Because Ward went out before and said how " he isn't gonna make someone rich off him" when Barrera was reportedly set to earn 350k and Ward always makes 2mil. HBO main event b-sides usually make about 300k-400k or so, it really wasn't a good look for Ward and further illustrated how completely unreasonable and difficult Ward is to deal with.
Piece of **** haters are always wrong. Reading gossip hoping that it's true. Hate clouds your judgment.