free than paying for ppv way better.
Jacobs didn't bring his belt because his doesn't matter to GGG
Franko Arona yeah Jacobs has the fake wba belt
Franko Arona dude stop taking that statement so serious...if anything you should of respect it from a competitors stand point..i mean why have the fight right..lets just sit here and have a praise triple g session
You want those belts? Well you better be ready to take a beating for them. You going back to Brownsville with a knot and no belts.
There is a reason why GGG 4 belts , those belts don't come for free .
lol GGG said maybe his stronger than me. The humility of this man, I saw him doing things in his strength and conditioning, that heavyweights would struggle to do.
I like Jacobs but after GGG wins are people gonna call him a cherry piff
Piff?
Fight News Crew I made it up..pretty creative huh
Rubino Pride ggg makes u look like a cherry, once he lands a a few punches u have turned into a cherry instantaneously
just Haters will do that.
Then ggg should challenge himself and move up to lhw, ward had a good amateur career and won a gold medal and started his pro career at 160 and moved up to 175 and gets no credit, if ggg, hits so hard and has so much skill and is so talented he should be able to move up a weight class or two???
I'll always be a GGG fan but Jacob's has my full respect too. He is such a good guy and a true role model & survivor. Best of luck to both men 3/18.
This is fight, i love fight, this is big drama show, this is serious business, my business'' -GGG
he is a monster, beautiful monster
You heard it here first. Remember the first time Gennady said "He guys, this is no street fight, this is boxing" That's when he fought Lemieux and ended up setting a record on jabs in the middleweight division. This is the second time i'm hearing this "He may be bigger than me, he may punch harder than me but size doesnt matter, this is boxing" I predict Golovkin jabbing and boxing more than brawling. It'll be a good fight!
$65.00 for this ppv! I'm buying it it has GGG, Gonzales and Cuadras in the undercards
Dont forget Andy Lee
DJ. Khaled 700 seats 💺 at the Garden...section 2 row 4 seat 3 yeah buddy...lets go Jacobs!!!!!
Great Work,HBO!
Abel looks like he owns a car wash.
Bryan Olea . mall washes can make upto 1 million per year. Idk if that's an insult or what?
noel huerta
have you seen breaking bad? if not then you wouldn't get it lol
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Bryan Olea lol he is a contractor and he looks like it but he is a great trainer as well
ppl said they missed killers in boxing. they said boxing is dead. well they have not been paying attention to GGG fights then. GGG is a MW Chavez SR, so appreciate greatness when he is here because eventually the father time will catch up with him soon n u haters will get ur wish.
An Iron fisted Warrior yea but just 1 person, heavyweight division is bad LW is bad, welterweight and middleweight are the best divisions
Strike Tacticz07 I like LHW with Kov Beterbiev Barrera That kid who trains in Oxnard n even that POS Stevenson.
An Iron fisted Warrior theres heaps of "killers" Kovalev, Stevenson, Joshua, wilder, etc etc
Lol wilder isn't a killer donkey kong
Wilder is a bum hunter whose punching technique can best be compared to a drunken octopus
14:40 why they gotta do stevens like that
Compare the weightdevelopment- Topfighters from age 19 till the Present Days-
Kell Brook age 19 at 147lbs now at 147 rehydrates to 167lbs
Golovkin age 19 at 147lbs now at 160 rehydrates to ~170lbs
Canelo age 19 at 150lbs now at "164,5" rehyrates to 175+
Jermall Charlo age 19 150lbs now at 160 rehydrates to ~175lbs
Lara age 19 at 152lbs now at 154 rehyrates to 170.5 lbs
Andrade age 19 at 152lbs now at 154 rehyrates to ~ 170lbs
Saunders age 19 160lbs now at 160 rehydrates to 177lbs
Jacobs age 19 at 165lbs now at 160 rehydrates to 175+
Peter Quillin age 19 165lbs now at 160 rehydrates to 182lbs
Eubank jr. age 19 at 165lbs now at 168 rehydrates to 175+
Degale age 19 at 165lbs now at 168 rehydrates to 174lbs
Kovalev age 19 at 165lbs now at 175 rehyrates to ~ 188lbs
Badou Jack age 19 at 165lbs now at 175 rehydrates to ~ 183lbs
Ramirez age 19 at 168lbs now at 168 rehydrates to ~ 182lbs
Beterbiev age 19 at 178lbs now at 175 rehydrates to ~190lbs
Ward age 19 at 178lbs now at 175 rehydrates to ~185lbs
Larrypint also boxers fight at higher weights in the amateurs because they can't drain and rehydrate as much
For example people may think that ward was bigger in the amateurs, not the case
Dont repeat shit before proving! Ward was even a year before the Olympics a lightheavyweight and won the National Championship. Quote : "Ward stepped on a scale wearing only his socks and shorts for an unofficial weigh-in at 9 p.m., 10 hours before the official weigh-in. The scale, with wires leading to a display screen mounted
on the sink, registered 80.9 kilograms, 1/10 th of a kilo under the
maximum weight for Ward's division."
