Ward-Kovalev: Who's the A-side?

Andre "B-Sides" Ward

it'll be 50-50 easy breezy they had no issues offering Stevenson the same deal Stevenson is the WBC lineal LHW champion. Ward is nothing and should take whatever he is given and STFU about it. Or he can go back to fighting cans on BET and whining about GGG on YouTube.

it'll be 50-50 easy breezy they had no issues offering Stevenson the same deal

Kovalev doesn't have a strong following but he should get favoured slightly considering Ward has no following. It would depend on how well he does to get viewers (we only have 1 fight to go on since 1 of his fights is an undercard fight).

Is it a ppv? If not there is no A side! A side means money generator and so far neither of them are capable. Koval vs Superman is a more intri guing match up. Ward needs to get going and have two fights within 5 months of themselves. Against live bodies too, not some novice kid from Australia or Oaklahoma or a convelesant home! Ward has been sitting next to Haye far to long!

Maybe because no real fan wants the fight to be held in Oakland which is where it will be held if Ward is declared to be the A side. I would not give a fvck if they fought in Kovalevs living room..just make it happen....

Ward wouldn't be the A-side to Fonfara.

Who fvcking cares??? since when did boxing fans care about sh1t like this? Maybe because no real fan wants the fight to be held in Oakland which is where it will be held if Ward is declared to be the A side.

Kovalev doesn't have any drawing power, he'll be hard pressed to tell Ward what to do.

Who fvcking cares??? since when did boxing fans care about sh1t like this?

I'd say easily Kovalev. He's the one bringing the titles to the table and at the current time being has the greater momentum of the two when it comes to being one of the current faces of boxing given Ward's inactivity.

IDGAF as long as they fight next year would be the best light heavyweight match up since Jones vs Tarver 1 IMO Do you think Ward is a bigger threat to Kovalev than Stevenson would be?

If Ward beat Rohan Zohan he becomes the A-side.

Kovalev edeges here, but still could be easily 50/50

IDGAF as long as they fight next year would be the best light heavyweight match up since Jones vs Tarver 1 IMO

Kovalev cleanly beat a 50yo Bhops that's a better win in style than Ward has got I don't score Ward that highly for having to ruin fights with his horrible clinching, I mean why would a great fighter need to clinch away at Froch who isn't anything special sure he has an amazing heart and great chin but you kidding me... you need to clinch away at this man to get a win? The Kessler fight was a joke as well, Ward should have been DQed.

They generate almost the same ratings (given that they are on HBO, I am not counting the BET ****.) So 50-50 is fair and square. Kovalev aint no GGG popularity wise. How can you count HBO ratings for 3 years ago? There's no indication that he'd generate those same raitings in 2015.

Sergey Kovalev drew **** numbers in Las Vegas and, if we're being honest, has never been a draw at any venue in any region of the country (the slow walk on the talk by Duva about "Russian billions" gives the inclination that the interest in him isn't all that high either). Andre Ward vs Paul Smith (a fighter with near no name ID in the US) put almost 10k people into Oracle Arena, after putting almost 11k people into the building for the Chad Dawson fight, after also drawing well for the Mikkel Kessler fight. You add that HBO would be pushing Ward-Kovalev PPV hard, and Kovalev is a fighter that HBO are pushing hard, and you might be able to actually sell out Oracle Arena (19k-20k) for the fight. Ward has Roc Nation's backing (with massive interest in potentially hosting a Ward fight at Barclays Center in Brooklyn ), and Las Vegas is looking for another cast of star fighters (Floyd retiring isn't going to be replaced by one fighter, but having hosting major fights and star fighters without a home region to go to, would work for the early days of the new venue). The fact that Kovalev-Pascal 2, after Kovalev knocked the man out, is likely heading back to Montreal (likely at a 60/40 split on the take) lets you know everything about Kovalev's drawing ability.

They generate almost the same ratings (given that they are on HBO, I am not counting the BET ****.) So 50-50 is fair and square. Kovalev aint no GGG popularity wise.

Kovalev of course.