Comments Thread For: Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev PPV Show Barely Cracked 160K Buys

[Divine Hammer]

kovalev was robbed. if there is a rematch it should be in russia with russian judges and a russian ref.

[Raonic]

That's rough. Around a little more than GGG-Lemieux.

[-GDS-]

Good. Only 2-4 truly superstar fighters should be doing PPV.

[Baltimore]

Damn I wasn't expecting a big number but that is lower than my low expectations.

At this point the only possible PPV events that would do good numbers are GGG/Canelo, Pac/Floyd 2, and Wilder/Joshua (and that's only a maybe).

[giacomino]

ESPN Friday night fights-level undercard and $69 for a show involving Ward. Not great selling points.

[firstborn]

Damn! Wonder how this will effect the rematch, doubt either fighter will want to take a pay cut....

[SteveM]

Damn I wasn't expecting a big number but that is lower than my low expectations.

At this point the only possible PPV events that would do good numbers are GGG/Canelo, Pac/Floyd 2, and Wilder/Joshua (and that's only a maybe).

Maybe Loma/Pac if Loma can beat a name at 135 like Mikey garcia

[SteveM]

Damn! Wonder how this will effect the rematch, doubt either fighter will want to take a pay cut....

Nobody likes a pay cut. Someone in ROC Nation will come out and say a rematch is not financially viable to save Ward the embarrassment of saying it.

[jjsmyth87]

I dont understand everyone is acting like this fight lost millions of dollars. Take 160000 times 60 and then add the live gate, international tv, endorsements, this fight still generated 8 figures which could have never been generated by a regular showtime or hbo card

[firstborn]

Nobody likes a pay cut. Someone in ROC Nation will come out and say a rematch is not financially viable to save Ward the embarrassment of saying it.

Why would Ward be embarrassed? He's proven his mettle in the ring on multiple occasions. Ward and Kov don't promote, Roc Nation and Main Events need to come up with a plan B.....