Comments Thread For: Kovalev Sees Andre Ward as Perfect Pay-Per-View Foe

[The Big Dunn]

I prefer Stevenson v Kov myself as do most rational boxing fans whose opinions are not designed to help HBO keep their in house fighters from facing their toughest opponents.

[tiliheels]

hbo did it right the last time..they took the fight o canada for kovalev and pascal..both guys got canadian ppv money and their purses from regular hbo..this time they are forcing ggg down our throats and for the most part these boards have been highly upset with him and his team lately..

fight should be in montreal let ppl in canada get to know ggg and sell it as ppv there again...but the problem is u give ggg 1.75million to fight monroe and u ruin your dawgon budget..now they beg us for help..no thanks..i'll wait on the fight and i hop haymon puts on a stellar card that same night..i'm sure that is likely to happen dont be surprised if garcia is throwing down at the barclay

[Najuk]

doesnt need ward?? im sure it would be no doubt he;s a p4p king if he scalped ward..i think there is going to still be doubt if his best name is a former 140lb 36 year old...i like the lemuix fight bc david comes forward but realistically i dont rank ole dave that high but w/e

GGG doesnt really want to be p4p king though he can easily become one ,all he wants is money fights he already said it in his interviews and thats why he doesnt need Ward.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

i already asnwered your question . its not about his HBO or Showtime ratings but about his countryman wich will pay .He has big ratings on nation tv in Canada. And you dont need to have a membership to watch PPV fights on HBO.
Klitchko who is unwatchable and hasnt fought anybody in 5 years on HBO comes to US and throws 1,9m against Jennings, more than Chavez jr and Golovkin ever had. How?because he had about 10 mil on german nation tv..and a lot of his german fans bought HBO membership just to watch him against jennings

Do you have any numbers for Lemiuex's ratings/PPV buys in Canada?

[Najuk]

hbo did it right the last time..they took the fight o canada for kovalev and pascal..both guys got canadian ppv money and their purses from regular hbo..this time they are forcing ggg down our throats and for the most part these boards have been highly upset with him and his team lately..

fight should be in montreal let ppl in canada get to know ggg and sell it as ppv there again...but the problem is u give ggg 1.75million to fight monroe and u ruin your dawgon budget..now they beg us for help..no thanks..i'll wait on the fight and i hop haymon puts on a stellar card that same night..i'm sure that is likely to happen dont be surprised if garcia is throwing down at the barclay

you literally compared Garcia to GGG,its a disrespect to Golovkin

[tiliheels]

you literally compared Garcia to GGG,its a disrespect to Golovkin

garcia has put over 12k in the barclays...saturday night he'll do just as well if not better..al haymon is about competition..im sure he doesnt want hbo's ppv model just like the fans dont..hbo should be putting boxing on their parent company NOT ON FREAKING PPV

[Mr.Daddy]

you are right but it doesnt change the fact that people would rather pay for " "entertainers " like GGG than for high skilled fighters like Ward

Yes, but Kovalev is quite the entertainer himself (his fighting in the ring and during post fight interviews).

[tiliheels]

GGG doesnt really want to be p4p king though he can easily become one ,all he wants is money fights he already said it in his interviews and thats why he doesnt need Ward.

ok if he doesnt want to be that i'll never have him there..or too close to my all time greats..he's asking to fight one division and not to test himself well fine..but u cant be mentioed with the guys that are testing themselves and still winning

[Najuk]

garcia has put over 12k in the barclays...saturday night he'll do just as well if not better..al haymon is about competition..im sure he doesnt want hbo's ppv model just like the fans dont..hbo should be putting boxing on their parent company NOT ON FREAKING PPV

isnt it Haymon who gives free tickets for his fights?Imagine Hbo doing this for GGG fights...they would need some football arena

[hitking]

i see a lot of things Floyd had to deal with but look what has GGG to deal with:
1 GGG is not american
2 His opponent is not american
3 Lemiux isnt even half of a star Gatti was

I think 200K-250K will be a huge success. Anything exceeding that will Floyd-Manny numbers boggle my mind.