Comments Thread For: Sergey Kovalev's Return Has Cloud of Uncertain Horizons

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By Jake Donovan - It’s a dilemma with a simple solution, but instead remains a problem.

There is no need for dueling shows in Las Vegas this weekend, nor should Sergey Kovalev and his team have to worry about what’s next. But because he and Adonis Stevenson—far and away the two best light heavyweights in the world for the moment—can’t find a way to settle up in the ring, we are left with a miss such as awaits on Saturday, along with clutter atop a once-promising division on the verge of growing stale.

Rather than a clash to determine light heavyweight supremacy, Kovalev’s next appearance is a mandatory title defense versus Nadjib Mohammedi. The bout airs live on HBO, but shares space along the Vegas strip as Al Haymon brings his Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) series to town as Beibut Shumenov faces B.J. Flores in a cruiserweight bout which airs live on NBC Sports Network from The Palms Casino and Resort.

Both shows run in direct conflict with another, which is sad for a number of reasons. At the box office, both cards will take a bath. The Palms is a far more intimate venue, which means fewer tickets to give away in the event that the show doesn’t sell.

As for Kovalev-Mohammedi—barring a record-breaking walkup crowd, there figures to be thousands of fans disguised as empty chairs. [Click Here To Read More]

[about.thousands]

Duva is a small hall promoter. She needs to stick to promoting shows in casino ballrooms. I still don't understand her strategy when she requested the WBC to make Kovalev the mandatory if she had no intention of making the fight. Did she really believe Stevenson was ducking Kovalev & he would relinquish his title? A point no one seems to bring up is that Stevenson was operating without a manager while at HBO and all he asked for was an extra $300,00 to make the fight. Now we're being fed a potential Kovalev/Pascal rematch and maybe a fight with Ward. Kovalev's potential opponents list looks more bleak than GGG's

[Mr.Daddy]

Duva is a small hall promoter. She needs to stick to promoting shows in casino ballrooms. I still don't understand her strategy when she requested the WBC to make Kovalev the mandatory if she had no intention of making the fight. Did she really believe Stevenson was ducking Kovalev & he would relinquish his title? A point no one seems to bring up is that Stevenson was operating without a manager while at HBO and all he asked for was an extra $300,00 to make the fight. Now we're being fed a potential Kovalev/Pascal rematch and maybe a fight with Ward. Kovalev's potential opponents list looks more bleak than GGG's

Source? If you have one why haven't you linked to it?

[Jubei]

Source? If you have one why haven't you linked to it?

That casual is talking out of his ass.

Kovalev is loyal to HBO, plain and simple. Kovalev has 3 belts while the piece of sh... who was running scared to Haymon has one. Stevenson will probably retire before facing any decent opponent anyway, i dont think he has any balls to fight a meaningful fighter. Kovalev is here to stay, he is active and will fight the best possible opponents, hopefully one day Ward will step up and you have quite a few upcoming eastern european fighters in that division.

Duva has done an exceptional job with Kovalev, no other promoter wanted him and he build him up and look what they achieved together.

[Eff Pandas]

Who gives a **** about two shows on the same day in Vegas. I mean am I nuts or has this not happened a lot? This is getting reported like its some rare event.

And personally I got np with Kovalev vs Pascal II. The first go was a fun fight. There are a hell of a lot of worse options he could be doing, namely another guy like the next guy.

Btw its hilarious some nutty ass alphabet group seems to think that opponent is the #1 non-title holder in the world right now which should get you a trip to the psycho ward in a more perfect world.

[kej718]

Soon Haymon will have 2 of his fighters as Kovalev's Mandatory, and you know he will put up the money for the purse bid. Will he fight or drop the belts?

[about.thousands]

Source? If you have one why haven't you linked to it?

What do you need sourced?

[Eastcoast]

Flores/Shumenov should be a non-factor. I can't see people wanting to go to that or watch it on tv even for free.

Soon Haymon will have 2 of his fighters as Kovalev's Mandatory, and you know he will put up the money for the purse bid. Will he fight or drop the belts?

That's when Hyrunov steps in, outbids Haymon, and Haymon's guy pulls another Quillin.

[Weebler I]

Duva is a small hall promoter. She needs to stick to promoting shows in casino ballrooms. I still don't understand her strategy when she requested the WBC to make Kovalev the mandatory if she had no intention of making the fight. Did she really believe Stevenson was ducking Kovalev & he would relinquish his title? A point no one seems to bring up is that Stevenson was operating without a manager while at HBO and all he asked for was an extra $300,00 to make the fight. Now we're being fed a potential Kovalev/Pascal rematch and maybe a fight with Ward. Kovalev's potential opponents list looks more bleak than GGG's

I suppose he wasn't ducking Hopkins and Pascal either and Sukhotsky and Bika were the only ones willing to fight him?

Enough already, the only reason they were in a position for a purse bid is because Team Kovalev pushed to be mandatory because they wanted it and they had to pull out when it became clear the fight wasn't going to be on HBO where Kovalev fights.

It all worked out perfectly for Stevenson who can now continue fighting bums for big money which was his plan all along. Meanwhile Kovalev has 3 belts and just taken out Hopkins and Pascal.

[The Big Dunn]

I suppose he wasn't ducking Hopkins and Pascal either and Sukhotsky and Bika were the only ones willing to fight him?

Enough already, the only reason they were in a position for a purse bid is because Team Kovalev pushed to be mandatory because they wanted it and they had to pull out when it became clear the fight wasn't going to be on HBO where Kovalev fights.

It all worked out perfectly for Stevenson who can now continue fighting bums for big money which was his plan all along. Meanwhile Kovalev has 3 belts and just taken out Hopkins and Pascal.

Kov signed a new HBO deal after pulling out of the purse bid so your point about the fight not being on HBO being an issue is completely untrue.