The Kovalev/Ward promotion is off to a great start

[Motorcity Cobra]

Kathy Duva calls a press conference. Ward doesn't show up. Says working with Roc Nation has been a living hell Golden Boy, Gary Shaw, Andrade, Juan Manuel Marquez, everybody has trouble working with Roc Nation! So anyway Ward was invited and he declined. Duva says she can't promise it'll be on Nov 19th. Maybe a date or location change. To many PPV's close together. Why even put together this rushed press conference? What was the point of this other than Duva negotiating in the media again?

"Living hell" is how Kathy Duva describes in dealing with Roc Nation Sports. Well then.... lulz #boxing

— Steve Kim (@steveucnlive) August 9, 2016

Damn, that's not the 1st time I've heard that with them. I've heard it with 3 separate promotional companies, wow. https://t.co/3Ru8Gafeze

— Peter Soprano (@Pacman453323) August 9, 2016

SK doing interview with Duva now. "No promises" she said about Kovalev-Ward actually happening on 11/19. #boxing #KovalevWard

— Write on the Button (@mikebaca2) August 9, 2016

"Living Hell" is the description Kathy Duva says for negotiating with Roc Nation. Still things to sort out, like the venue. #KovalevWard

— Write on the Button (@mikebaca2) August 9, 2016

@PatrickMConnor well, this media event was late, and ME team along with HBO had a meeting trying to iron things out beforehand...

— Write on the Button (@mikebaca2) August 9, 2016

[Motorcity Cobra]

#PressConference Showing is up half the battle. pic.twitter.com/rA65YIcFs6

— Adonis Stevenson (@AdonisSuperman) August 9, 2016

[Motorcity Cobra]

[M Bison]

#PressConference Showing is up half the battle. pic.twitter.com/rA65YIcFs6

— Adonis Stevenson (@AdonisSuperman) August 9, 2016

Adonis is right also accepting the contract is the other half something Andre Ward didn't do when Adonis offered to fight him, Ward is a coward.

[The Comic DON]

Ward is a disappointment. I see all these like-minded sheep calling him smart and intelligent because he speaks proper English and forms a complete sentence but in reality, he's an arrogant princess with the business mind of a cucumber.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Roc Nation has an issue w/#WardKovalev venue, tentatively scheduled for T-Mobile Arena, per sources. Ward was a no-show at today's presser.

— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixYS) August 9, 2016

[Motorcity Cobra]

That's exactly what it is. She's frustrated with Roc Nation and she threw this press conference together last minute so she could negotiate in the media again. She's always doing this

[The Hammer]

Roc Nation has an issue w/#WardKovalev venue, tentatively scheduled for T-Mobile Arena, per sources. Ward was a no-show at today's presser.

— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixYS) August 9, 2016

Andre Ward wants the fight in Oakland with a crooked referee who will permit him to foul.

No surprise.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Andre Ward wants the fight in Oakland with a crooked referee who will permit him to foul.

No surprise.

Sanctioning bodies pick the judges and refs not the fighter or promotion companies

[The Hammer]

Sanctioning bodies pick the judges and refs not the fighter or promotion companies

That has NOT been the case for many of Ward's previous fights.

Kessler-Ward had a California ref Jack Reiss and California judges, despite it being written into the Super Six contract that the refs be from neutral countries.