Comments Thread For: Kovalev's HBO Headlining Debut Draws Over 1 Million

[VG_Addict]

Stevenson-Fonfara is almost guaranteed to do worse numbers.

[wiz1030]

Stevenson-Fonfara is almost guaranteed to do worse numbers.

He's getting paid more doe. Binnis moves doe.

[Hougigo]

Stevenson-Fonfara is almost guaranteed to do worse numbers.

Breaking a million on Showtime is pretty good... but if he is getting paid 1.75 million, that's more than Broner got paid for Maidana or Paulie.

They get leeway though since Fonfara will be paid less Paulie or Maidana (1M and 800k)

[Russian Crushin]

That's the double standard that pisses me off. You'll also hear that Ward isn't a draw even in Oakland because he "only" had 7,611 people for the Chad Dawson fight.

Meanwhile Kovalev has 2,416 people and it's perfectly acceptable. Almost no one mentions it and he gets a pass.

It seems that if certain people like a fighter he gets more slack and more chances to gradually grow into a star. If they don't like a fighter or he beat one of their favorites then they are super critical of him and unless he is perfect in all areas he will get **** on.

Ward-Rodriguez were given $3.15 mil and put out 1.2 mil ratings, and id bet my house the purse for the entire Kovalev-Agnew card was less than Rodriguez's purse against ward.

But as usual you look at this with 1 eye open. This is Kovalev's first HBO headliner, just 6 months after first appearing on HBO overall. Ward is #2 P4P and an american appearing on cable for 5 years now. You're comparing apples and oranges. Wards ratings suck, Floyd did 2.2 mil PPVs and 15K attendance and Ward's 1.2 on regular HBO is good? HAHA! See how moronic that sounds?

[Derranged]

a million people that never want to see Dulorme box again

Or Agnew...........

[JDD1]

Breaking a million on Showtime is pretty good... but if he is getting paid 1.75 million, that's more than Broner got paid for Maidana or Paulie.

They get leeway though since Fonfara will be paid less Paulie or Maidana (1M and 800k)

The cost of the fight is small compared to the fact CBS/showtime/Haymon took away the biggest fight on regular HBO planned this year. SHowtime now has the lineal LHW champ and should get a good rating for the BHop fight. They coud get 3 fights out of adonis-over pay now and less on the back end.

IMO its similair to Bob giving Tim over 1 mil for the Casamayor fight. That was way too much but long term it was worth it.

Its almost as if we have to start looking at boxing deals like NFL or NBA deals.

[PR ESQ.]

are you delusional? No one, other than their families, cares or knows about those two fighters.

SILLY POST DUDE...actually, most true boxing fans understood what this fight meant for the 140lbs division. So your post is TRULY indicative of a delusional state.

[PR ESQ.]

a million people that never want to see dulorme box again

several million more never wanting to see karim the hard likka ever fight again in all reality....

[ShoulderRoll]

But as usual you look at this with 1 eye open. This is Kovalev's first HBO headliner, just 6 months after first appearing on HBO overall.

I'm looking at it just fine. Kovalev's numbers actually dropped from the last time he was on HBO.

If that had happened to Ward you know damn well that we'd never hear the end of it...people would be saying that his arrow is trending down and that Stevenson was responsible for the better ratings last time blah blah blah.

[boxingfeind]

You said people on here, now read into the general consensus of both examples I gave you.

The point... the over all straight to the line point, how are you going to pay Andre Ward over 2 million dollars.... and then multiple fighters beat his ratings... one fighter even being paid about 1/5th of Ward for more ratings?

Why is Kovalev 1 million good? Because the entire card cost less than what Ward got paid, maybe even less than half

But i wasn't talking about no Canelo,i was only talking about Kovelev and Ward.Ward getting paid 2 million dollars buys was never the point,some from the beginning were just saying that Ward numbers was just terrible without bring up the fact that he got paid 2 million.