Comments Thread For: Kovalev-Ward PPV Numbers Won't Justify Ward's $5 Million Guarantee

[Motorcity Cobra]

I like Keith Idec but he sounds like a hater with this article. Why is he even discussing money with this fight? This fight should simply be about the best fighting the best.

[Redd Foxx]

This is why i wish more people will be into it, but if you notice only us hard core fans who really watch boxing are really into this fight. I hope this fight does great numbers, they both deserve the lime light win or lose just for the fact they are doing what most boxers arent even willing to consider let alone act on AND THATS PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE AGAINST SOMEONE WHOS ON YOUR LEVEL AND CAN BEAT JUST AS MUCH AS YOU CAN BEAT HIM.

Exactly.
When I think about Canelo fighting old Cotto at a BS middleweight catch weight last year for 900k buys, it turns my gut to think that we're *hoping* Kovalev/Ward can do 300k. I enjoyed that fight but it didn't have near the significance and weight that this one does.
What.The.Fuq....

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Exactly.
When I think about Canelo fighting old Cotto at a BS middleweight catch weight last year for 900k buys, it turns my gut to think that we're *hoping* Kovalev/Ward can do 300k. I enjoyed that fight but it didn't have near the significance and weight that this one does.
What.The.Fuq....

Yeah its completely backwards, boxing is a popularity content. The real good fighters are getting no shine or push like the "popular" fighter is and thats mainly cause of teh way the boxing world is designed and the way it earns its money. This is why I like what PBC is trying to do but boxing is just way too divided for that to work.

[R_Walken]

Yeah the article has an agenda.... it needs to half of that to be a profit I think. It's not awards fault if it doesn't though.

This is a matchup worth paying for, not Canelo vs Khan or Golovkin vs Brook/Lemieux.... or Joshua vs Molina.

I'm just a ****** fan and don't know the in and outs but I'm sure you add in a decent live gate, sponsorships, international broadcasting right and a couple hundred thousand PPV and Roc will be more then able to cover Wards cheque the writer said Kovs making less so this isn't a massive cost event and acting like it has to do 500k or it'll lose $ and it'll be Wards fault

They said Crawford /Postol Brone broke even doing 50-60 k but this event has to do 10x that with what 4x higher purses . It's ******ed logic and basically just written to sh.it on Ward about being greedy or he doesn't deserve it or whatever the point is

Like Brook made the same thing against Golovkin was there one article written about putting him in a bad light for making a deal. This isn't that extreme of a purse for this type of event. Sh.it Chavez Jr. made like 3 million in his first fight with Haymon fighting a scrub keeping all the Mexican TV rights, Gennadys and Lemiuex purse was in the neighbourhood 3.5m total and did 97-150k and from all reports at least broke even and probably made some $ . but somehow Ward/Kov have to do 4-5x those PPV #s with purses no more then 2.5-3x that. Doesn't make sense

This article is basically trash and just another opprotunity to paint Ward in a bad light

Doesn't quite make sense to me either. Mayweather opponents would get around 3 to 5 million alone IIRC, and he'd grab 25 to 32 million out of a 1 million buy PPV.
How does this lose money if it does 1/3 of that in buys? Even if both guys pulled 5 mill it would still be a much smaller amount, proportionally.

Agree.

this article is crap and just more of the Same Old from the boxing media that sh.it on Ward for everything and no reason. Rafeal / Kim / Montoya and the a bunch of others sh.it on Ward for everything

I'm pretty sure if anyone actually spent some time guessing and using a rough idea of the numbers you wouldnt need 500k to break even, It's nonsense to even suggest that


This whole PPV been marketed wrong from the start, The media want to paint Kov in this positive light when it would have been so much easier to market him as the evil Russian , a fighter who's killed people in the ring and most likely a racist POS whos against equal opprotunity for women a Trump supporting bad guy and Ward the last American gold medalist who unbeaten since he's 13 a family man nicknamed the son of God. That has WWE type /Rocky 4 marketing story behind it both undefeated and P4P bixerS instead it's a fight just for hardcores because that's all it is. The media want to paint the Russian in a good light and Ward in the negative light

Obviously I don't know the men so Kov might be a outstanding man and Ward might be a POS who beats his kids and cheats on his wife with hookers but I'm just saying as a story line to promote outside of hardcore boxing fans to get the casuals interested that would be it not this muddled mess of character story lines that currently being promoted for this fight

[Nomadic]

It's all our collective duties to buy this PPV and incentivize more good matchmaking.

Even with the crappy under card, it's a must order for me.

[rudy]

Must be yours u Pay for this PPV is the reason Khan vs Canelo was made. Boycott PPV and watch on KODI for free

[Bronx2245]

It's all our collective duties to buy this PPV and incentivize more good matchmaking.

I agree! This a PPV that deserves to be purchased! This is not Crawford vs. Postol, or Canelo vs. Smith! This is the best PPV matchup since Mayweather vs. Pacquiao. I don't like PPVs, and honestly Salido vs. Vargas, LSC vs. Frampton, and Thurman vs. Porter, were all better fights than any of the PPVs this year, but this is one time where I feel obligated to buy the event!

[daggum]

roc nation hates money?

[Verus]

Ward and Kovalev are unknown to the general public and are not big enough draws to bring in average sports fans. It will be a struggle to reach 200,000 buys. As brilliant as Ward is in the ring, he has not captured the imagination of the public. Kovalev has a few more fans because he knocks people out, but he is invisible in between fights. The good thing is whoever wins has a good chance to become a star if they use some of the winnings to buy a personality.

[taste]

My crusty ole B-day is two days later so guess what I'm getting?!? Fingers crossed for an action fight and may the best man win!