Will Andre Ward honor the contract and rematch Kovalev?

[NaijaD]

300k PPV buys at $60 per PPV has you generating $18m; even if the 50% is it, that's still $9m off of just the PPV. On the gate alone, Kovalev-Ward sold $3.5m in tickets (and that's before considering any piece from the closed circuit sales; my guess is that Main Events likely just picked up a site fee from MGM Resorts). You add that Sky Sports being interested in the fight raised the value of the UK TV rights, and the fight being aired on national TV in Russia and there's a distinct chance that the event cleared north of $15m once all the revenues were counted.

Not sure why it's so hard to comprehend, but Kovalev-Ward was a Main Events event, not a RNS event; Star Boxing didn't get a piece of everything when they sent Chris Algieri over to Macau to fight Pacquiao, so why would that change here?

Andre Ward won the three belts, Ward no longer owes anything to HBO, and Ward is in position to dictate terms for the rematch; the idea that Andre Ward is going to beat Kovalev, and then have Main Event dictate all of the terms again in the second fight is silly

Where did you get 300k PPV buys from???

Again there is a rematch clause in which the terms for .... THE REMATCH.... would have already been stated. Therefore there aren't any terms to be dictated because they have already being set out in a legally binding agreement that Ward signed.

What part of that don't you understand?

[daggum]

Where did you get 300k PPV buys from???

Again there is a rematch clause in which the terms for .... THE REMATCH.... would have already been stated. Therefore there aren't any terms to be dictated because they have already being set out in a legally binding agreement that Ward signed.

What part of that don't you understand?

no they have to negotiate again! why did they negotiate the rematch before hand last time....well that was in case ward lost but since he won it doesn't apply to him.

[NaijaD]

no they have to negotiate again! why did they negotiate the rematch before hand last time....well that was in case ward lost but since he won it doesn't apply to him.

LOOOOOOOL I normally don't laugh at you but this was hilarious and sadly very true.

These guys don't understand what a rematch clause is, trying to explain it to them is like trying to knock down a brick wall with a pillow.

[MurkaMan]

He won the fight....if boxing can't influence north of 5million for people really wanting the rematch how is that his problem. If he feels he won the close fight then that's fine with me.

He edged it out. This fool out here acting like he dominated talking about "Im the aside" Ward has been BUGGING lately.

He dominates everyone he faced, except this one guy. He should do ANY AND EVERYTHING to get this rematch, so he can show what he's made of. This is his Mayweather/Castillio moment, and this fool is up here talking about "I need to be paid right in the rematch"

Floyd made honest comments, and Ward's goofyazz manipulated the situation to make it seem like "He just hating on me"

This dude is buggin af, and he is my favorite fighter. I dont know what Im going to do if this rematch is not his next fight.

[Lester Tutor]

He edged it out. This fool out here acting like he dominated talking about "Im the aside" Ward has been BUGGING lately.

He dominates everyone he faced, except this one guy. He should do ANY AND EVERYTHING to get this rematch, so he can show what he's made of. This is his Mayweather/Castillio moment, and this fool is up here talking about "I need to be paid right in the rematch"

Floyd made honest comments, and Ward's goofyazz manipulated the situation to make it seem like "He just hating on me"

This dude is buggin af, and he is my favorite fighter. I dont know what Im going to do if this rematch is not his next fight.

Ironically Kovalev didn't dominate Ward. the most timid performance from Kovalev so far.

[-DSG-]

It won't happen id be surprised if Ward fights again.

[Joe Beamish]

Ward has built up a huge popular fanbase by fighting once every two or three years, and only in his hometown. So yeah he should command big money right now, at the end of his career.

Yeah.

[TOBYLEE1]

That's a lie. If it were true, he would have been deported.

They don
t deport anybody from the US for stuff like that. Our jails are full of legal and illegal criminals

[MurkaMan]

Ironically Kovalev didn't dominate Ward. the most timid performance from Kovalev so far.

No shiet?? Thats why a rematch is dangerously important. But if Kov edged out a victory over Ward, this fool wouldnt be going around like he dominated the fight talking about being the aside.

And Kov wasnt intimidated. Ward ran the whole fight, and had very few instances where he was the aggressor. Ward looked nothing like he normally looks in fight, and that is because of the quality of opposition he had in front of him.

You sound delusional defending Ward's crazy azz. Not only that, but you didnt respond to one single thing I said in my comment. This rematch is needed ASAP.

This is Ward's Castillio/Mayweather moment, he just blowing it off like the rematch doesnt mean anything.

[The Hammer]

A man thinks Ward has no honour, and will not rematch Kovalev.