Comments Thread For: Stevenson Will Take 50-50 on Kovalev, Networks To Bid

[HeroBando]

CBS/Showtime are in the same company. Ignore that is you want.

You keep talking up how terrible Stevenson's numbers are, yet you refuse to acknowledge that he was able to draw 1.8m viewers for an afternoon fight card. You yap about Stevenson-Fonfara doing a terrible rating, yet don't acknowledge that Showtime is available in ~20% fewer homes than HBO.

When Stevenson-Karpency draws a strong audience on Sp1keTV, and Stevenson takes home the equivalent of another $3m as a purse, hopefully you have the confidence to keep on talking your BS.

Afternoon card on CBS proper. Showtime is in 20% less homes and Fonfara did 50% less than Bellew. That's a steep drop

[Scipio2009]

But you kept repeating SHO offered 2x what HBO did for Fonfara Stevenson. Wrong again, its in comparison to Bellew. And it took you days to come with this feeble defense lol

The amount was more than double what was offered for Bellew. Are you now trying to argue that HBO offered significantly more for Stevenson-Fonfara than they offered for Stevenson-Bellew?

[Sweet Jones]

They shouldn't because they have a 30m annual budget, and they're trying to be more responsible with their money since the Haymon days, when they got fleeced for mismatches. Either way Stevenson makes way more on HBO vs Kovalev than vs any of the scrubs he's fought off HBO.

Kovalev doesn't even have a built in fanbase, and HBO won't go way over budget for a guy like Stevenson, who can't even draw in boxing mecca Quebec, and doesn't bring a whole lot of cred, esp with his recent off HBO "exploits"

Then perhaps they should reconsider the feasibility of signing fighters to exclusive contracts if their budgetary constraints limit them from maximizing said investment.

It's the equivalent of buying a Bugatti and then complaining about the cost of gas, parts, maintenance, and upkeep. Your concerns about 'budget' don't mean isht to your local Bugatti repair shop when you pull up needed work done. It will cost what it cost, not some artificial number you've determined is 'more than enough'.