HBO rejects Ward/Oosthuizen

[bigjavi973]

golovkin-stevens got 1.4m viewers, golovkin-rubio: 1.3m, golovkin-geale: 950k.

he is at least as big a draw as ward yet ward gets paid two to three times more than him

Casuals knew wjo stevens was. Another espn fighter. GGG-rubio had donaire -walters ffs. Ill bet GGG-monroe jr does over 1 mil. Boxcino tournament winner & fnf fighter

[Mitchell Kane]

ward on the undercard of a GGG fight.

It'd be a step up from calling a GGG fight...

[bigjavi973]

Since first getting on HBO GGG has beaten 6 Ring ranked top tenners, all for far less than Ward demands for a tuneup.

Tommy is OK for a tuneup but not at 168 where he's a corpse, and not for the money being asked for

Cut the bullsh^t rosado wasn't even a middleweight

[bojangles1987]

Makes you wonder who HBO would accept for a tune-up if they've turned Periban and Oosthuizen down. Maybe they don't want a tune-up on their channel.

It's probably because of Ward's price tag. We know they don't have a problem accepting crap fights, but not if they have to pay Andre Ward 2 million for it.

[bigjavi973]

To the Ward and Cotto fans...

Get back to us when either of them get a fight signed. Until then, they are both bench warmers with nice contracts that mean absolutely nothing at all in the big picture. Further discussion is pointless and futile and leads to nothing but ****** arguments that neither side can win.

who the f^ck is "us"? The "big picture"?

[Scipio2009]

And what revenue streams would those be? Please inform us! Inquiring minds want to know!!!

And please find us a P4P list that has Ward still on it. Any current list will do, from any reputable source. The only thing that has kept his face on HBO is being a commentator or having it plastered on the screen when his lawyer sends emails to Lampley about GGG. No one on HBO has talked about Ward as an active boxer in years.

TV rights fee, live gate, international (UK/Europe) TV rights fee, event sponsor (Corona seems to be Ward's beer sponsor of choice, but Ward's fight with Rodriguez had Toyota picking up the main ring sponsorship), Ward's own personal sponsorships (Jordan brand, Everlast, etc), and the extra exposure/opportunities that Jay-Z and his company can bring to the table (massive exposure/market penetration in the New York media market, among other non-boxing outlets).

not rocket science.

TBRB, boxing.com, *********.com, Sky Sports, among other sources, still have Ward as the kingpin at 168 and a top p4p fighter.

The hilarious part is that the moment that Ward steps back into the ring (hopefully by May finally), Ward jumps back to the top of every list that has pulled him, due to inactivity. lol

[bigjavi973]

Prove it. Show me the offers he has from Showtime. Show me the list of willing opponents to fight him that he and his team have approved. Everyone has options in life, Cotto can become a male stripper in a gay bar or he can retire from boxing to become a gigolo for older gay gentlemen.

But so far, I see little to no evidence of any great options in boxing. But you seem to have all this inside information, no proof though. Shame about that.

Again, gaby pengaricano has stated that BOTH HBO & Showtime are interested in hosting cotto. As for opponents, he can fight K9, heiland or johnson & still sell out msg.

[bigjavi973]

You're right. That would be too good for him. Ward deserves to be in one of the untelevised matches on a PBC show on Spike.

All you are doing is exposing your bias. Do you still think american schools don't show us nothing? As you stated in another thread.

[kafkod]

shadow-clinching

Shadow head butting too. This is him practicing some new combos on his way to the gym.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

How do you guys know how much ward wants for his next fight

That's what I'd like to know. Lot of assumptions go on around here.