This is disgusting.
So Ward has been wanting to face Brand for a long time, last year the guy got rejected by the Commission but this time he finally gets Brand in the ring!
How can you chase an undersized 40 year old Nohoper for 2 years?
People speculated that Brand would make only $100-150k to fight Ward (since people have been shitting on GGG for only paying Monroe $150k) and now it comes out that Brand actually gets only paid $30k!
The poor Columbian farmer probably has a dead ill kid and Ward abused his situation, because he had to take the fight for any amount.
This fight is now officially the biggest mismatch oddswise in the past 20 years. Casinos have it a 100:1 fight, some even a 200:1 which is unheard of in boxing. If you bet $100 on Ward and he wins you make 50 cent. If you bet $100 on Brand and he wins, you can buy yourself a new car.
Yes, Garcia-Salka was terrible, but Garcia is nowhere near the level of Ward, so the difference is even bigger.
Ward shits on the fans, he shits on basically everyone. He only signed to fight Kovalev because otherwise he could have retired! HBO said: If you want to fight on HBO, you either sign to fight for Kovalev, or we wish you good luck fighting on BET and some random Homeshopping channels.
Here you can also read about some tactics from Team Ward and Roc Nation when it comes to looking for an opponent, it just shows how greedy and disgusting Ward and his team is: (remove the space after ring)
http://ring tv.craveonline.com/news/428035-monaghan-gets-hosed-itskowitch-resigns-from-roc-nation-sports
How can you even defend that guy just because he eventually signed to fight Kovalev? Why don't you thank Kovalev that he even agrees to fight that unlikable prick with no fans in his own country?
Look, just knock it off...alright? Lil G's a Lil batch. Period. No one respecks him.You don't speak for everyone. You only speak for yourself. I respect GGG as the true champion of the middleweights. If you don't respect him then name a middleweight {not a light heavyweight} fighting today who can beat him and make yourself look foolish. If you can't respect him enough to call him by his right name then the least you can do is name a boxer his weight you think can defeat him. GGG has 22 straight KOs and 15 successful title defenses and no champion in boxing can match that so hell yes he gets my respect. While GGG was KOing Champion Lemieux who was Ward fighting. That's right, he wasn't fighting at all. Ward was out of action with injuries as usual.
I am betting my money on Kovalev. Ward looked just OK but not exceptional. Ward's punching power is also just OK but nothing special. He is fighting average 168 pounders and he can't get them out of there. Brand was slow and easy to hit but Ward couldn't really hurt him with his best punches. Ward has to outbox Kovalev because his power is not a threat. Kovalev wouldn't need more than two or three rounds tops to KO Brand.
Ward wanted Caleb Truax, Stanislav Kashtanov and Dimitri Sartison in 2013, instead of GGG.
HBO had to force him to fight Edwin Rodriguez.
Ward waited until GGG was going to fight Lemieux before he sent an "offer" last year.
Understand this: Ward has NEVER EVER wanted to fight GGG.
All he has done is play the name game
Look, just knock it off...alright? Lil G's a Lil batch. Period. No one respecks him.
Look, Lil G ducked the big showdown with Ward. Now Ward is fighting Kovalev, another fellow hyped up euro stiff bit hey that's all he has lined up for him. What do you want him to do? He will destroy both easily. Lil G even easier. Shut out type fight, possible TKO. DEAL WITH IT.
Ward wanted Caleb Truax, Stanislav Kashtanov and Dimitri Sartison in 2013, instead of GGG.
HBO had to force him to fight Edwin Rodriguez.
Ward waited until GGG was going to fight Lemieux before he sent an "offer" last year.
Understand this: Ward has NEVER EVER wanted to fight GGG.
All he has done is play the name game
brand was in his prime when ward wanted him but brand wanted 31k so the fight was a no go! now that brand accepted what he's worth its a go!
best troll. relentless haha
A source at @RocNation says no way, it's absurd, Brand not getting paid a mere $30,00— Michael Woods (@Woodsy1069) August 6, 2016
Repeat, a Roc Nation person told me NO, Brand NOT getting only $30,000 to fight Ward. Sometimes overseas guys paid different (tax reasons)— Michael Woods (@Woodsy1069) August 7, 2016
Does this mean every purse tweet shouldn't automatically be believed?
A source at @RocNation says no way, it's absurd, Brand not getting paid a mere $30,00— Michael Woods (@Woodsy1069) August 6, 2016
Repeat, a Roc Nation person told me NO, Brand NOT getting only $30,000 to fight Ward. Sometimes overseas guys paid different (tax reasons)— Michael Woods (@Woodsy1069) August 7, 2016
I don't usually blame boxers for fighting whoever they want but paying 30k and getting paid 850k is just absurd. Atleast make the purses seem a bit more fair ffs.
Look, Lil G ducked the big showdown with Ward. Now Ward is fighting Kovalev, another fellow hyped up euro stiff bit hey that's all he has lined up for him. What do you want him to do? He will destroy both easily. Lil G even easier. Shut out type fight, possible TKO. DEAL WITH IT.
i would fight anyone for 30k. whether or not thats 30k guaranteed, i dont know. but straight up, 30k isnt chump change to me. i'd love to know what all you idiots do for work that money like that is a drop in the bucket. maybe we should change the name to NSM...non-stop millionaires. i've been in some wars for way way way less money.