Comments Thread For: Team Kovalev: 50-50 Offer on The Table for Stevenson

[Porter's Dad]

Not for much longer, Waddell & Reed are in some trouble.

Care to expand on that? I'm not doubting you, I'm curious, as I think the whole PBC is a certain disaster.

[Najuk]

this is just a spin job to make up for turning down the purse big..hbo trying to be greedy..cameras were around this week since it is fight week so hey why not cover up the scars..haymon was putting up a purse bid of 10 million...hbo is more interested in making ggg vs previously ko'd champ, won my belt bc of ndams chin issues a ppv fight...NO THANKS GO TO PBC FOR THE PPL AND GET PAID THE BEST

do you really think Haymon would give 10 mil for this fight on PBC (NBC or Showtime) where people give **** about Kovalev and Stevenson

[MPX309]

Yeah I've kinda lost interest in this, but would still watch it. Seeing Kovalev KO Stevenson would be great.

[Larry the boss]

This fight has lost all of it's luster...i think when it happens it will be like Tyson-Spinks

[Scipio2009]

50-50? That's as good as it's gonna get for Stevenson. He should take it.

50/50 of what is the actual question. What is the US broadcast rights worth to HBO?

Because Montreal will deliver the largest gate, Canadian PPV will bring a ton of the revenue to the table, and Sergey Kovalev, if we're being honest, doesn't bring a ton of sponsors behind him either.

If Kovalev's broadcaster (HBO) only thinks the fight is worth $2m [According to purse disclosures http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/...over-mohammedi HBO was only willing to put ~$1.5m behind Kovalev's mandatory defense], while Stevenson's broadcaster (Showtime/PBC) is willing to put +$3m behind the fight, why should Stevenson give up that extra million in potential revenue while also delivering the bulk of the rest of the revenue?

Because Stevenson's gonna easily put double the money in his own pocket than Kovalev has for his own stay-busy fight.

[Scipio2009]

do you really think Haymon would give 10 mil for this fight on PBC (NBC or Showtime) where people give **** about Kovalev and Stevenson

No.

I do think that Haymon's PBC effort or Showtime would be willing to put $3m-$4m behind Kovalev-Stevenson, though. (Not sure if Showtime would back the fight for PPV, but they'd easily do 2-3 episode of All Access/Epilogue to push the fight)

[_Gatti_]

Stevenson dont wanna fight Kovalev.

[Willie_pep1]

i dont give a **** how many belts this fool got stevenson is the bigger draw kovalev got a tiny fan base

[Suckmedry]

Everything wrong with boxing is this fight.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

If I'm stevenson or,kovolev, I want a purse bid, and let the chips fall where they may... i want the biggest purse possible