Mean Events pull out of Stevenson Purse Bid

Yeah, Duva really screwed up on this one.

Hopefully now this means that the fight will happen in Quebec in Adonis' backyard in front of his hometown fans. Will be much sweeter for Krusher to KO him in front of his hometown fans. Lol what fans. Nobody was there when he fought bika

My point was that Duva dropped the bid because she knew she wouldnt be able to win it. I said this decision was more about pride for Duva than doing what's financially best. She would have gotten a lot of money and had the potential for Kovalev to fight Beterbiev and maybe Chavez Jr as well if she sided with Haymon and get other big paydays yes i agree with you there. kovalev already beat hbo's best light heavies. i understand not signing a contract with haymon but why not just be a free agent? if you have a great fighter like kovalev you are risking some security but the rewards would be huge if he performs the way everyone thinks he can. i think because main events is pretty sh-itty they didn't want to risk losing their gem. if they had other great fighters they probably wouldn't mind taking a bit of a risk.

who cares about winning a purse bid? if you lose a purse bid that is 50/50 that means your fighter makes more money. isn't that a good thing? also if you know you have the better fighter then what are you worried about? win the fight and return to hbo as a hero who crushed haymon's best. stevenson and haymon should still try to make the fight on hbo but duva just gave them an out. My point was that Duva dropped the bid because she knew she wouldnt be able to win it. I said this decision was more about pride for Duva than doing what's financially best. She would have gotten a lot of money and had the potential for Kovalev to fight Beterbiev and maybe Chavez Jr as well if she sided with Haymon and get other big paydays

No, they dropped the big because they wouldnt be able to win it. Not rocket science Duva has money too she didn't even attempt to bid

No, they dropped the big because they wouldnt be able to win it. Not rocket science who cares about winning a purse bid? if you lose a purse bid that is 50/50 that means your fighter makes more money. isn't that a good thing? also if you know you have the better fighter then what are you worried about? win the fight and return to hbo as a hero who crushed haymon's best. stevenson and haymon should still try to make the fight on hbo but duva just gave them an out.

yep it's duva/kovalev's fault. if they knew they were going to lose the purse bid that means kovalev/duva would have made a sh-it ton of money but i guess she didn't want that? stevenson/haymon should still make the fight on hbo but we know they won't because we already know they are cowards but duva proved she is almost as cowardly. she had stevenson cornered and she let him get away. pathetic. i guess both sides are cowards. which may be true hoestly. idc. what i don know is the reason purse bids exist is to overstep the negotiation process, which is what duva origninally wanted to do. but suddenly she backs down. u gotta call it like u see it. if she wants the fight, she shouldnt have pulled out. but she only wants the fight if it will happen in her best interests. which is cowardly around here depending on who's side u are on

Who is going to make the edit for kovalev saying "Kathy duva is a piece of ****"

If it went to the purse bid, HBO was most welcome to put its money behind Duva and outbid Haymon. No, they dropped the big because they wouldnt be able to win it. Not rocket science

Be realistic here. Is there anyone here who would prefer to see this fight on PBC with it's lackluster, dull production compared to on HBO with Michael Buffer announcing the fight in the ring, with proper fighter entrances with blasting music and ring girls and decent announcers? It will be the biggest LHW fight in history, it will unify ALL the LHW titles, from the lowest rated to the lineal world title. Do you want it on PBC where not one of the title belts will be seen or even mentioned? The winner deserves to hold all the title belts high over his head and celebrate like the true undisputed, unified champion of the world!!!! Not have some faceless 'arena announcer' announce in a monotone, flat, unemotional voice that "the winner is XXXXXXX. Thank you for coming." A fight like this deserves to be on the number one broadcast network for boxing and to receive top notch production values and all the glitz and glamor that go along with a major championship title fight. It does not belong on the lowest common denominator PBC show. If it went to the purse bid, HBO was most welcome to put its money behind Duva and outbid Haymon.

yep it's duva/kovalev's fault. if they knew they were going to lose the purse bid that means kovalev/duva would have made a sh-it ton of money but i guess she didn't want that? stevenson/haymon should still make the fight on hbo but we know they won't because we already know they are cowards but duva proved she is almost as cowardly. she had stevenson cornered and she let him get away. pathetic.

