Comments Thread For: Andre Ward's Coach: There Was No Money in Facing Stevenson

[Pigeons]

Stevenson in Montreal would be Ward's biggest purse.

NONE of those Euro fighters will bring anything.

Kovalev brought him $11.5M.

[Ake-Dawg]

Hunter completely contradicts Andre here. Andre says he retired because his body couldn't take it anymore. Hunter says there was no money at LHW and the risk of going up to CW or HW didn't match the reward. I assumed that money was behind Ward's retirement and Hunter confirms it here.

EDIT: That also means that Ward would come back if the money showed up. Maybe if we get someone to emerge from the Bivol-Beterbiev-Gvozdyk LHW triangle. Maybe if Bellew wins another title at CW. Maybe if a smaller boxer wins a title at HW.

Of course it was. Essentially there was not enough money out there to make him feel like it was worth subjecting his body to what he was subjecting it to. That's not the retirement story anybody who walks away early paints.

[Ake-Dawg]

Stevenson earns more millions per fight than Kovalev.
Anyhow, it's copy/paste time:

I'm not sure the overpayments he received from PBC should be considered. Especially since his last two fights were not big revenue makers.

[Ake-Dawg]

Are you trolling or what, what part of "Adonis Stevenson is making minimum 3 million per regular fight", you didn't get.

In professional boxing, Unification describes a fight between two fighters who hold different belts under the jurisdiction of two different governing bodies.
– The International Boxing Organisation (IBO) (MINOR)
– The Universal Boxing Organisation (UBO) (MINOR)
– The Global Boxing Union (GBU) (MINOR)
– The World Boxing Federation (WBF) (MINOR)
– The Boxing Union of Ireland (BUI) (MINOR)
– The European Boxing Union (EBU) (MINOR)
+ The International Boxing Federation (IBF) (MAJOR)
+ The World Boxing Association (WBA) (MAJOR)
+ The World Boxing Council (WBC) (MAJOR)
+ The World Boxing Organisation (WBO); went from minor to major in the late 1990s

In professional boxing, if one fighter manages to capture the titles of "ALL THE MAJOR ORGANISATIONS AT ONCE", this is known as "unifying" the title and the boxer is the "Undisputed" champion. The Undisputed champion of a weight class is a boxer who is recognized as "The World Champion" at that class by each boxing organization.
+ The International Boxing Federation (IBF)
+ The World Boxing Association (WBA)
+ The World Boxing Council (WBC)
+ The World Boxing Organisation (WBO); went from minor to major in the late 1990s

The process of making Unification fights, is to create Undisputed division leaders. However, most unified boxers fail to become Undisputed, because of losses, promotional disputes or networks rivalry. But there's one unhandsome factor which is called "Ducking".

Example: No losses, no promotional disputes, no networks rivalry, but you retire claiming there was not enough money to make anyhow, in the only fight which would set you up as the Undisputed division leader.

*This right here, it's Andre Ward ducking Adonis Stevenson.

I've seen no record of these 3 million dollar pay days.

[mathed]

No money? Sounds like a legit reason to duck a guy.

[TheThirdEye]

I've seen no record of these 3 million dollar pay days.

Humm! Turn on the English translator:
http://www.journaldemontreal.com/201...pour-stevenson