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I'm still a fan of Beterbiev, but I lost some respect over that... NOW, if his plan is to take Kovalev's belt through FORCE... (Kovalev can only fight on HBO) I'll lose ALL respect for Beterbiev. What a snotty thing to do if that's Haymon's plan.. pieces of ****s if they do
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Beterbiev's not a coward , neither is Stevenson or GGG . The managers , networks and promoters are causing prolly 90% of these problems . I bag on GGG a lot because him and his team have made some statements that they haven't made good on to build their brand , but I still don't think he's a coward . I also bag on him a lot because I think Ward/GGG is the biggest fight in boxing bar none , and u have to hold a fighter responsible to some extent , especially for what comes out of his own mouth . But it's very difficult to view any of these guys as cowards really . I thought Kov/team was ducking Beterbiev and was caught by surprise when they offered Beterbiev the fight . I've learned my lesson from that and have left that sorta thinking behind for the most part . But having said that , I think it's undeniable that the duck label is disproportionate as it pertains to Black fightersComment
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It takes 1 clean left, ONE
You, others and I, know how bad a liar Mama Duva is. If you didn't noticed yet, well! you got serious issues.
Adonis Stevenson accepted the offer of Showtime on 03/25/2014.
And Before Kovalev fought Agnew on 03/29/2015, Team Duva agree to sign Kovalev under his first deal with HBO. So in fact, Kovalev signed his deal with HBO (AFTER) Stevenson went to Showtime, I didn't say before, I said Kovalev signed AFTER.
So why 10 days after B-Hop won his second title against Shumenov, on 04/29/2014 Mama Duva decided to sued Showtime, Golden Boy & Al Haymon, which have no business with this non sign contract.
1) Because Kathy Duva conflict demonstration is ultimately blocking all her boxers to do any business with Al Haymon and Showtime.
2) Also to persuade HBO she was not lying when she told them the contract was already setup between Adonis Stevenson & Sergey Kovalev.
3) And most of all, to plot a settlement under table with Golden Boy for dropping this phony lawsuit in exchange of an unification bout between Hopkins and her protege Kovalev, instead of Stevenson.
This Lawsuit got dropped on 08/04/2014, one day after Hopkins and Kovalev reached an agreement to unify their titles. Golden Boy team weren't bright enough to realise this lawsuit was going nowhere, otherwise HBO would have backed up this phony complaint.
Kovalev had the WBO, which is not required to become Undisputed Champion, but Hopkins had the IBF & the WBA on the tip of his fingers. So Stevenson followed the titles after HBO failed to match Showtime financial offer. And DeLahoya's puppet Hopkins; crossed boat for less money leaving Stevenson's predestined belts to Kovalev. Which is the reason why Stevenson finds a higher interest in Kovalev now. Kovalev has gain more value & both became the keys for unlocking the Undisputed Champion title.
When PBC got launch, Stevenson had adjusted his contract with Showtime to have the freedom to present himself on any other networks, like most Haymon's boxers. A purse bid would have offered a minimum of 10 millions EASY for each boxers, instead of a low purse of 3.5 million each offered by HBO. Then, since Kathy Duva went to the WBC convention on 12/17/2014, asking the WBC to position Kovalev as mandatory to Stevenson, all the stars were perfectly aligned for an historical showdown to determine the undisputed king of this division. And lets see how this Witch reacted once she'd realise that Stevenson and Yvon Michel were more than happy to make that fight happen.
1) 03/14/2015 Duva says Kovalev just released from an HBO exclusivity contract after the Jean Pascal fight.
2) 04/17/2015 Duva says Kovalev just sign a new contract, when the WBC ordered the purse bid. (lies)
3) 05/13/2015 Duva says on twitter, Kovalev never re-sign any contract, but Kovalev was still under an exclusivity arrangement with HBO. (excuses)
4) 05/18/2015 Duva says Kovalev just sign up a new contract with HBO which garanty him 1 fight each 3 months.
Not to mention that team Kovalev also rejected the secondary WBC purse bid, on 05/29/2015.
I don't know how you guys can still convince yourselves with all her cheating actions, thinking she really wanted to «Negotiate». She has what she determined was in the best interest of her company, which was HBO attention to reconsider Kovalev value, and re-signed him under a more lucrative TV contract. There was nothing to do with the matchup she required and declined because they failed to settle a «so called» friendly agreement, she naively thought Stevenson would've vacate his title or get stripped from it by refusing to fight Kovalev. It was a Bluff, like her bogus lawsuit.
Kathy Duva is a smart lawyer and a low class manipulative liar. Look, team Kove/Duva build up Kovalev's reputation by making the audience believe Stevenson was running away from him, when in facts, since Kovalev gained Hopkins belts, they no longer want any part of a pissed off Stevenson. Which they used to maximize Kovalev reputation for almost 2 years. An angry Stevenson would make Kovalev choke by swallowing his own mouthpiece.
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