Comments Thread For: Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward Likely Heading To Las Vegas

[King Jaffe Joffer]

Every person who wants to see Ward get knocked out will be there, although I'm not sure that's what will happen.

He couldn't knock out a 50 year old Hopkins

[Eastcoast]

No please have it somewhere else!

Every Ward thread on earth would be spammed with haters whining about the fight being held in Oakland. Besides, Vegas is an appropriate venue for a fight of this magnitude. I'd even venture to say it would be worthy of PPV if a decent undercard was included.....

Vegas could do bad. Do these guys have fans that'll travel? Kovalev bombed vs Mohammedi in Vegas, given that was in the summer and poor opponent. Ward has to comp his way up to get 10k to show up in Oakland. Neither RN or ME have strong enough roster for a big undercard. Kind of surprised they didn't pick Staples or the Forum, must've been the site fee from MGM was too good.

[Kigali]

Every person who wants to see Ward get knocked out will be there, although I'm not sure that's what will happen.

What did Ward do to you?

[Redd Foxx]

Vegas could do bad. Do these guys have fans that'll travel? Kovalev bombed vs Mohammedi in Vegas, given that was in the summer and poor opponent. Ward has to comp his way up to get 10k to show up in Oakland. Neither RN or ME have strong enough roster for a big undercard. Kind of surprised they didn't pick Staples or the Forum, must've been the site fee from MGM was too good.

This is a case of the whole being far greater than the sum of it's parts. For instance, neither is PPV material but together they create the most anticipated fight of the year. I think Vegas is the best place for them to do this. The buzz for this fight is already strong.

[Eastcoast]

This is a case of the whole being far greater than the sum of it's parts. For instance, neither is PPV material but together they create the most anticipated fight of the year. I think Vegas is the best place for them to do this. The buzz for this fight is already strong.

Idk, to me it seems this fight has less buzz than Ward/Dawson. That fight did well, but not great. Only 7.6k tix sold and 1.3m watched. Synergistically, yeah this fight should do well, but neither guy for various reasons has a lot of heat to them right now.

[MrRolltide91]

Can't wait for this fight

[Najuk]

He couldn't knock out a 50 year old Hopkins

50 year old Hopkins doesnt have a glass chin like Ward

[observer]

He couldn't knock out a 50 year old Hopkins

Well, so far nobody could.

[Dean_Razorback]

is ward having another tune up or what? i don't think it would be smart to go directly to fight KOvalev without one

[firstborn]

Vegas could do bad. Do these guys have fans that'll travel? Kovalev bombed vs Mohammedi in Vegas, given that was in the summer and poor opponent. Ward has to comp his way up to get 10k to show up in Oakland. Neither RN or ME have strong enough roster for a big undercard. Kind of surprised they didn't pick Staples or the Forum, must've been the site fee from MGM was too good.

This is a case of the whole being far greater than the sum of it's parts. For instance, neither is PPV material but together they create the most anticipated fight of the year. I think Vegas is the best place for them to do this. The buzz for this fight is already strong.

You guys are both right overall but this is where RN & ME need to get together and actually promote the fight! I haven't been impressed with either organization in respect to the promotion/marketing of Kovalev or Ward. It seems likes the current buzz has been built by the interest of hardcore boxing fans, when are the promoters going to do their part?