He is a natural lightheavy!
OLYMPIC QUEST / Andre Ward / A boxer's trial of life / Oakland 19- year-old balances family with ambition
By John Crumpacker Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, November 12, 2003
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2003-11-12 04:00:00 PDT Reno -- With life's rich bounty spread out before him, Andre Ward filled his plate with seafood, pasta, rice and vegetables. Then he did it again.
The Oakland boxer and Olympic hopeful made two trips through the buffet line at the Eldorado Hotel and Casino, taking with him sauteed shrimp, crab legs, steamed clams, pasta shells, rice pilaf, fajita vegetables and finally, fresh fruit.
"To balance it out," he said. "The only thing I'm concerned about is the butter. The shrimp is soaked in butter. The rice pilaf is soaked in butter." The plates left behind and stacked with crustacean carnage, Ward gamboled -- not gambled -- toward the elevators for a trip up to the 20th floor of the Eldorado where USA Boxing officials have a suite for the team's dual meet against France the next night across the street at the City Center Pavilion.
Casually, Ward took off his shirt, pants and shoes and stepped on a scale wearing only his socks and shorts for an unofficial weigh-in at 9 p.m., 10 hours before the official weigh-in.
The scale, with wires leading to a display screen mounted on the sink, registered 80.9 kilograms, 1/10 th of a kilo under the maximum weight for Ward's division. In the United States and nowhere else, that's 178 pounds.
Although he appeared to cut it close the night before the Nov. 1 fight, Ward had no problem making weight, a fact borne out the next morning. Being a highly conditioned 19-year-old athlete with the metabolism of a hummingbird, Ward officially weighed 172 pounds.
The creatures of the sea on which he dined the night before simply swam through him, it would seem.
Making weight was one thing. Making a loser of his French opponent, two- time World Championship medalist John Dovi, was another.
Ward struggled against the man 10 years older, but after the four two- minute rounds, he was a 7-6 winner. The deeply religious, married father of two with arms festooned with tattoos heralding poignant reminders of his life had won by a single punch.
The best thing Ward did during the fight, besides keep his six-year winning streak intact, was slip most of the punches thrown by Dovi, who won a silver medal at the 1999 World Championships and a bronze in 2001. Ward's decision provided the clinching bout for the Americans, who defeated the French seven matches to four.
"It's exciting, but I have a lot of work to do," Ward said.
The work had to wait until Ward returned home from a U.S. Olympic Committee-sponsored trip to Athens from Nov. 4-8 for an athletes' summit in the city that will host the 2004 Olympic Games, Aug. 13-29. That the USOC invited Ward indicates officials expect him to make the Olympic team at 178 pounds.
"I'd rather go to Vegas to see Roy Jones fight," Ward said of Saturday night's 12-round bout won by Jones over Antonio Tarver. "I put God first in my life. I ask him to open my eyes to see what I need. That's what I admire about Roy Jones, not just physically, but mentally.
"One thing I've learned, being in control of your life is not always going to be pleasing to everybody. You have to do what's best for you. If it means going left when everyone else is going right, you have to go left." Like the USOC, Ward expects to make the U.S. team as well, but there's the small matter of qualifying first.
The Olympic Trials are scheduled for Feb. 16-21 at a casino site in Tunica, Miss. If he finishes in the top two there, Ward will advance to the annoying and anticlimactic box-offs in Cleveland, in which the Trials winner must be defeated twice by the runner-up to lose his spot on the U.S. team. Ward currently is ranked No. 1 in the country in his division.
While in Reno, Ward had a chance to meet David Reid, a coach now but the last American to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. It was at the 1996 Games in Atlanta and Reid, trailing his Cuban opponent by a virtually insurmountable 10 points going into the third and final round, slipped a punch and countered with a straight right to the schnozz that knocked out Alfredo Duvergel.
