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

[CaneloMaidana]

In this instance, as long as Ward doesn't keep the titles hostage if he wins, who cares....Roc Nation are the ones going in the red anyway...if it was some youngun who could keep titles and big fights from happening like Canelo while draining HBO's budget, this would be an issue...Ward is on his way out....this way we avoid HBO paying for his tune ups...no other bigger PPV fight on the horizon to invest on him...Chickenson doesn't count because he wants a 50/50 PPPV on Showtime

Ward is on his way out? He's younger than Golovkin. ****** fans.

[-Hyperion-]

Ward is on his way out? He's younger than Golovkin. ****** fans.

Who cares about Golovkin? Ward is not gonna be active....he's gonna milk a win vs Kovalev like he milked the super six.....and that's ok as long as its roc nation he milks with his tune ups....look at Cotto Roc Nation payed him well for his PPV and he's enjoying that money out of boxing. Ward will do the same because HBO was only investing in him for this fight.

[MDPopescu]

Ward $850K, Brand $30K...

[CaneloMaidana]

Who cares about Golovkin? Ward is not gonna be active....he's gonna milk a win vs Kovalev like he milked the super six.....and that's ok as long as its roc nation he milks with his tune ups....look at Cotto Roc Nation payed him well for his PPV and he's enjoying that money out of boxing. Ward will do the same because HBO was only investing in him for this fight.

How much does this hurt you? Ward going to beat Kovalev than run boxing for next 6 years.

[Reloaded]

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

I agree with this , we whine and moan about the level of fights so when the few come along that are truly super fights we need to support them , that is if fans want more of these fights .

[big_james10]

So Ward is getting a higher payday than Kovalev for what reason exactly?
Who has Ward beat recently? Nobodies.
What world title does Ward hold? None.
What successful PPV has Ward ever headlined? None.
So someone care to explain why this bozo is being paid more than the world champion, this is what I mean about Ward he is an absolute joke and is being treated like a superstar when quite frankly nobody has heard of him and hell nobody over in Europe is that aware of this November 19th fight yes that's right this fight is small It's not being received well perhaps it's because you're putting your PPV on after a genuine true huge PPV event in UFC 205...
I might give this one a miss whilst I don't mind Kovalev as much I refuse to support someone like Ward he and his fans are everything which is wrong with the sport of boxing and I want nothing to do with that.

Ward is getting paid more money because he has a promoter who is willing to pay him more money. He is not imply taking what HBO is offering, which is what Ca thy Duva and Main Events does with their fighters. Ward is considered a much higher profile fighter and the ones with the higher profile make the most money.

[Gentblue]

So no one is going to bring up that Krusher is getting 7 million and is the A side of the 60/40 split.....

Sauce

http://www.totalsportek.com/boxing/sergey-kovalev-vs-andre-ward-purse-split-revealed/

[Corelone]

Who cares about Golovkin? Ward is not gonna be active....he's gonna milk a win vs Kovalev like he milked the super six.....and that's ok as long as its roc nation he milks with his tune ups....look at Cotto Roc Nation payed him well for his PPV and he's enjoying that money out of boxing. Ward will do the same because HBO was only investing in him for this fight.

Well Andre is trying to milk a bull this time around.

[AKAcronym]

So no one is going to bring up that Krusher is getting 7 million and is the A side of the 60/40 split.....

Sauce
http://www.totalsportek.com/boxing/s...plit-revealed/

"HBO are hoping PPV can reach good numbers of around 900,000 to 1 million buys." yeah ****ing right.

[Marvlus Marv]

Why the hell do you care about the promotion of this fight? Either buy it or don't buy it!

Maybe because I'm a boxing fan and care about the future of the sport. If they can't sell this fight then they've missed a golden opportunity to undo the damage of the May vs Pac letdown. I hope that clarifies things for you.