Comments Thread For: Kovalev's Promoter Reacts To Andre Ward Wanting More Money

[NEETzsche]

Kovalev needs to drop her after the "his deal is based on reality" comment. How does a champion make 3 mil less than the Challenger... He made 40% of what his opponent did, she couldn't explain that away to any fighter born in the US for sure.

From my understanding Main Events and Roc Nations split the profits 50-50 and then set their own fees for their own fighters. Kovalev settled for $2m while Ward managed to squeeze $5m out of Roc Nation

[daggum]

its up to roc nation if they are willing to lose millions more on ward. ward pretending that its up to duva to give him more money is so dishonest but what do you expect from this scum.

[Dr Rumack]

Not a situation where anyone should be playing hardball. The fight was a toss-up and the PPV died on its arse.

[Shonoluv]

So ward is wrong for getting what he deserves and Kovalev is right for not doing so...same thing happened in the Stevenson negotiation. Her wallet is the only thing keeping him from getting a bigger purse, if she had it she'd pay it. No champion should be paid 40% of what the Challenger made

[Weltschmerz]

Andre 'Money' Ward

[billeau2]

Andre Ward is a stand up guy that cares deeply about his boxing legacy. There is no way he will walk away from the sport after that performance.

This is just a negotiating ploy and his only mistake is making it public

I don't even know if it is him making it public. Women have big mouths... I like Duva, my kind of woman, but women like this sometimes need a strong man to say 'darling please close thy trap."

[ceylon mooney]

you can beat ward but u cant beat the judges. the rematch should have 2 russian mobsters and ***** as judges. thatd even it out.

dre got that much more? kovalev is a much bigger draw. if its true, as duva said, that roc nation shelled out a pile of money to sponsor ward and pack his purse, then ward can take it up with jayz. this is plain ******. u lost. they have u the belts anyway. stop bein a ****.

[Deevel916]

Kovalev needs to drop her after the "his deal is based on reality" comment. How does a champion make 3 mil less than the Challenger... He made 40% of what his opponent did, she couldn't explain that away to any fighter born in the US for sure.

Ward managed to get RNS to pay him 5mil and that's great for him but not great for RNS as they lost money on that fight.

If you're a promoter, are u lookin lose money or make money?

[billeau2]

its up to roc nation if they are willing to lose millions more on ward. ward pretending that its up to duva to give him more money is so dishonest but what do you expect from this scum.

Its an investment, not a loss. Look at Floyd. Same knocks as Ward, but eventually after fighting oscar de la renta lingeria model, he broke out economically. Ward is markatable as well, its getting the casual segment involved with the fights, generating interest...it takes money to make money.

Ward is ready for a financial break out but will not do so getting low paychecks. and before anyone mentions Oakland, Las Vegas is not so much different!

[daggum]

So ward is wrong for getting what he deserves and Kovalev is right for not doing so...same thing happened in the Stevenson negotiation. Her wallet is the only thing keeping him from getting a bigger purse, if she had it she'd pay it. No champion should be paid 40% of what the Challenger made

tell that to baldomir who made 1 million to floyd's 8 million