By Allan Fox: Andre Ward could soon be facing middleweight Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in the near future if Ward beats IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev in their fight on November 19 on HBO pay-per-view. That’s what ESPN First Take commentator Max Kellerman sees happening. He believes that we’re going to see Golovkin step up and face Ward if he defeats Kovalev. However, for that fight to happen, Golovkin would need to likely move up two entire divisions to fight Ward at 175, because the 32-year-old former super middleweight champion says it’s too hard for him to fight at super middleweight at this point his career.
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“Eventually that’s the fight [Ward vs. Golovkin] you’re going to get if Ward wins that fight,” said Kellerman on ESPN’s First Take.