A video interview with unbeaten super-middleweight champion Andre Ward has stirred up his rivalry with unbeaten middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin.
Oakland's Ward, in an interview posted by SB Nation's Fight Hub TV following Saturday's Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Andre Berto fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, said he's now referring to Golovkin by the new nickname of "little g."
Los Angeles' Golovkin, regarded as one of boxing’s most avoided fighters, goes by "Triple G" or "GGG" and is training in Big Bear before headlining an HBO pay-per-view fight Oct. 17 versus International Boxing Federation middleweight champion David Lemieux of Canada.