Comments Thread For: Kovalev: Stevenson Deserves Belt of Mickey Mouse!

[MDPopescu]

... a duck is a duck.

[kafkod]

Duva and Kovalev BOTH called Stevenson a coward for accepting - what Duva admitted - was a better deal financially.

Duva and Kovalev then proceeded to do the exact same thing.

I dont care what you call that..... but it cannot be called a cowardly duck for one guy, but not for the other guy.

They didn't do the exact same thing. They made Stevenson an alternative offer - to fight Kovalev on HBO.

Financially, it's the best option available to Stevenson, by far. If he wants it.

[aboutfkntime]

Team Kovalev have egg on their face.....

They didn't do the exact same thing. They made Stevenson an alternative offer - to fight Kovalev on HBO.

Financially, it's the best option available to Stevenson, by far. If he wants it.

The reason Team Kovalev gave for ducking the purse bid, was financial.

This is despite Team Kovalev (Duva) admitting that Stevenson moved to Shotime for financial reasons, but calling him a fake and a coward anyway.

Team Kovalev did the exact same thing in principle.

[Scipio2009]

pbc wouldn't allow stevenson to fight on hbo. neither side is against the fight happening, they just want it to be on their network. stevenson's team pulled a pr coup by flexing their financial muscles, but if the shoe were on the other foot and main events/hbo had outbid gym/pbc, they would have had to do the same thing that main events did

i agree that network deals should not interfere with the mandates of the sanctioning bodies. it's bull**** and would never happen in another sport

PBC has no control over Stevenson; GYM wouldn't let the fight happen on HBO if it meant getting paid $2m for a fight that they could logically pick up $4m for on the market.

If HBO ponied up the money, delivering an offer that, at the least, was near the market value (HBO not having any ongoing relationship with GYM, where Haymon does have an ongoing relationship, would also likely command HBO to offer up a bit of a premium on the fight).

HBO is trying to secure, arguably the biggest fight to be made at light heavyweight in some time, at a steep discount and that simple position is something that some people refuse to acknowledge.

[Mr. Philadel]

Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (27-0-1) recently held a press conference to announce his July 25th fight against Nadjib Mohammedi that takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight will be televised by HBO and be the first fight under his recent contract extension with the premium cable channel.

Kovalev has faced Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal in his last two fights and has had his name linked with WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson and former super middleweight champion Andre Ward. Despite all of the rumors, Kovalev said that it is easy for him to focus on the task at hand.

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Krusher is a BEAST...but he's Mickey Mouse with the trash talking ....that ish was weak and dry!!

this fight needs to happen ASAP imo

[The Champions]

The reason Team Kovalev gave for ducking the purse bid, was financial.

This is despite Team Kovalev (Duva) admitting that Stevenson moved to Shotime for financial reasons, but calling him a fake and a coward anyway.

Team Kovalev did the exact same thing in principle.

That was a strange,duck like move Duva made.

[The Champions]

... a duck is a duck.

Team Kovalev is doing the quacking.

[Scipio2009]

Actually they're talking about the Pascal rematch in the latter part of this year.



Stevenson's next opponent is said to be Oosthuizen.



A raccoon?

Oothuizen in July/August, Fonfara II in the Fall, and then close out the year with a massive Montreal clash (against Pascal/Bute).

Kovalev fights Mohammedi in July, and then what?

If you can think of two fights for Kovalev that could be interesting to close out the year (eliminating all of the 175 fighters operating withing the PBC universe, in addition to the foreign 175 fighters who'd be unlikely to travel for an opponent's fee from HBO), I'd like to see the names.

[Scipio2009]

Duva and Kovalev BOTH called Stevenson a coward for accepting - what Duva admitted - was a better deal financially.

Duva and Kovalev then proceeded to do the exact same thing.

I dont care what you call that..... but it cannot be called a cowardly duck for one guy, but not for the other guy.

Unless the numbers are massive, I'm not even sure Duva and Kovalev actually walked away with a better deal.

Say what you want about the guy, when Stevenson made the move, he did so for a financially bigger offer for an already agreed-to fight, bigger purses going forward, fights with Bernard Hopkins, Jean Pascal, and Chavez Jr up for consideration, and a lead position in a massive exposure push for boxing.

Kovalev had basically a month of free agency, his team didn't gauge his value on the market, and he's now locked into a longterm deal with HBO, an outfit with basically no fighters at 175 affiliated with the network.

He'll basically spend the rest of his career, as long as he's tied with HBO, akin to Tim Bradley; a solid fighter, stuck in a situation where he's facing a slew of fights that no one will ever actually care about.

[Scipio2009]

They didn't do the exact same thing. They made Stevenson an alternative offer - to fight Kovalev on HBO.

Financially, it's the best option available to Stevenson, by far. If he wants it.

Stevenson-Fonfara II, on Showtime or ESPN, puts way more money in Stevenson's pocket than Stevenson-Kovalev on HBO does, and it's not even close.

Showtime/PBC on ESPN seem more financially committed to Stevenson than HBO has ever seemed willing to be to Kovalev, and Stevenson-Fonara II would be the rematch, in Montreal and on Canadian PPV, of a fight that was actually a good one.