Comments Thread For: Kovalev's Promoter: Ward's Side Continue To Ignore Rematch Talks

[Travycat]

I get Marquez not wanting to fight Pacquiao again (at least there were much more than 1), but the Ward fight was probably a draw and Ward acts like he took 10 rounds. Rematch him. You win again, you've got a pretty respectable legacy. You can't get all up in your feelings because the media and fans are yapping online. You're a fighter. It's like the guy above was saying, even Floyd rematched the ones everyone jumped all over him about being too close to call and won soundly in the next fight. Can you?

[aboutfkntime]

Duva must have forgotten to post Ward that letter of apology

man, I hope she gets it done soon

[Scipio2009]

So no communication at all? That makes no sense. If you win you get to be a ****? Is that what student of the game means?

Ward is enjoying the time off with his family, keeping his fitness on point during the lull, and is letting his camp handle his business.

If you win, you don't necessarily have to be a ****, but you do get the opportunity to set the terms (especially in a situation where starpower isn't determinative).

Ward-Kovalev is the fight that'll happen next, but it's going to be Roc Nation Sports calling Main Events, not the other way around.

[Scipio2009]

At this stage Duva and Team Kovalev need to shut up and wait it out or move on. It's the same message different month. Ward wants a multi-fight contract from HBO and I'm sure they see no reason to talk with Main Events about a rematch until then.

I don't even think that that's Andre Ward's aim; to hear the folks talking tell it, Andre Ward isn't all that happy being set out there by HBO to help hype up Kovalev, and there's nothing seemingly from HBO's end that's been done to smooth that over.

Ward is under no further obligation to HBO, and is probably on his way across the street after the Kovalev fight.

Ward wants a fair deal on this final obligation to Kovalev, and he wants he and his camp as the lead parties here, before going on their way after the fight.

[Scipio2009]

Let's be real here.
Ward signed a contract for the rematch and the terms were already agreed upon.
Ward has a history of contract breaking and litigation.
Ward will likely be sued by Main Events and HBO and probably lose at least part of the 5 million dollars he stole after Kovalev v Ward 1.
He stole it because he has not lived up to the rematch clause. That is stealing, folks.
The best thing that could happen now is for Ward to retire. No one would care. No one really likes the dude anyway. His boxing style sucks, and he found a formula that wins fights without having any boxing skills and which is not within the Rules of Boxing.
Ward fanbois can paint it any way they want, but their man is a coward and a contract breaker. He says he's a Christian but his actions speak louder than his words.
Go away, Ward.

... if the terms have already been agreed upon, why is Kathy Duva crying about RNS not contacting her to begin negotiations?

[Scipio2009]

Maybe so, but even Mayweather never acted like this after a close fight. He got the rematch going.

Floyd never had to worry about his opponent, the opposing promoter, and the TV broadcast all calling his victory bull****, trying to dictate the rematch terms to him, though

[j0zef]

It'll be the same **** minus KD, and the same result

A win is a win, Ward doesn't owe them anything

After a decade from now, people will be remembering this win as one-sided and dominant

Not a single thing you wrote here is true.

[Dip_Slide]

This woman has shown me in the past that she has no problem lying and doing unprofessional stuff like using the media to put pressure on the other side during negotiations, so I wouldn't take her so seriously and if she really wants the rematch she better shut up and let roc nation dictate the terms like they're supposed to since they won the first fight.

Ward will rematch Kovalev, Ward still didn't make enough money in his career to be able to retire and HBO are probably not going to give him the broadcaster job, in the rematch he can make even more money than the first fight and then he can retire off of that. Ward can't make retirement money against anybody else but Kovalev and he can't fight anyone else until after the rematch, so the rematch is his only way.

[g27region]

Wrong. A decade from now people wont remember the fight at all

Of course, they will. Andre Ward is a future hall of famer and this fight was supposed to be his biggest challenge. Even if he says that Froch and Miranda fights were tougher (I'd say that Bika fight was tough too), Kovalev is still the best name in his resume

[g27region]

Ward will rematch Kovalev, Ward still didn't make enough money in his career to be able to retire

Like he's gonna make some money off the rematch. The fight was a ppv flop, and it's unlikely Roc Nation gonna pay him another 5 millions, because this investment didn't bring them their money back