Yea this is duva fault

There's no way u can't blame Duva and HBO for this one unless ur a biased fanboy. But then again that's all we have here.

HBO stopping NBC from getting this fight, So now we can forget about this one No. Duva was the dumbass who got her fighter to sign the HBO contract. Knowing, like Dok said, that the purse bid was coming.

And the fighter should deserve to get the highest possible pay day? Hbo and duva weren't able to pay the fighters the most, hence why they "took their ball and went home" I don't care what the fighters get paid. That does not concern me. Just as I do not care what an actor gets paid for his role in a movie. All I care about is enjoying the show. The rest is internal business and should not concern the fans at all. How do you know they are angling for PBC and not SHO PPV? If it was on Showtime basic or PPV, I would be fine with that. As long as it is not on PBC. But HBO still puts on a much better show than anyone else, including Showtime. Nothing says championship title fight like Michael Buffer in the ring. :)

Whether he says if publicly or not, kovalev must be really pissed. He probably just lost 8 million dollars or so and a chance to unify the division in a fight he would be heavily favored to win.

How do you know they are angling for PBC and not SHO PPV? SHO PPV? Man that would bomb, this is not a PPV fight

Be realistic here. Is there anyone here who would prefer to see this fight on PBC with it's lackluster, dull production compared to on HBO with Michael Buffer announcing the fight in the ring, with proper fighter entrances with blasting music and ring girls and decent announcers? It will be the biggest LHW fight in history, it will unify ALL the LHW titles, from the lowest rated to the lineal world title. Do you want it on PBC where not one of the title belts will be seen or even mentioned? The winner deserves to hold all the title belts high over his head and celebrate like the true undisputed, unified champion of the world!!!! Not have some faceless 'arena announcer' announce in a monotone, flat, unemotional voice that "the winner is XXXXXXX. Thank you for coming." A fight like this deserves to be on the number one broadcast network for boxing and to receive top notch production values and all the glitz and glamor that go along with a major championship title fight. It does not belong on the lowest common denominator PBC show. How do you know they are angling for PBC and not SHO PPV?

Be realistic here. Is there anyone here who would prefer to see this fight on PBC with it's lackluster, dull production compared to on HBO with Michael Buffer announcing the fight in the ring, with proper fighter entrances with blasting music and ring girls and decent announcers? It will be the biggest LHW fight in history, it will unify ALL the LHW titles, from the lowest rated to the lineal world title. Do you want it on PBC where not one of the title belts will be seen or even mentioned? The winner deserves to hold all the title belts high over his head and celebrate like the true undisputed, unified champion of the world!!!! Not have some faceless 'arena announcer' announce in a monotone, flat, unemotional voice that "the winner is XXXXXXX. Thank you for coming." A fight like this deserves to be on the number one broadcast network for boxing and to receive top notch production values and all the glitz and glamor that go along with a major championship title fight. It does not belong on the lowest common denominator PBC show. And the fighter should deserve to get the highest possible pay day? Hbo and duva weren't able to pay the fighters the most, hence why they "took their ball and went home"

Be realistic here. Is there anyone here who would prefer to see this fight on PBC with it's lackluster, dull production compared to on HBO with Michael Buffer announcing the fight in the ring, with proper fighter entrances with blasting music and ring girls and decent announcers? It will be the biggest LHW fight in history, it will unify ALL the LHW titles, from the lowest rated to the lineal world title. Do you want it on PBC where not one of the title belts will be seen or even mentioned? The winner deserves to hold all the title belts high over his head and celebrate like the true undisputed, unified champion of the world!!!! Not have some faceless 'arena announcer' announce in a monotone, flat, unemotional voice that "the winner is XXXXXXX. Thank you for coming." A fight like this deserves to be on the number one broadcast network for boxing and to receive top notch production values and all the glitz and glamor that go along with a major championship title fight. It does not belong on the lowest common denominator PBC show.