"I had breakfast with David Reid this morning," Ward said. "It was pretty cool. We talked about the Olympics. I always like to talk to guys who have been somewhere I haven't been. I was surprised he remembered me from the U.S. Championships (last March). I beat one of his guys in the semifinals. He remembered me."
Ward wants to be remembered as a good fighter but even more as a good man,
a good husband to Tiffany and a good father to Andre Jr. and Malachi. His faith is sincere and he has good people supporting him, starting with his trainer, manager, godfather and confidant, Virgil Hunter, 49, of Oakland, with whom he and his family live. Further supporting him in Reno was his mother, Madeline Arivie.
Though Ward is most interested in athletes of his generation -- Jones, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant -- he draws on earlier generations as well. Invoking something he claimed Muhammad Ali once said, Ward remarked, "If you're the same at 25 when you're 45, that's 20 wasted years. You wasted 20 years on this earth with no improvement."
Improvement will have to come in Ward's next fight if he is to extend a winning streak that began when he was a 13-year-old novice. On Nov. 22, he'll be with the U.S. team again, in Tunica, for a dual with Russia. Ward will face the man who won the 2003 World Championship at 178 pounds, Yevgeniy Makarenko. That will be his last fight before the Olympic Trials.
"It's a must-win," he said. "To be the best, you've got to beat the best. ... It feels good when you know you've paid your dues. If you've scrimped on your running or partied too much, I'd be nervous. My whole life this is what I've been training for, and it's getting closer and closer." The night before the Dovi fight, Ward expressed sadness that his father could not see his progress toward making the Olympic team. Frank Ward, himself a fighter in his day, died last year. The last time he saw Andre fight was in Reno, in an under- 19 match. Then, as now, he stayed in the Eldorado.
"It's sentimental that I'm here," he said. "I'm here without my dad. I feel I have something to prove. He's not here with me." Ward's mother was with him in Reno, though, as was his wife, along with Hunter and his wife and an assortment of friends and relatives. They are the village raising the child to be a man.
It wasnt the official weigh in, it was 10 hours before and Its a quote from a american boxing magazine in 2003 -2004 that journalist was with him for several days.
The way he looked at stevens at 15:22 after the round. Looks at him with a killer intent.
Meanwhile at the mma fanboy center: "Boxing is dying"
I told everyone his fight against brook he did that shit on purpose "how you like my street fight"
This video is better than the 24/7
Scpablo1 true
I don't think so
They're saying the same stuff about Jacobs that they said about Lemieux and look what happened to him, GGG used his jab and wore him down then beat the fuck out of him
Ollie11 but you gotta remember that David is shorter than ggg, so he was able to capitalize on his jab with ease. not saying he's not gonna land the jab on Jacobs at all, I still think GGG will beat Jacobs by a way of knockout
Christian Rodriguez yes it will be less effective but a fighter like golovkin lands heavy and frequent body shots so he can also use that to chop away at him and open up to the head
Hard not to like both guys. Jacobs is a respectful, articulate individual with a great backstory. GGG comes across as extremely humble until he steps in that ring. I'm buzzing for this fight.
Best compu-box Jab in Boxing
Best Power Left Hook to the Body
Best Power Shot Percentage % in current Boxing
Best Pressure Fighter of the last 25 years
Best Footwork outside of Lomachenko
Best ring IQ outside of Mayweather and Ward
Best timing
Best shot selection and accuracy
Best Training regiment and work ethic in ALL of boxing outside of Pacquiao and Mayweather and arguably better at 7,000ft
Best KO streak
Best Current Pro Record for a Champion
Best Middleweight Fighter on the Planet
Best Title defense record about to break Hopkins record of 20
Best amateur record in the history of Boxing outside of Lomachenko and Rigeondaux
Best Champion in ALL weight divisions with nearly all belts unified as the Undisputed Champion
Best and most avoided fighter of the last decade of any division outside of Mayweather and Pacquiao
For me he is by far P4P #1 over everybody and will go down in the history books
as one of the best to ever grace the sport of boxing.
The Astronaut 😂
I've spotted you trolling on every GGG video on the internet. I give you the 2017 Troll of the Year Award.
Congratulations on being a pathetic sack of shit.
