Stevenson-Fonfara on Showtime?

what are matching rights?

 

looks like stevenson is ducking kovalev to fight hopkins then

 

stevenson will lose to bhop anyway, guy telegraphs his punches and has a suspect chin

 

If you can´t join them, EAT THEM!

Showtime is pulling Stevenson away from HBO to open the doors to a big fights with Hopkins.

 

HBO will probably have to explicitly extend their Golden Boy ban to Haymon as well or get used to him doing the same thing he was doing with his GBP guys. The thing is if Stevenson walks, this gives Pascal and to a lesser extent Ward (if and when his promotional issues cease) the same leverage on HBO, as there's pretty much no one else for Kovalev to fight.

 

HBO are wasting their time promoting Stevenson if he has no intention of fighting Kovalev, they may as well let him go to Showtime and concentrate on trying to make Kovalev-Ward.

 

I fail to see how the duck word gets thrown around if Showtime pays Stevenson more money. The mere fact that HBO wanted to make Stevenson-Kovalev doesn't mean that the fighters themselves are somehow obliged to walk away from bigger money or bigger fights should such opportunities present themselves.

 

Stevenson does the absolute opposite of telegraphing his punches, his punches come fast hard and out of nowhere from very awkward angles. Look at the punch he knocked Bellew out with as an example

 

it's all coming together this plan isn't it.

Adonis is so scared, he's done a runner to another station.

 

Agreed. From outside, really fast, but nonetheless awkward.

How do you explain the lack of $$$$$$$ @ HBO to secure Kovalev-Stevenson?

 

Yeah, not only would he get more money to fight Fonfara but he would probably get more money to fight Hopkins than he would fight Kovalev.

 

they dont believe in overpaying like sho has.

 

Well regardless of what constitutes overpaying or not, they won't get the fights they want if they're unwilling to make competitive offers. I'm sure ESPN would love to air Mayweather's next fight, but no one would pretend their inability to do so has something to do with taking a principled stand.