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The news that light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson pulled in an average of 672,000 viewers for his May 24 win over Andrzej Fonfara has Kathy Duva of Main Events — the promoter of 175-pound titleholder Sergey Kovalev — taking fire at Stevenson and Showtime, which aired the bout.
“From what we can see, the numbers are the numbers. This is a slam dunk for Kovalev and HBO,” Duva told BoxingScene.com in an interview on May 28. “I don’t know how anybody can read it any differently.
“Stevenson-Fonfara was actually the first time that Stevenson was put in a position to carry a show himself,” she added, commenting that Chad Dawson was the known commodity in Stevenson’s HBO debut. “When left to carry a show on his own and without the support of the HBO platform, Stevenson pretty much fell on his face.” [Click Here To Read More]
“From what we can see, the numbers are the numbers. This is a slam dunk for Kovalev and HBO,” Duva told BoxingScene.com in an interview on May 28. “I don’t know how anybody can read it any differently.
“Stevenson-Fonfara was actually the first time that Stevenson was put in a position to carry a show himself,” she added, commenting that Chad Dawson was the known commodity in Stevenson’s HBO debut. “When left to carry a show on his own and without the support of the HBO platform, Stevenson pretty much fell on his face.” [Click Here To Read More]
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