#1 middleweight fighting #2 middleweight this is what boxing needs best fighting the best
Props to Danny for stepping up to the plate and taking on the ultimate challenge at middleweight. Everyone else in the division should take notes.
Rest In Peace Harold Lederman 🙏🏽2:13
did anyone else get chills to the bone watching that opening sequence. my god.
I saw the power, the footwork, work on the floors up and down, a lot of pressure on the opponent and most importantly the feelings of the ring and the opponent. His style is incredible
14:24 "My last question for him", Are you serious?" LOL 😂
Well done HBO on this great preview
how can people say Boxing is dead? they are so many great fights coming up like... GGG vs Jacobs, Spence vs Brook, Pacquiao vs Khan or even Joshua vs Klitschko
very nice preview show
GGG has the best jab in boxing along with Kovalev, that will be the key weapon to take care of Jacobs.
Andre Ward has the best jab....and yes I think Kovalev beat him. But Ward still has the best jab.
Uncle Sham ward has the best jab? GGG hurts you with a jab
coWARD is finished.
dgo0082 Beautiful jab
Kovalev out jabbed Ward all night, and GGG jab is simple the most landed today and one of the all times
fantastic editing very nice video
The opening part maaan. HBO u r the BEST!
What's the song playing at 4:44 the humming and the claps song
What song starts playing at 04:47?
Can't wait for this fight!
This fight is a test for Jacobs to see what he's really made of you must be a rugged tough guy to be able to be triple ggg...
They will never give GGG the credit he deserves I think. I am a Canelo fan too but GGG is my fav boxer.. Hardcore Canelo fans be hating on GGG hard..
name of song start at 24:38 ??????
The begging of this video is the scariest thing I ever seen in youtube.
Simply a beautiful piece of film. 24/7 as well.
What is the music on @4:45?
please guys soundtrack 4:45 tell me, thanks
Father time is the only thing atm.
CONSCIOUS COLLECTIVE Absolutely!
Excuses already wow
Just wow!!!
18:30 what kinda exercise is that ?
Yes HBO!!!!Can't wait !!!!GGG!
Dulce Montes hey dulce you look beautiful girl can I have your facebook or instagram ? Please. I cant believe a beautiful girl like you follows box cheers
Really great match up. cant wait. Golovkin ko round 6
GGG in 6th or 7th
is that a question? 6th
3-5. there's no waiting on this one, golovkin is going after jacobs weak marshmellow chin. jacobs with all this quick punching and athleticism,has a poor punch resistance.
Uncle Sham That's a statement
Can someone please tell me the name of the song that is playing in the background from 04:44 on? Thank you!
Great Middleweight Champion !!!!! Whomever throws the shorter straighter punches will win . Both will connect but how well they are able to take the punch will be huge as it is in any Fight . I hope it's a good fight .
stoked for this fight!!
GGG- god of war!
GGG (Great Gay Golovkin)
3-5. there's no waiting on this one, golovkin is going after jacobs weak marshmellow chin. jacobs with all this quick punching and athleticism,has a poor punch resistance.
Nt Guilty
André ward is S.O.G.
Which stands for Son Of Golovkin
Nt Guilty BREAKDOWN AND PREDICTION VIDEO JUST UP! WOW
Pitt-Zahut so sorry but ggg said ward was to much
My 78 year old grandmother beat cancer, doesn't mean she can mess with GGG
Cornwall1888 😂😂😂
Cornwall1888 this is great 😂
stfu jew
Wahahah
Cornwall1888 shes not a boxer.
So cool to see Chocolatito and Gennady train together. Two fantastic fighters. Iron sharpens iron.
the undercard is amazing at march 18. Golovkin,Chcolatito,Quadras and Andy Lee at the same event
Michael Buffer: "...aka Triple Jeeeeee."
Jacobs is a great fighter but GGG is a fuckin beast.
GGG never worries about whether he'll win or not rather if his KO streak will endure.
great video
I love the no rematch clause, high stakes fight!
I don't have HBO anymore. I stream. So do I order the HBO app then pay PPV?
Golovkin, is chill. Doesn't care about size, just about how much a fight you can put.
is that the black guy in Star gate at 10:31?
how can any man go in the ring with GGG hoping to win? good luck to Jacobs but this is one fight he isn't winning
They're using not just Showtime video, but Showtime audio as well.
What exactly is going on here?
