Loeffer explains to everyone what really happened with ward

[Weebler I]

i dont understand how people see why this doesnt happen , there i NO ECONOMICS BEHIND THIS FIGHT , canelo,cotto,chanez ,froch , all wayyyy bigger fights with way less of a risk

GGG is not gonna beat ward at 168 , and the fight would do less #s then rubio

Way too much risk for way too little reward and thats not GGG fault

It's not even the risk, the money isn't there.

Ward is going to want $2m - minimum (he got $2m v Rodriguez).
Golovkin will want at least $2m (he got $1.5m v Monroe).

Neither of these guys are superstars, so where is the money coming from?

[HeroBando]

But I thought GGG is the "draw", "puts asses in seats" & "sells out arenas"?

He does but thats not gonna cover a quarter of Wards purse, espin0za

[Eastcoast]

So you are "ok" with the supposed "killer" who "cant get any fights" using high risk/low reward scenarios?

That paradigm has always been a reality of the sport for every fighter, don't play dumb. Tito didn't move up to face Bernard just for glory, he was getting mad cash for it. Are naive to believe he'd have taken that fight for free despite him being a hungry killer?

But I thought GGG is the "draw", "puts asses in seats" & "sells out arenas"?

Golovkin is a big draw, but not a blockbuster draw like Tito was when he moved up for Bernard & Joppy. Bernard didn't draw for **** going into their fight, it was all Tito, but Tito was a major star by then and drew enough that even Bernard could get paid big money. Right now Golovkin still can't draw enough to even get Ward his inflated minimum (and Ward can't draw enough to even get what Willie Monroe was just paid to fight Golovkin).

[bigjavi973]

That paradigm has always been a reality of the sport for every fighter, don't play dumb. Tito didn't move up to face Bernard just for glory, he was getting mad cash for it. Are naive to believe he'd have taken that fight for free despite him being a hungry killer?




Golovkin is a big draw, but not a blockbuster draw like Tito was when he moved up for Bernard & Joppy. Bernard didn't draw for **** going into their fight, it was all Tito, but Tito was a major star by then and drew enough that even Bernard could get paid big money. Right now Golovkin still can't draw enough to even get Ward his inflated minimum (and Ward can't draw enough to even get what Willie Monroe was just paid to fight Golovkin).

So GGG is a "big draw" but when it comes to Ward "GGG still can't draw enough".

Excuses.

[Robbie Barrett]

It's not even the risk, the money isn't there.

Ward is going to want $2m - minimum (he got $2m v Rodriguez).
Golovkin will want at least $2m (he got $1.5m v Monroe).

Neither of these guys are superstars, so where is the money coming from?

They might not be stars by themselves but together it would be a big enough event. If they stuck it on PPV it would sell atleast 300k.

[Crazylegs77]

what I got from that, is They don't want the fight. Am I wrong?

If it makes dollas it makes sense? Not ok for GGG?

[Pigeons]

It's not even the risk, the money isn't there.

Ward is going to want $2m - minimum (he got $2m v Rodriguez).
Golovkin will want at least $2m (he got $1.5m v Monroe).

Neither of these guys are superstars, so where is the money coming from?

Are you businessman or a boxing fan?

[Weebler I]

Are you businessman or a boxing fan?

I want to see the fight, but there's little point in being blind to reality either.

They might not be stars by themselves but together it would be a big enough event. If they stuck it on PPV it would sell atleast 300k.

I don't think either of them have that kind of loyalty from mainstream fans yet.

[aldo5408]

They might not be stars by themselves but together it would be a big enough event. If they stuck it on PPV it would sell atleast 300k.

No way it probably wouldn't even 100k

[Scipio2009]

Because its way beyond Hbos budget, duh. The only ones that have shown not to care about losing money here are Roc Nation.

Roc Nation makes one move, a move that they explicitly have spoken of as a move that they made to get noticed, and you've taken that into some belief that Jay-Z is willing to put up $10m to stage Ward-Golovkin at the 40/40 Club in front of 100 of his associates. GTFOH.