Comments Thread For: Barrera Taking Less Money For Bivol, Offered More For Kovalev

[daggum]

I love the Evander Holyfield way.Took significantly less to fight Mike Tyson,to get the fight done. Why? Because he backed himself to win,knowing he'd get big money thereafter in winning.And guess what happened? He spanked Iron Mike,not once,but twice. But now every mofo is looking for a big payday without earning it or being more anonymous than a wrong number.

this is not the holyfield way. holyfield did not have 2 options and chose the lesser one. he just thought he was being lowballed and took it anyway.

[daggum]

Is beating Kovalev really greatness? They both have losses to the same person. If you want to honest Barrera's resume is just as good as Kovalev's, if he beats Bivol it's certainly better than Kovalev's. Greatness is beating Bivol and Kovalev back to back!

hmm what kind of honesty is that? trump honesty?

[daggum]

Kovlaev is 1-1 against Ward. He won the first fight.

its more like 1-0 with a NC since the second fight was stopped on fouls.

[Scipio2009]

Barrera acted pretty similarly to Beyonce Wilder - took an easier fight for way less money...

Barrera ducked Kova for unproven Bivol

Beyonce ducked a $3 mil payday vs. Dillian in the UK for a fat, steroid-cheat Ortiz

Luis Ortiz would mop the floor with Dillian Whyte, and we have no idea how much money Wilder is getting for the fight (Barclays Center, Showtime for US TV, Sky Sports for UK TV, the rest of the international money, etc). Nice try though.

[Motorcity Cobra]

So did the rest of the panel of experts based on accomplishments, but I guess we were too busy actually following the whole sport.

I'm not saying Bivol Barerra is not a quality fight, I actually said it should of been the mainevent in a previous thread, you twist my comment around to deflect the fact that you are behaving like a 'business-man' when real fans know this is a bad sign, thats like me saying I'm happy that Joey Parker is fighting Joshua when we should be getting Deontay Wilder.

You did just say Barrera was keeping us from seeing a quality fight. I actuality we're getting two quality fights. Barrera-Bivol & the winner fights Kovalev. How can a "boxing fan" not like that?

Y'all been on some other **** in 2017. Do better in 2018

[Motorcity Cobra]

hmm what kind of honesty is that? trump honesty?

Name a fighter on Kovalev resume that he beat that you don't think Barrera could beat

[Motorcity Cobra]

And some folks here are still giving him a hard time about it for some reasons!

1hourun on some nut **** saying Barrera is depriving us of a quality fight against Kovalev by fighting Bivol. When we'll get 2 quality fights because the winner will face Kovalev. These people are crazy on here.

[1hourRun]

You did just say Barrera was keeping us from seeing a quality fight. I actuality we're getting two quality fights. Barrera-Bivol & the winner fights Kovalev. How can a "boxing fan" not like that?

Y'all been on some other **** in 2017. Do better in 2018

Context is very important when reading, the point of my comment was that we as fans should demand the best fights available and not justify business decisions from boxers. Its very simple if you can use a little sense.

[robbyheartbaby]

Bivol is gonna spank Barrera then he's gonna be broke. Sad.

[Ray*]

It’s a calculated risk, I like that... it is actually high risk low reward. So I don’t see this as a duck.