Ward vs Kovalev - whats going on with Roc Nation and Andre Ward?

[Jimmy 23]

Press tour would have to be now and next week. Training camp would need to start in two weeks

Tickets should already be on sale. This is supposed to be a ppv

Mayweather-Maidana May 3:
press conference March 8
tickets go on sale March 8
Canelo-Khan May 7
press tour February 28-March 2
tickets go on sale March 2
conclusion:
Promotion starts ~9 weeks before the fight and training camp (hard camp) usually takes 8 weeks
so STFU already

[Madison Boxing]

I dont give a fuck what he thinks, what he thinks has absolutely no bearings on my life or how I live it. I watch boxing for entertainment and Kovalev brings that entertainment and ward does not. Simple as that, you race cry babies are some low I.Q. emotional ass nerds lmfao, Grow the fuck up.

well said mate

[Madison Boxing]

yeah i have real doubts the fights happening. Do people not find it strange that wards camp have said almost nothing about the fight? Not turning up to the press conferences? Suddenly unhappy with a neutral venue? Ward did a similar thing to canelo, putting the boogeyman out of site and out of mind for a couple of years so it gives him an excuse for easier fights. Now when the time comes, an excuse needs to be made, and an excuse is what we shall be hearing soon i suspect.

[Madison Boxing]

and the worst thing is some of you will applaud him for not fighting, 'kovalev doesnt define ward', 'wards got other options' etc

[Richard Hamilton]

Fight is on

[Nod]

Ward not making any statements on his instagram or twitter and not doing any interviews. Coach Hunter not even doing any kind of interviews.


I dont think the fight happens. imo inthink ward was just cashing out with tune up one upping hbo .. notice how larry always says the same thing. How he never has any real input on the facts. Larry has been bringing his c game to the poster game.

Somebody needs to bring a thesaurus to his poster game.

[Jubei]

What is Roc Nation doing?

Why doesn't Ward give a **** about promoting his own fight?

Why didnt the tickets go on sale like planned?

Why does Roc Nation not want to announce a venue?

Why is there no statement whatsoever from Roc Nation in a long time?

Is Roc Nation the worst promotional company in boxing EVER?

[MDPopescu]

... meanwhile, on Twitter, Ward is still bashing GGG...

Entertain a clown, and you become apart of the circus. #RealTalk

— Andre S.O.G. Ward (@andreward) August 25, 2016

[New England]

at the very least they're being horribly unprofessional. this is a major ppv in vegas. people fly in from all over the world. you need to announce ticket sales and make the fight "official" or i am not going to be able to go.




i'm genuinely starting to think they were trying to either get out fo the fight, or get it moved. i'm probably not going to go for that reason. i don't have confidence in teh fight happening.

[MDPopescu]

at the very least they're being horribly unprofessional. this is a major ppv in vegas. people fly in from all over the world. you need to announce ticket sales and make the fight "official" or i am not going to be able to go.




i'm genuinely starting to think they were trying to either get out fo the fight, or get it moved. i'm probably not going to go for that reason. i don't have confidence in teh fight happening.

... that was my guess in the first place...
... But I hope HBO (with which Ward signed that deal back in 2015) would be able to sort this issue out... (it's about HBO's credibility, at the end of the day...)