GGG and Chocolatito fights always worth the ppv
Fred Legend also quadras and andy lee on the undercard
I love how they made it dark and scary on GGG parts
GGG was destined to be a fighter the way his body is built and those heavy hands!! He has a gift i remember in a interview he had when he was younger he said he was positive he would become world champion and was better than everyone else so far he has proven it!!
Even if GGG beat Jacob ..never gonna get the credit..HATERS always gonna hate ,
Despite the fact that he will lose for sure, huge respect for Jacobs, his history, his life.
An unstoppable force meets and immovable object, march 18 about to be fucking nuts
Been a huge GGG fan since before be became "popular" but it's really hard to not want to also pull for Jacobs.
This will be an exciting fight
Hope it gets alot of buys from "boxing fans", im buyin, GGG by ko.
Hell no it ain't gonna do a lot of buys...a lot of people aren't going to be buying because that shit is only going to last like two rounds because Danny doesn't have a chin. I will see the knockout for free on social media apps lol
Robert Guzman it really is😂😂
Abel Utra who cares if they're "boxing fans" or not? To progress this sport we need as many eyes on the fights as we can get. I was a casual fan at first, everybody has to learn about the sport somehow
Humps Dumps i said "boxing fans" cuz many claim 2 be "fans" but dont buy and support the good fights
He thing is this isn't a good fight...it's only good on paper not good to people that actually know boxing. Jacobs couldn't even knockout a weak over the hill Sergio mora that has shot out knees, how can he possibly knockout ggg? Not to mention he also got dropped by mora LOL, mora isn't even 1/4 of a puncher ggg is....to sum it up, Jacobs doesn't have a chin or enough power to give ggg a fight, ggg will knock him out before 5 rounds
Has been along time to see such good middleweight joined up in the ring.
I can't wait for the fight.
GGG
I know GGG can take punches but can Jacobs? This will determine the outcome.
like GGG said "This is Serious boxing! "
GGG got the old school skills and tactics to go along with the power and the chin. I actually respect Jacobs for taking the fight even if its not a money fight. But I think GGG puts him away before the 8th round.
no wonder golovkin is popular. first theres that weird contradiction wheres hes so shy/kind of person at the same time really brutal in the ring. and i think a lot of people can connect in that sence that. at least for me. i feel like golovkin is that kind of dude i imagine, could be really nice to go out fishing with or have a beer at a pub talking shit with.
Damn! this was a hell of a show, HBO is the best on the business.
The first 4 minutes of this video has me pumped
GGG has really improved his English!
That one guy that kod Jacobs was a fuckin undefeated beast but he stopped fighting in 2014 that guy had som serious top notch skills.
Canelos fighting Chavez Jr. for what reason again?
Make Canelo vs GGG already!
L. Ja. MONEY ma friend
L. Ja. biggest mexican fight to make. And to show how canelo can handle bigger opponents.
L. Ja. dumbest nonsense fight!!! who is Chavez jr
Manni Alvarez He was doing good until they supended him for weed... they messed up his career over weed, lets not forget that he's taller than Canelo, imagine if
he actually beats Canelo, Nacho Beristain is training him and he doesnt fuck around so we'll see how sharp he will look against the smaller Canelo.
L. j.a. no bro Chavez is a big crybaby weed ain't nothing it's his work ethic he's slow and sluggish he has no skills bro I'm surprised he sucks so bad having the father that he does. it like looks more like chokolatito is Chavez seniors son he fights just like Chavez sr in his youth and prime. best cutoff and attack pressure fighter and counter attack!
This is what I love about HBO. The production quality is so damn high. The music choice is always amazing. HBO do a deal with the UFC and produce their preview shows!
Fuck i'm pumped....can't wait boxing is back👊
I’m a GGG fan but Jacobs is a true inspiration. Love that guy.
its gonna be an amazing fight!! we all know who will win, but i have great respect for Jacobs! both are amazing men!
this looks a lot better than 24/7
ggg is like salvador Sánchez...mexican style
More like Julio Cesar Chavez Mexican style . Salvador Sanchez was on a different level rip .
muertesatanica ramirez more like Julio Cesar Chavez . Salvador Sanchez was pure boxing talent
as good as they say Gonzalez is or how good you want to believe he is. him and his team want absolutely nothing to do with Inoue
All ggg is going to do on this fight is use the jab all night long DJ Better be prepare to go around that shit