Comments Thread For: HBO's Nelson on The New Pact With Sergey Kovalev

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On Saturday afternoon at a press conference held inside a conference room at the LAX Westin Hotel, it was officially announced that light heavyweight kingpin, Sergey Kovalev, had entered into a new multi-fight agreement with HBO. It's clear that 'the Krusher' is one of the pillars of HBO's boxing franchise.

"He's grown so tremendously in both fan-base, viewership and I think we even see a maturation in skills between the (Bernard) Hopkins fight and the (Jean) Pascal fight, fighting those fighters at the elite level and delivering dominating performances. It's absolutely what the fans want to see," said HBO Sports V.P. of Programming, Peter Nelson, who was instrumental in bringing Kovalev to the network in the summer of 2013.

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[Achcauhtli]

Getting my tix for this fight. Kovalev always deliver excitement. Looking forward to him on the premier boxing network, HBO!

[HanzGruber]

Ducking adonis at all costs

[PhillyBox11]

"Mohammedi is a real test." HBO, please - Mohammedi has two 1st and 2nd round KO LOSSES on his record. What will Kovalev do to him? Same as Golovkin vs Monroe Jr. HBO is airing Cowboys vs Indians masked as competitive bouts. These fights arn't competitive! Who are you fooling!?

[Pigeons]

Getting my tix for this fight. Kovalev always deliver excitement. Looking forward to him on the premier boxing network, HBO!

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[The Big Dunn]

HBO has every right to market their fighters, but to continuously give them easy KO wins against guys that have no real chance to win even though they have a sanctioning body ranking (we all know how those are earned in many instances) is not that compelling to watch.

[Hougigo]

HBO has every right to market their fighters, but to continuously give them easy KO wins against guys that have no real chance to win even though they have a sanctioning body ranking (we all know how those are earned in many instances) is not that compelling to watch.

True, that Bernard guy and John Pascal guys are fucking bums

[Humean]

HBO has every right to market their fighters, but to continuously give them easy KO wins against guys that have no real chance to win even though they have a sanctioning body ranking (we all know how those are earned in many instances) is not that compelling to watch.

Considering that you defend Haymon at every turn i'm really puzzled by this criticism of HBO and Kovalev. Mohammedi isn't a particularly interesting opponent for Kovalev, he'll probably get knocked out within 6 rounds, possibly 2 or 3 but he is mandatory so there is nothing really to do about it but fight him. The main reason Kovalev gets 'easy' knockouts is because he is exceptionally good, and powerful. Kovalev is about the most compelling fighter in the sport to watch.

[The Big Dunn]

True, that Bernard guy and John Pascal guys are fucking bums

I didn't say or imply that. Comment was only about the direction HBO is taking Kov right now.

[The Big Dunn]

Considering that you defend Haymon at every turn i'm really puzzled by this criticism of HBO and Kovalev. Mohammedi isn't a particularly interesting opponent for Kovalev, he'll probably get knocked out within 6 rounds, possibly 2 or 3 but he is mandatory so there is nothing really to do about it but fight him. The main reason Kovalev gets 'easy' knockouts is because he is exceptionally good, and powerful. Kovalev is about the most compelling fighter in the sport to watch.

Regurgitating something a poster wrote regarding Haymon because they didn't like being disagreed with doesn't make it true.

He didn't KO Bhop or Pascal easy, he did Camparello and will Mohammedi precisely because they have no chance to win.

This is neither a compelling fight nor one we should be seeing next.

The direction HBO is going, excitement over skills, rewarding losing good over winning, doesn't help the sport or the fighters.