How will Ward avoid the Kovalev fight?

[Weebler I]

i think this fight is easier to make than ward-golovkin because the power is all in his hands

I'll believe it when I see it, Ward hasn't fought a top opponent since 2012 (if you consider a 168 Dawson that).

[Eastcoast]

You worded nicely what you want but you will end up disappointed because this won't happen. But it's pretty pointless to argue with you because as I saw you have your clear unmoveable agendas about some fighters. I think about Mayweather and Ward on first place here.

By Ward's own admission he had a retirement speech ready on two occasions during his hiatus. He rejected an instant big money rematch with Froch in Nottingham, and he was recently on Teddy Atlas' radio show and said he had no interest in going over to the UK for DeGale.

Since the S6 Ward has only pursued easy targets. Pavlik, Chavez, weight-drained Dawson, Edwin Rodriguez. HBO had to push the Rodriguez fight because Ward wanted Caleb Truax or Dimitri Sartison. Most recently he inquired Cedric Agnew & Thomas Oosthuizen to come down to 168 and then settled to fight Paul Smith at 172......

RN has the financial resources to back a ppv fight with Golovkin if Ward wants a real fight. That doesn't mean they cover the expenses for the event, it means that if ppv sales fall short they pick up the difference, but they're media specialist so they should be able to promote the hell out of the fight and come out ahead. They're already losing millions on Ward, might as well make a big fight that would put him back in the spot light.

My agenda is to get Ward/Golovkin sooner than later.

[NEETzsche]

I'll believe it when I see it, Ward hasn't fought a top opponent since 2012 (if you consider a 168 Dawson that).

there isn't anyone i would accuse ward of ducking, though. he's a bit of diva, sure, but he knows how good he is and he's willing to prove it against anyone. i think kovalev will give in to ward's demands (like location) and the fight will be made. kovalev desperately needs a quality opponent who will fight him on hbo in 2016, otherwise he will lose momentum and end up like stevenson

[NEETzsche]

Most recently he inquired Cedric Agnew & Thomas Oosthuizen to come down to 168 and then settled to fight Paul Smith at 172......

do you have a source for that? i assume that the reason he targeted lhws like agnew and oosthuizen was because he knew he was going to fight at 172

[KnockoutNed]

I see this fight eventually taking place at the full LHW limit. Unlike GG, Kovalev will fight any opponent and him and his team understand that he may have to take the B side money in order to achieve greatness. Ward's demands for the fight to take place in Oakland wouldn't be a problem either as he has shown a zeal in beating guys in their own backyards.

[PulpFriction]

I think he asks HBO for the GGG marketing and protection plan but he likely doesn't get it from HBO.

Why can't HBO just make ward/ggg and kov/adonis, the fights most fans prefer?

Other than hardcore fans, no one has a clue who Ward is. HBO is also in no hurry to deal with Ward and his diva demands.

Also, you know why Kovalev-Stevenson hasn't been made-one guy exclusively fights on HBO and the other exclusively fights on PBC (NBC, CBS, etc.)

[Public_Enemy]

I think Ward will fight Kovalev. It would make sense to do the fight in Atlantic City. Recently, Kovalev has built a good following there and Ward has fought there in the past. Since Ward is backed by RocNation now, they could help generate buzz in the northeast.

[Weebler I]

there isn't anyone i would accuse ward of ducking, though. he's a bit of diva, sure, but he knows how good he is and he's willing to prove it against anyone. i think kovalev will give in to ward's demands (like location) and the fight will be made. kovalev desperately needs a quality opponent who will fight him on hbo in 2016, otherwise he will lose momentum and end up like stevenson

Well put it this way, if they wanted that fight next, Main Events would do it.

Kovalev will travel, won't demand a huge fee and will fight anywhere Ward wants.

[ShoulderRoll]

His promoter will back out of a purse bid.

Oh wait....wrong thread

[Barcham]

I still don't understand WTF Duva was doing. Did she assume Haymon would pull out and didn't actually want the fight? I mean, she knew the purse bid would happen. She pushed so it would have to happen.

I'm still pissed off about that. I don't want to hear anything about networks, either. Duva knew all about the networks when she pushed to force the purse bid.

Once again... DUVA DID NOT PUSH FOR A PURSE BID!!!!! Are all of you people blind? Do not know how to read? Simply ******? ******ed from birth? YVON MICHEL FROM GYM REQUESTED THE PURSE BID.

IDIOTS.