The REAL purses for Kovalev vs. Ward.

[Ogecca MaMa]

that doesn't count the money that kovalev gets paid in russia like the foreign tv $$. lots of foreign fighters don't report their full purses in the US to pay less taxes

duh..foreign TV channels sign contracts with boxer or his team for christ sake?

they are boxers, not businessmen

[_Maxi]

People, Kovalev is probably making more money than that. He doesn't want to declare it, or it will be completed after ppv split. No way he's making just two. That's common sense. At least 3.

[AliBombaye]

1. Ward wouldn't have took the fight for less than he is going to make, simply too much risk for him vs the reward.

2. Fake Christian as 99.99% of the world are, saw his family eating bacon in those HBO videos lately lmfao.

3. Probably the most down syndrome droopy looking mofo without actually having the condition.

[killakali]

Hiding money to avoid taxes is illegal.

not at all. He can get paid foreign tv rights in his country not here. He also has Krusher Promotions and can get paid that way too where he has more tax write offs.

Just like Pacquiao gets a certain purse paid to him fight night and also gets paid through his MP Promotions

[killakali]

... right: I also suspect that the "Russian mobsters" would pay him in cah, back home...

lol Idk about all that but its like when Diego Chaves fought Tim Bradley and Brandon Rios, some dummies thought he was only getting paid the $25k and $35k that was reported by the NSAC. He would make that much fighting cab drivers in Argentina and the same people who thought Brand only got 50k for Ward. Americans like Ward don't have incentive to have their $$ distributed differently but foreign fighters do.

[MDPopescu]

lol Idk about all that but its like when Diego Chaves fought Tim Bradley and Brandon Rios, some dummies thought he was only getting paid the $25k and $35k that was reported by the NSAC. He would make that much fighting cab drivers in Argentina and the same people who thought Brand only got 50k for Ward. Americans like Ward don't have incentive to have their $$ distributed differently but foreign fighters do.

Something like this...

[_Maxi]

That's a pretty big drop. Hard to imagine the $2m is an accurate number if he made $3.5 against Pascal.

Nah, he's getting more.. probably around 4m.

[sicko]

Virgil Hunter is right, that is BS!

[_Maxi]

Something like this...

Chaves wrote on his facebook account: "If you don't know the real purse, then shut up. I'm getting more than 25k".

[alexguiness]

Well Ward deserves a payday.

If only he'd hauled his ass out of Oakland sooner...