Comments Thread For: Kovalev's HBO Deal Will Keep Him as Active as GGG

[Eff Pandas]

Main Events is already in negotiations with Roc Nation for a matching of Sergey and Andre (Ward) according to Cathy Duva in a video interview already posted on the Internet.

LOL @ in negotiations. Ward doesn't even wanna fight a high level guy at his own weight right now. I highly doubt he'll be fighting the best guy at a higher weight anytime soon.

[HeroBando]

Active fighting who??? I guess if you don't got competition you might as well stay active. Haymon gots most of the 175lbers.

The **** I wanna see the most is some combo of Kovalev vs Stevenson vs Beterbiev. Kovalev is locked outta those fights due to his manager being happier with HBO & Main Events than getting his client the most money. I'd bet PBC would pay him more for fighting Stevenson & Beterbiev then he could make fighting for HBO vs mostly fringe contenders from now til 2019.

Similarly Stevenson would get paid way more for Kovalev on HBO than whatever he makes vs fringe contenders. His numbers have gone to **** since he left HBO, really plummeted. Not just TV, also attendance in one of North Americas best boxing markets.

[Eff Pandas]

Similarly Stevenson would get paid way more for Kovalev on HBO than whatever he makes vs fringe contenders. His numbers have gone to **** since he left HBO, really plummeted. Not just TV, also attendance in one of North Americas best boxing markets.

Well obviously the two best guys make the most fighting each other. But I thought I heard Stevenson made $3M for fighting Sakio Bika. I'd be surprised if Kovalev could make $3M fighting Bika on HBO. And I think Stevenson vs Beterbiev has potential to be a big fight in 6-12 months. Idk what big fight looms for Kovalev with the non-PBC roster he gots available. Only thing I'm looking forward to see Kovalev do on HBO is fight Ward & that seems like a longshot to me.

[HeroBando]

Well obviously the two best guys make the most fighting each other. But I thought I heard Stevenson made $3M for fighting Sakio Bika. I'd be surprised if Kovalev could make $3M fighting Bika on HBO. And I think Stevenson vs Beterbiev has potential to be a big fight in 6-12 months. Idk what big fight looms for Kovalev with the non-PBC roster he gots available. Only thing I'm looking forward to see Kovalev do on HBO is fight Ward & that seems like a longshot to me.

That's probably 3m Canadian. I havent seen anything solid, seems like a projection. Very good if true, but Stevenson has built in revenue streams in Canadian PPV and Quebec normally sells a lot of tickets. Looks like he couldnt attract 5k for Bika, and I doubt the PPV sales were even decent.

[vitali1999]

Please, nobody is as active as ggg, only up and comers but everybody does that in there first 10 fights

[Weebler I]

Wells he doing it. Getting big ratings as well. Nobody wants to see that lame ass running hugging pot shot type of 12 round snooze fest anymore. May/Pac sealed that deal. Its over for that style. I can give you 400 million reasons why!

There's definitely something to what you're saying.

[SteveM]

Awesome! The more top fighters staying this active, the better!

But the networks! More mis-matches. I would rather see 1 great matchup than 3 mis-matches.

[SteveM]

Hopefully "active" isn't code for fighting a bunch of bums the way it does with Golovkin

You just show yourself up as a fanboy on occasions. Now that there are "discussions" that Froch will face GGG you have GGG on your "dish out ****" list. Golovkin has to fight B fighters as all the supposed A level stars see him as extremely high risk and low reward. Lets see if your boy can get motivated a little.

[kiaba360]

175 is loaded with young talent and by the end of 2015 guys like Gvozdyk, Mekhontsev, Shabranskyy, Gonzalez, Barrera, Browne, Prieto, Skoglund, Salamov, Ahlin will be in contention. Guys like Ward, Ramirez, Smith are likely to move up at some point too.

Kovalev will not be starved for quality opposition while trying to establish a legacy.

I'm not as familiar with LHW as with some other divisions, so that's why I'm having such a hard time envisioning this plan. I'm aware of only two of those names in your list, and I don't think they'll be ready by next year. Like you said, the plan to sign with HBO is a long-term one. However, they need to make sure his match-ups are decent in the short-term while the lesser-known LHWs continue to establish themselves. Haymon has control of several currently relevant fighters, so I think it would be a good idea if Kov gets to Brahemer before Stevenson does. Fonfara and Beterbiev seem to be in line for Kov, so maybe the promoters/networks can get together and find some way of making those match-ups.

2016: Skoglund, Karpency, Prieto, Monaghan, Edwin Rodriguez(compare to Ward), Bika/Fonfara (compare to Adonis)

[Ogecca MaMa]

I'd take 2 fights per year against opponents like Stevenson over 4 fights against guys like Mohammedi, Agnew and Caparello.

I understand the business of cheap opponents/knockouts/good ratings but not at the expense of competitive fights.

there are only Stevenson and Ward for Kovalev as top fighters. I mean common sense, they'd feed him with B/C class fighters, to build his name for 2016 big fights