Comments Thread For: DiBella on Ward-Rodriguez: No Deal if The Same Offer

[Heru]

The offer seems to be 70-30, which seems perfectly fair, especially considering HBO is way over paying for this

800K out of 3M is 73-74/27-26 without counting the attendance revenue Ward will get. It's fair, but seeing as HBO is pushing hard for this fight, why not play hardball?

golovking makes 450k a fight. rodriguez and ward are overpaid. go to showtime if you want big money for stupid fights.

And? Golovkin is barely at the Kessler faze of Ward's career (he has 1 win against top 10 opp). Unlike Golovkin, Ward's a proven elite fighter that has 1 appearance on HBO that garnered better ratings than Golovkin's multiple showcases on the network.

HBO might be overpaying, but in the end, you deserve what you can negotiate.

[EZ E]

Late Friday night, WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (26-0, 14KOs) announced on the social networks that he signed his portion of the bout agreement to defend his title against undefeated contender Edwin Rodriguez (24-0, 16KOs) on November 16th on HBO. However, Rodriguez's promoter Lou DiBella does not expect a deal unless the financial terms are increased. Rodriguez was previously offered $800,000.
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what makes the Rodriguez team believe he deserves more??

[MDPopescu]

Rodriguez should bring money from home in order to be allowed to enter the ring with the big star Andre Ward.
Actually, Ward is entitled to take all the money and don't fight at all -- because he wins anyway.

[HeroBando]

800k is already ridiculous for a no name like Rodriguez. He should go fight Bika for a fraction

[turnedup]

Take the money and run...

[EZ E]

"Take the money and run"?? My thoughts exactly!!