Stevenson-Kovalev in jeopardy

[Hougigo]

I LOL'd at this. This is clearly Showtime trying to hurt HBO. As a previous poster mentioned, the end game looks like Hopkins-Stevenson. Pressure is on HBO after its ridiculous March-May schedule.

Hope they can pay for it

[daggum]

could kovalev/stevenson happen on showtime?

fu-ck no! if kovalev went to showtime stevenson would go to espn2

[ИATAS]

could kovalev/stevenson happen on showtime?

According to Kathy Duva Kovalev signed with HBO. For how many fights I do not know but he currently has a contract with HBO.

I thought Stevenson did as well but apparently not.

[J The UnBiased]

Yeah, there's a limit to what's reasonable and/or sensible from an HBO perspective.

They already got jobbed themselves forking out $3 million over the odds for Ward-Rodriguez (another Haymon fighter).

Don't overlook that Stevenson wants Hopkins, he's always calling him out. It's always mumbling excuses when Kovalev's name is brought up.

As boxing fans we all know the pattern.

As emotional fan boys who don't like certain fighters know the pattern

[J The UnBiased]

you're ******ed if you put the blame on hbo...once stevenson signed with al haymon you should know he will eventually bring his act to showtime. hbo has no long term interests on stevenson so why would they spend so much money on him?

So blame Stevenson for entertaining a more lucrative offer on a rival network? You're a fucking idiot.

[Porter's Dad]

A few of us predicted on here this happening as soon as Adonis signed on with Haymon. Depressingly inevitable.

God, I miss the days when Showtime made the fights the hardcore fans loved, rather than exist as a tool for Haymon to manipulate matters and deprive us of better fights.

Does Espinoza do anything besides taking it up the ass from Haymon, Schaefer and Mayweather?

[wiz1030]

well he won't be undisputed since kovalev will still be around and everyone will know stevenson ducked the sh-it outta him so it's kinda an empty title if he did win. like floyd beating baldomir when everyone knew margarito was clearly #1 for years.

I disagree. Many consider unifying the WBC/WBO/IBF enough to declare an undisputed champ. If Hopkins collects Shumenov's belt and then beats Stevenson he'll have those three aforementioned titles, the lineal title, and the Ring title. I don't think there would be any qualms anointing Hopkins as Undisputed.

Yeah, Kovalev will be out there with the WBO belt, but he wont be able to get in on the action unless he does a 'Stevenson' and signs with Al Haymon.

[cupcrazy01]

Hope they can pay for it

So this has to be Haymon telling Stevenson, "Make the Fonfara fight on Showtime, I'll get Espinosa to pay more than HBO was going to anyway, then you can cement your legacy by finally being the one who KOs B-Hop!"

Then Haymon tells Espinosa, "Bid more than HBO, make the Stevenson-Fonfara fight, then we actually have a marketable fight for a 50-year-old Bernard Hopkins!"

Ugh, when is the GBP split going to happen? At least then we will have more interesting things to talk about.

[kiaba360]

Here we go with the (predictable) bullshit. It's not like Kovalev doesn't have options (Chilemba, Alvarez, Pascal, Braehmer), but Adonis is THE opponent that I want to see him in the ring with.

[ShoulderRoll]

That's how the free market is supposed to work. You offer your services and see who the highest bidder is.