Comments Thread For: Main Events: No Interest in Stevenson-Kovalev Purse Bid

[aboutfkntime]

Pure trash. A one fighter company preventing one of the best fights out there from happening. Fuck em.

Yea and fcuk HBO too, thinking they run boxing.

[aboutfkntime]

The Russian exchange rate had fuck all to do with this and you admit it yourself. That had to be one of the most ridiculous excuses for running away from a fight in the history of boxing.

Yet not a word from the posters who relentlessly mocked Stevenson. I thought they were passionately against ducking and avoiding, what happened? Is it ok to do those things as long as it's one of their favorites that's doing it?

" da russian exchange rate doe "

[kafkod]

When Stevenson changed networks it was because he was being offered more money. Can't blame a fighter for that, right? It's a dangerous sport and boxers should always seek to maximize their revenues. Yet Adonis was roundly criticized and call a coward for that move.

So now Kathy Duckva walks away from a purse bid (that she engineered), and is actually turning down more money just because it might come from Haymon/PBC. She also made the ludicrous excuse that the exchange rate is not favorable!?!?

Why is she not getting anywhere near the same amount of hate and criticism and "coward" accusations? I am perplexed.

I think it's pretty obvious why. No matter how much some people want to deny that. It's clear.

racism is still alive in 2015

The hate that Stevenson got for jumping ship from HBO had nothing to do with race.

He went along with Duva's plans to build up interest in a unification battle with Kovalev, including the double header where he fought Bellew and Kovalev fought Shillah on the same bill.

And Duva's plan worked. Among boxing fans like us, Stevenson/Kovalev was the most talked about and anticipated fight of the year. And we all thought it was a done deal - Duva thought so too.

Then at the last minute, with the terms agreed and contracts waiting to be signed, Superman turned into Superduck and left us all p1ssed off and disappointed.

That's the answer to your question.

[HeroBando]

So, what you are saying is this.....

Stevenson, has a much better deal with Haymon, than Kovalev has with Duva/HBO.

Just out of interest, when Stevenson moved to Shotime, which is obviously a much better deal for him.....did you accuse him of ducking Kovalev?

Be honest, because I can just search post history.

How's it a better deal? He made less vs Fonfara than if he'd fought Kovalev then, and Sukhotsky and Bika a fraction of what he'd gotten if he beat Kov and fought Hopkins and Pascal

[Humean]

I get it now.

You never heard about GYM and Interbox before today.

Always fun to talk to people who know nothing.

I've heard of them, what are you saying exactly? Haymon isn't involved with Yvon Michel?

It's not about who's more "likable." If you criticize one and give the other a pass it's an agenda. I don't know either one personally and I don't care about what they do outside of the ring and Im not a fan of Stevenson either.

But when you start making excuses and defending one while persecuting the other it becomes obvious why that happens. I've seen a lot of that here.

If the circumstances are exactly the same then there is an agenda but the circumstances are not always the same. Even in this case there are enough subtle differences.

You want to talk agenda, look at all these posters that defend everything Haymon does at every turn, what do you suppose is their agenda?

[Bullrider]

When Stevenson changed networks it was because he was being offered more money. Can't blame a fighter for that, right? It's a dangerous sport and boxers should always seek to maximize their revenues. Yet Adonis was roundly criticized and call a coward for that move.

So now Kathy Duckva walks away from a purse bid (that she engineered), and is actually turning down more money just because it might come from Haymon/PBC. She also made the ludicrous excuse that the exchange rate is not favorable!?!?

Why is she not getting anywhere near the same amount of hate and criticism and "coward" accusations? I am perplexed.

This guy has a pea brain.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

HBO doesn't even need boxing you ***ing moron boxing is only a small part of HBO.dont worry pbc will die soon and you will be back to watching on HBO.

I honestly wouldn't be shocked if hbo gets out of the boxing business in general in a few years.. The ratings for boxing has slowly gone down the tubes over the past decade.. A major fight like winky-taylor pulled in 6 million viewers a decade ago, Over the past few years the highest rated fights are pulling 1.5-2 mil viewers.. That's a huge gradual decrease.. And if hbo has 28 mil subscribers, that suggests only 5-10% of their customers are interested in boxing.. With declining viewership ratings and no PPv stars on the horizon, hbo might scrap the boxing content and instead invest that money into developing more shows like game of thrones, true blood, true detective, etc which represents 80-90% of why people subscribe

[Barcham]

It wasn't the reason they turned away from the purse bid but that reason wouldn't have been ridiculous in other circumstances. The purse bid was called far too early and the exchange rate would be relevant if they wanted to do the fight in Russia.

The answer to your last question is probably yes, that is what fans of fighters do, although Kovalev is not ducking Stevenson whereas Stevenson may have been ducking Kovalev. The fight is not currently happening because of both sides, not just one side.

No matter what, the fight will be held in either Montreal or Quebec City. It will most likely be a sell out in either city. Chances of it being held in Russia would be zero and none.

[aboutfkntime]

The hate that Stevenson got for jumping ship from HBO had nothing to do with race.

He went along with Duva's plans to build up interest in a unification battle with Kovalev, including the double header where he fought Bellew and Kovalev fought Shillah on the same bill.

And Duva's plan worked. Among boxing fans like us, Stevenson/Kovalev was the most talked about and anticipated fight of the year. And we all thought it was a done deal - Duva thought so too.

Then at the last minute, with the terms agreed and contracts waiting to be signed, Superman turned into Superduck and left us all p1ssed off and disappointed.

That's the answer to your question.

Jesus, you sound like a little kid.

You nearly got it right too.

I will fix.....

The hate that Stevenson got for jumping ship from HBO had nothing to do with race.

He went along with Duva's plans to build up interest in a unification battle with Kovalev, including the double header where he fought Bellew and Kovalev fought Shillah on the same bill.

And Duva's plan worked. Among boxing fans like us, Stevenson/Kovalev was the most talked about and anticipated fight of the year. And we all thought it was a done deal - Duva thought so too.

Then at the last minute, with the terms agreed and contracts waiting to be signed, Superman accepted a MUCH BETTER DEAL, and moved on with a career that is likely to be much more lucrative than the peanuts Duva will feed Kovalev. The Kovalev fight would have still happened if Kovalev/Duva had not run from the purse bid.

That's the answer to your question.

Nothing that I changed / corrected, is inaccurate !

Isnt context wonderful !

[Humean]

No matter what, the fight will be held in either Montreal or Quebec City. It will most likely be a sell out in either city. Chances of it being held in Russia would be zero and none.

The chances may not have been high but not that low, Andrey Ryabinsky might have been interested.