Comments Thread For: Adonis Stevenson's Promoter Reacts To Ring's Decision

[i'm a fun haver]

the fact ward moved to 175 because he knows ggg has no balls is not a good enough excuse sorry. considering his decision to move to 175 was dependent on whether he thought ggg would man up or not. obviously he thinks he wont

Hasn't fought at 168 since 2013. Hasn't fought at 175.
Only fought 1 time this year vs a SMW above the SMW limit.
If Ward could make 168, he would've fought Smith at 168.
He didn't because he can't

Keep crying
Ward wouldn't even fight Stevenson at either weight lol.
Stevenson KO'd Dawson and called Ward out on HBO.
Ward just stood there staring into the camera like a dumb ****eyed ****.

[MDPopescu]

One curious thing that he left off his list of circumstances for his fighters ducks is that the pimp tucked tail & ran to Haymon when the Kovalev fight was already made at HBO. ...

Do you really think that there is one single person here who doesn't know what actually happened? Wait, in fact there are many -- they will explain you how the 'Russian killer' ducked the purse bid... Exactly how Michel is trying to explain right now.

[Boxing Goat]

You hold the title and don't beat a top 5 ranked opponent in 2 years, it's over no matter what the circumstances are IMO.

[TheThirdEye]

haha danm. Good stuff from GB. Those 5 points from Michel are bull****. Hopkins and Pascal both wanted to fight Stevenson but we all know what Stevenson wanted. Fu ck that cherry picker

The GoldenBoy Promotions are trying to increase the value of the Ring belts.

Yeah right! The one way is the "Purse bid"

RULES & REGULATIONS OF THE WORLD BOXING COUNCIL (“WBC”)

2.8 Free Negotiations Period. After the WBC orders a bout, there shall be a period of thirty (30) days for the parties to negotiate, finalize, execute, and file a contract for the bout. Should the parties fail to file a fully-executed contract with the WBC by the end of such period, the period of free negotiations shall automatically terminate. The WBC may, by notification to the parties, shorten or lengthen the free negotiation period in special circumstances as determined by the WBC in its sole discretion.

For the 3rd time, the WBC mandate Kovalev vs Stevenson in early november 2015. And we are reaching the 30 days delay before the purse bid, at the beginning of December 2015.
Kathy Duva lies wont work: http://www.boxingscene.com/kovalevs-...sh-june--98452

The only solution is the purse bid.

[BattlingNelson]

So, Oscar is the only one to blame, right?... but Haymon, never!...

Ring has dropped the ball so many times bro. Starting with making Jones lhw champ. Also having kept Ward as champion without him having anybody since the s6. Their ratings also suck. I go with transnational boxing and boxingscene. Ring Magazine? Not so much.

[Fetta]

Another reason why belts are irrelevant and this isnt even a real belt, its a magazines belt so who cares

[bigdunny1]

But The Ring is selectively enforcing their rules and playing favorites just like any other sanctioning body. Stevenson has fought a top 5 contender far more recently than Rigondeaux, yet Stevenson was stripped and Rigondeaux wasn't. Now that The Ring is owned by an HBO promoter, they are just as corrupt as any sanctioning body.

I'm not sure the date but Rigo is next he will be stripped any day now. If his 2 years without a top 5 hasn't hit yet it will be very soon. I believe Agbeko was top 5 ranked. So that fight was late 2013 in Dec. So keep watching those rankings he is next to fall.

[HeroBando]

then why didn't they strip rigondeaux?

and how do you fight a top 5 ranked opponent when they pull out of the purse bids?

Rigo was given a warning, but he's got more leeway cause nobody top 5 wants to fight him. Adonis otoh passed up opportunities to fight Kov, Hop, Pascal x2.

He could fight Kov on HBO anytime, unlike Kov he's got no exclusive network contract

[bigdunny1]

Stevenson went to Showtime to fight Hopkins. Hopkins returned to HBO instead of facing Stevenson. If Hopkins had wanted to fight Stevenson, he would have. Pascal had the opportunity to be Stevenson's mandatory, but informed the WBC that he wasn't interested. The facts don't support your premise. HBO and their promoters have successfully spread misinformation and propaganda, but the truth is easily verifiable.

That's a lie. Hopkins was fighting on Showtime at the time NOT HBO and wanted to fight Stevenson and Haymon dragged out negotiations to try and force him to get vacated. Hopkins had enough of it and went to Kovalev camp and they wrapped up the fight in days. That was his backup plan he plan A was Stevenson but Haymon wouldn't make the deal. At the time Stevenson said he was passing on Kovelev to fight the more known Hopkins. That was his excuse backing out. Instead he ducked Kovalev and they played games with Hopkins and lost out on both fights. No one to blame but bad management/adviser. He shot himself in the foot.

[bigdunny1]

Laughing at fools trying to make this about Ring Magazine when Stevenson has been the biggest joke in boxing and fighting terrible competition ever since he backed out the Kovalev deal and signed with Haymon. His best wins were PRIOR to Haymon. Ring didn't just make up this rule so I got no problem with them enforcing it against the biggest duck in boxing.