Why is Kovalev fighting club-level fighter like Cedric Agnew???

[HeroBando]

Kovalev is cheap labor. HBO doesn't want him to lose before a Stevenson fight which I expect will have great ratings and be a big seller in Canada. SO expect him to get easy fights, against no names who make even less than he does, until the stevenson fight happens.

Who are they protecting him from? Murat, Bellew, Cloud?

[The Big Dunn]

Who are they protecting him from? Murat, Bellew, Cloud?

I didn't write or imply they are protecting him so why are you asking me this?

[HeroBando]

I didn't write or imply they are protecting him so why are you asking me this?

You said they don't want him to lose so they'll be setting him up with no name pushovers. Just curious who they're avoiding on his behalf. Or would you like to go back and edit your previous post?

[The Big Dunn]

You said they don't want him to lose so they'll be setting him up with no name pushovers. Just curious who they're avoiding on his behalf. Or would you like to go back and edit your previous post?

No I didn't. I said:

Kovalev is cheap labor. HBO doesn't want him to lose before a Stevenson fight which I expect will have great ratings and be a big seller in Canada. SO expect him to get easy fights, against no names who make even less than he does, until the stevenson fight happens.

Its about HBO keeping their costs down prior to that fight. It wasn't about Kovalev being protected.

[HeroBando]

No I didn't. I said:

Kovalev is cheap labor. HBO doesn't want him to lose before a Stevenson fight which I expect will have great ratings and be a big seller in Canada. SO expect him to get easy fights, against no names who make even less than he does, until the stevenson fight happens.

Its about HBO keeping their costs down prior to that fight. It wasn't about Kovalev being protected.

Uh OK spin doctor. Try moving those underlines slightly and maybe my reading will make more sense.

So let's say they wanted him to lose, or have hard fights. Who would they be matching him with? Don't be coy now

[The Big Dunn]

Uh OK spin doctor. Try moving those underlines slightly and maybe my reading will make more sense.

So let's say they wanted him to lose, or have hard fights. Who would they be matching him with? Don't be coy now

Dude, you interpreted the post wrong. If you cant accept that there is no point in discussing this with you. If I thought Kovavlev was being protected, I would have posted that.

[HeroBando]

Dude, you interpreted the post wrong. If you cant accept that there is no point in discussing this with you. If I thought Kovavlev was being protected, I would have posted that.

Why don't you just tell us who they'd match him with if they didn't care about protecting his record, or he didn't come as cheap? Why so coy?

[The Big Dunn]

Why don't you just tell us who they'd match him with if they didn't care about protecting his record, or he didn't come as cheap? Why so coy?

I never posted or implied Kovavlev was being protected.

Kovalev will continued to be matched against no name opponents who make less than him because HBO has reduced its budget and are pushing GGG, Kovalev and others that produce ratings for relatively small purses.

Kovalev would beat cloud IMO just like IMO he will agnew. Cloud makes far more than Agnew. WHy would HBO spend more for the same ratings when they don't have to right now? As for the other names, If the stevenson fight doesn't materialize, I'm sure HBO will match them.

If he didn't come as cheap I don't know that HBO would invest in him. They surely wouldn't put him on 4 times a year if he was making ward money.