Stevenson-Kovalev in jeopardy

[DoktorSleepless]

Wait.... what are these numbers based on?
The first fight was a PPV

You mean the second?

Yes, I meant the second.

[bigcursedawg]

It's clear as day that Adonis doesn't want the Kovalev fight. Before he said Kovalev hadn't earned a fight then he said he will fight him for the right money. If you read between the lines it's obvious as **** that Stevenson doesn't want that fight. Why do you think Stevenson is fighting Fonfarna. He's actually Kovalev's mandatory challenger, but oddly he's fighting Adonis.

[Weebler I]

so blame Stevenson and not HBO, cool

Stevenson v Kovalev on HBO is guaranteed to be worth more than Stevenson v Fonfara at Shotime.

Stevenson is likely aiming for Hopkins, it's his name Adonis shouts out after every fight.

Not sure how it's HBO's fault to be honest.

[Bigg Rigg]

I can't be mad if he goes with the Showtime offer but now we might get not to see the fight with Kovalev. Smh that's my problem with this. Haymon got involved and I knew this would happen.

[ИATAS]

So Stevenson Adonis has NOT signed a multi fight contract with HBO as previously reported? What is going on here

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

So that's how he's gonna avoid Kovalev.

We all knew he wasn't gonna fight Kovalev after signing with Haymon. It was obvious. That dude ducking. Remember his post fight interview?

Its OK tho. Hopkins will knock him off instead. So he's toast anywhere he goes. HBO or Showtime.


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[VG_Addict]

There is no way Stevenson is making more from a Fonfara fight than he would with a Kovalev fight, which is what the boxing world wants to see.

[daggum]

uh, since always.

Hopkins- Pascal (sold out)
Hopkins-Pascal II 1.8 million viewers (sold out)
Hopkins-Dawson II 1.6 milion viewers ($802,160 gate)
Hopkins-Cloud 1.2 million (12k in attendance)
Hopkins- Muray 1 million on Showtime (8k attendance)

Don't think there's a bigger American draw than him other than Mayweather.

i notice his ratings went down when he went to showtime...how weird! also the pascal fights were in canada. pascal was the draw. the stevenson-kovalev fight would almost certainly be in canada so live attendance is not a problem. hbo gets better ratings than showtime so if they are going for ratings they failed.

[J The UnBiased]

Stevenson v Kovalev on HBO is guaranteed to be worth more than Stevenson v Fonfara at Shotime.

Stevenson is likely aiming for Hopkins, it's his name Adonis shouts out after every fight.

Not sure how it's HBO's fault to be honest.

If HBO wants the Kovalev/Stevenson fight, they need to put up the money. Come to the table with the right numbers for the Fonfara bout and a hard figure of what he would make afterwards for Kovalev. I believe this is what Showtime has done, offering him a healthier check for Fonfara as well as showing him what he could get for BHOP. It's simple really, you want to keep Stevenson, pay him what he asks for.

[Hougigo]

lol, GYM and Main Events had everything hammered out for September.
What happened between now and then?
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