Comments Thread For: Kovalev: Stevenson is Piece of ****, Ready For Ward

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Duva thought the purse bid was going to happen after Kovalev's mandatory vs Mohammadi.

It was Yvon Michel who pressed the WBC to order the purse bid immediately, not Duva.

And? The IBF had no objection. And she said in multiple interviews that Stevenson was going to drop that title and withdraw. I think she was caught offguard when they called for an early purse bid.

[Barcham]

The WBC ordered Stevenson-Kovalev to take place after Kovalev had his interim fight. The fight would have taken place in the 4th quarter of 2015. Kovalev's mandatory on HBO was not an issue. WBC even offered to move the purse bid to some other time, but Kovalev/Duva still refused.

Moving the purse bid to a later date would have made no difference as Kovalev would have signed his new contract by then. Kovalev will never fight anywhere other than on HBO and Stevenson will never fight anywhere other than a PBC network or Showtime. That is the way it is and these politics will prevent this fight from happening.

The only way out of such situations is to have a 'purse bid' clause in a fighter's contract that permits him to fight on another network in the event of losing a purse bid. I think all sanctioning bodies should make such a clause mandatory if a fighter wishes to be able to hold one of their titles.

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Moving the purse bid to a later date would have made no difference as Kovalev would have signed his new contract by then. Kovalev will never fight anywhere other than on HBO and Stevenson will never fight anywhere other than a PBC network or Showtime. That is the way it is and these politics will prevent this fight from happening.

The only way out of such situations is to have a 'purse bid' clause in a fighter's contract that permits him to fight on another network in the event of losing a purse bid. I think all sanctioning bodies should make such a clause mandatory if a fighter wishes to be able to hold one of their titles.

This isn't really about exclusively fighting on a particular network, or purse bids or any other political gobbledegoop. This is about Stevenson & his backers not wanting to have his star status krushed by a Kovalev ass whipping.

[Warrior2015]

Stevenson is a piece of shit coward and a disgrace to boxing. He ducked Kovalev, Hopkins and Pascal.

The cowards Ward and Stevenson are scared to death of the best light heavyweight in the world Sergey Kovalev

[DoktorSleepless]

Moving the purse bid to a later date would have made no difference as Kovalev would have signed his new contract by then.

That's my whole point. There was no legal problem whatsoever preventing a Stevenson-Kovalev fight like you originally suggested. Moving the date would make no difference because Kovalev and Duva were full of shit. The whole situation was only a problem because Kovalev and Duva unnecessarily made it a problem.

Stevenson will never fight anywhere other than a PBC network or Showtime. That is the way it is and these politics will prevent this fight from happening.

The only way out of such situations is to have a 'purse bid' clause in a fighter's contract that permits him to fight on another network in the event of losing a purse bid. I think all sanctioning bodies should make such a clause mandatory if a fighter wishes to be able to hold one of their titles.

Haymon had no problem with letting Stevenson go to HBO if Duva won he purse bid. The only problem here was Kovalev and Duva.

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=672252

[Cool Scant]

Kovolev you're a piece of s#it ****ing racist... Talking trash to superman because you know yall are not going fofig:/ork/jury-awards-2-million-wall-st-exec-sexual-harassmentdu

[ИATAS]

If that's the case then why did Kovalev's promoter fly all the way to Las Vegas to attend the WBC convention to request, and press, for the WBC to order the purse bid in the first place. Duva said in multiple interviews that she wasn't worried about being outbid because HBO had Kovalev's back. When it became clear that HBO was NOT going to offer up as much as she expected, she pulled back.

Yep. Duva dropped the ball big time and in doing so has made Kovalev look bad.

I doubt Kovalev is very happy with her right now.

[ИATAS]

Ward don't NEED to fight Krusher until he and Adonis clean up that mess at LHW....once the mess is cleaned up, Ward will fight the dude who cleaned the mess up....most likely it will be Krusher....then the fight I wanna see the MOST will most likely get signed sealed and delivered

Ward can pick on and beat up the GGG's, Groves's and Degale's of the world until Krusher and Adonis clear the air

Then I guess you shouldn't object to GGG cleaning up his own division before fighting Ward? Strange double standard, really.

[HeroBando]

That's my whole point. There was no legal problem whatsoever preventing a Stevenson-Kovalev fight like you originally suggested. Moving the date would make no difference because Kovalev and Duva were full of shit. The whole situation was only a problem because Kovalev and Duva unnecessarily made it a problem.


Haymon had no problem with letting Stevenson go to HBO if Duva won he purse bid. The only problem here was Kovalev and Duva.
http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=672252

HBO was not gonna win the purse bid cause Haymon is working with unlimited resources, pretty much. So the LHW fight they wanted the most was gonna end up on another channel if it went to purse bid. Still whatever HBO is willing to offer is far beyond Stevenson's other options easily the best money and exposure available to him. But maybe he prefers his streak of fighting bums on showtime with pathetic ratings and attendance

[malcolm]

Stevenson is a piece of shit coward and a disgrace to boxing. He ducked Kovalev, Hopkins and Pascal.

The cowards Ward and Stevenson are scared to death of the best light heavyweight in the world Sergey Kovalev

I'll give you Stevenson but leave Ward out of this. Andre Ward is far from a coward.

Adonis Stevenson is the chump that jumped ship to Shotime before he could get it on with Kovalev. I feel strongly that Stevensen wants no part of Kovalev.

However, Andre Ward has already defeated strong EURO Champions before. I seriously doubt Kovalev mentally troubles Andre Ward.

Bernard Hopkins went on record stating he never wants to fight Andre Ward. Not because they're friends or business partners. He knows Ward is an automatic L on his record.

That same Hopkins fought Kovalev at 50 and was not seriously hurt, or concussed. He went all 12 and lived to talk about it. This is impressive because Kovalev is supposed to be a feared fighter and massive puncher.