Kovalev the ducker!

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  1. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    IMO, the "Stevenson was offered more money" argument holds no water. Yes, he could have made more money fighting Hopkins, but he didn't fight Hopkins. Instead, he fought Fonfara, a fight where he was a bit exposed.

    Kovalev took away Stevenson's other biggest payday in Pascal.
     
  2. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    That's all true but this is still a duck by his handlers for one reason or another. They're preventing the fight we fans want to see from happening.
     
  3. Moanamchara

    Moanamchara Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The split was already decided between Michel and Duva to be 50-50 for the Kovalev-Stevenson fight. The regular established purse splits don't apply here.

    Kovalev was a free agent after the Pascal fight his contract with HBO ended. It was then decided that whoever won the purse bid chose the network.Kovalev signed an exclusivity deal with HBO anyway knowing that whoever won the purse bid chose the network.
     
  4. boxing_master

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    Stevenson is a joke while he was ducking and avoiding fights kovalev has been in big fights and has beaten Hopkins and pascal
     
  5. boxing_master

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    Even if that is so Stevenson doesn't deserve a 50-50 split kovalevs stock has risen Stevenson's hasn't
     
  6. VG_Addict

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    Stevenson also claimed Kovalev isn't a draw, when he got a million viewers fighting a no-name in Cedric Agnew.
     
  7. Moanamchara

    Moanamchara Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It doesn't matter both sides agreed to 50/50 it has nothing to do with why Kovalev pulled out.
     
  8. Moanamchara

    Moanamchara Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If Stevenson ducked Kovalev before signing with Showtime then Kovalev ducked him now signing with HBO and avoiding a career high payday.

    Kovalevs team agreed that winner of the purse bid chose the network before he signed an exclusivity deal with HBO killing the fight by pulling out in fear of losing the purse bid.
     
  9. boxing_master

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    Stevenson’s popularity has declined a lot and can not be overlooked the risk of guaranteeing a PPV event in the fall is prohibitive..........
    how can team sergey make a informed bid under these circumstances?
     
  10. Moanamchara

    Moanamchara Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He still did better numbers then Kovalev and this fight would of been Kovalevs biggest payday.

    I don't like Stevenson at ALL! He is a complete POS who fights with 1 hand. But if you consider Stevenson ducking Kovalev for signing for more money with Showtime you have to consider that Kovalev signing with HBO missing a career high payday in the process is also a duck.
     
  11. boxing_master

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    there is so much time between the contemplated bout and the bid its not right for them to risk the winner of the purse and it could be any licensed promoter
     
  12. boxing_master

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    No what kovalev done was logical thing
     
  13. Moanamchara

    Moanamchara Boxing Addict Full Member

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    She bragged that Kovalevs exclusivity ended with the Pascal fight and agreed that the winner of the purse bid would choose the network. This all takes place over a year when Duva first started negotiating for Kovalev to be mandatory to Stevenson.

    Who pushed for the WBC to make Kovalev the mandatory? Duva

    Who said Kovalevs contract with HBO expired after Pascal ( which it did) ? Duva

    Who negotiated that the winner of the purse bid would choose the network? Duva and Michel

    Who had Kovalev sign an exclusivity deal with HBO knowing all this?
    Duva and Kovalev

    Who pulled out of the fight? Duva and Kovalev

    They knew when they signed the exclusivity deal that if they lost the purse bid it couldn't be on HBO. It's just as bad as Stevenson signing with Showtime knowing it would kill the fight. If what Stevenson did was a duck this is a duck also! Use the scene as reference go back a year and work slowly forward!

    At least when Stevenson left for Showtime it was for more money! Kovalev signing with HBO while all this is going on blocks the biggest payday of his career!
     
  14. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Why are you arguing with boxing moron?
     
  15. Peril

    Peril The Scholar Full Member

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    there was a moron at allstarhiphop.com that talked the same way. Same constant references to eminem's stan song, same obnoxious used of kkk abbreviation. Are you two inbreds related?