Comments Thread For: WBC Reorders Stevenson-Kovalev; 5/29 Purse Bid Set

[Barcham]

This is the time for big fights to get made, people's eyes are going to be on boxing. If the sanctioning bodies and promoters can come together for eye catching fights then the sport will grow bringing more fans and more revenue for them.

If Haymon had the best interests of the sport and the fans in mind, he would allow GYM to negotiate a deal for Stevenson to fight on HBO. If he interferes and prevents the fight from happening, he cares nothing about the sport at all. This fight deserves to be on the big stage, not on some half assed PBC program where the FOUR titles that would be on the line would not even be on display.

[bigdunny1]

HBO can't hang? You obviously have no clue about what you are talking about. PBC is a mouse compared to the lion that is HBO. HBOs parent company is Time Warner which has $100 Billion in just assets not to mention investments.

HBO clearly has more money then Haymon but they will not get into a bidding war with Haymon. HBO Boxing works under a budget and is not in the business of losing money. Haymon has already proved that he is willing to lose money. His PBC cards are losing multi-millions each event as he pays enormous purses and then shoots millions on top of that to the networks just to air it so of course he has no problem blowing HBO out the water with some bid. HBO doesn't do these bidding wars which is why they banned Haymon in the first place. They build stars and sign them to contracts. They don't make bids on individual fights where they can't recoup the money spent and they could lose the fighter to another network after the fight.

[Skip Bayless]

if kovalev pulls out again then wow

[turnedup]

Let's hope HBO can open up its wallet this time to put an end to this ridiculous notion that Stevenson is somehow all of a sudden being ducked.

[brettWall]

Fight has to happen, so we could see the end of this ducking saga started by the Superduck Stevenson team.

[crex.af]

HBO clearly has more money then Haymon but they will not get into a bidding war with Haymon. HBO Boxing works under a budget and is not in the business of losing money. Haymon has already proved that he is willing to lose money. His PBC cards are losing multi-millions each event as he pays enormous purses and then shoots millions on top of that to the networks just to air it so of course he has no problem blowing HBO out the water with some bid. HBO doesn't do these bidding wars which is why they banned Haymon in the first place. They build stars and sign them to contracts. They don't make bids on individual fights where they can't recoup the money spent and they could lose the fighter to another network after the fight.

I completely agree with you, I just do not agree with these ****** notions of HBO not being able to "hang" financially. HBO has been around a long time and they have been able to do it because of the same reason you just stated.

[SUBZER0ED]

What's the point? Team Kovalev already made their excuses last time out, or have they change their minds again and are now willing to participate in the purse bid?

The point is Michel (and likley Haymon, though he's not a promoter, so he's not supposed to), tried to pull a power play in leap-frogging the normal negotiations process by requesting an immediate purse bid in advance. They knew they'd win that bid, while Duva knew she wouldn't, so why participate in their scheme? Especially given the fact that they would likley want to air the fight anywhere but on HBO, where Kovalev is under contract.

HBO can't hang? You obviously have no clue about what you are talking about. PBC is a mouse compared to the lion that is HBO. HBOs parent company is Time Warner which has $100 Billion in just assets not to mention investments.

ok but hbo boxing doesnt have unlimited funds lol, theres a reason duva ducked the first bid

It's my understanding that the promoters are responsible for paying their fighter's purses. The networks pay for the rights to air the fights.

[Nay_Sayer]

Nobody has deeper pockets than HBO.

CBS? NBC? ABC?

All have deeper pockets than HBO...

[Nay_Sayer]

take away his jab and back him up and he's not much of a fighter...

^This.

The key to beating Kovalev is to take away his jab and smother his punches.

[bigdunny1]

Also who is to say if HBO helps bid that haymon allows fight. Look at Roc nation who outbid haymon and he forced his fighters to vacate rather then fight