HBO rejects Stevenson-Fonfara due to Haymon's involvement with Stevenson
I guess we will never see Kovalev-stevenson now...
Stevenson will go to Showtime and face bernard hopkins.. so obvious.
HBO Passes on Stevenson-Fonfara; Open to Kovalev Bout - Boxing News
Re: HBO rejects Stevenson-Fonfara due to Haymon's involvement with Stevenson
hbo has way too much to say on what fights are made.... its ruining the match making!
Re: HBO rejects Stevenson-Fonfara due to Haymon's involvement with Stevenson
Re: HBO rejects Stevenson-Fonfara due to Haymon's involvement with Stevenson
That's weird, when was it supposed to happen? Lots of Haymon guys have faced each other on HBO, why blow the whistle for this kind of fight. Does Haymon have Kovalev as well, would that fight be affected:confused:
Re: HBO rejects Stevenson-Fonfara due to Haymon's involvement with Stevenson
I don't think Stevenson had any intention of facing Kovalev and its obvious with the shat he spouted off after signed by Showtime friendly Haymon. Like some mouthy kid who runs home and locks the door to start taunting from the safty of some upstairs window. I've got lots of problems with hbo but they we're persuing a lost cause once Stevenson made his mind up.
Re: HBO rejects Stevenson-Fonfara due to Haymon's involvement with Stevenson
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I don't think Stevenson had any intention of facing Kovalev and its obvious with the shat he spouted off after signed by Showtime friendly Haymon. Like some mouthy kid who runs home and locks the door to start taunting from the safty of some upstairs window. I've got lots of problems with hbo but they we're persuing a lost cause once Stevenson made his mind up.
I agree. After he fought Bellew he was pretty much Shakin' Stevenson when he was asked about Kovalev in the interview. In the last month he started to be more vocal about how easy a fight Kovalev would be, then he signs with Haymon and moves to Showtime killing any chance of the fight being made. Bottom line, he didn't want the fight. The signs were there. Kovalev has few quality options available to him now.
Re: HBO rejects Stevenson-Fonfara due to Haymon's involvement with Stevenson
Duva: Stevenson Obviously 'Scared To Death' Of Kovalev - Boxing News
Here's a few excerpts
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We had a deal,” said Ray Stallone, HBO Sports’ spokesman. “It changed. It is not the way we do it.”
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HBO Sports passed on Stevenson-Fonfara after Stevenson’s representatives asked for more money to face Fonfara and refused to commit to facing Kovalev in his following fight if Stevenson won.
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“He’s running away,” Klimas said. “But again, it’s their plan. Is he running away because he’s afraid? Or is he running to get more money? Or maybe it’s both – fear and the money. You probably you can’t blame a man. He wants to get more money and he’s afraid. So it kind of makes sense.”
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“Back in January, the end of January, I made a deal with Yvon Michel,” Duva said, referencing Stevenson’s Quebec-based promoter. “The next day, Yvon and I made a deal with HBO, with [HBO Sports executive] Peter Nelson. We exchanged emails. The deal was done. And yet, Adonis, we’ve seen the way he has reacted every time he has had Sergey’s name mentioned to him – stuttering, acting like he doesn’t want to talk about it. It was kind of obvious Adonis went and did the one thing that was left for him to do to get out of this fight. And that was to sign with a guy [powerful adviser Al Haymon] who we all know makes sure the public doesn’t get to see the fights they want to see. So no one was surprised when the news came out that [after] he had found new management, after a multi-million-dollar deal had been negotiated on his behalf, that he didn’t want the fight with Sergey. He’s running.”
Re: HBO rejects Stevenson-Fonfara due to Haymon's involvement with Stevenson
HBO had a deal with Stevenson's promoter since January for the Fonfara fight then Kovalev in September. But they didn't get a contract drawn up and signed.
Haymon steps in and asks HBO for more money for the Fonfara fight. HBO says no. Showtime agrees to pay the money. Stevenson goes after the money.
HBO still have first refusal on two or three of Stevenson's future fights. They can outbid Showtime for Stevenson Hopkins or blow Showtime out of the water with a huge bid to put Stevenson in the ring with Kovalev. I think Stevenson will fight anybody as long as the money is right.
I'm amazed HBO are fucking around like this. Why didn't they get that contract signed and sealed months ago? Showtime are eating their lunch.
Re: HBO rejects Stevenson-Fonfara due to Haymon's involvement with Stevenson
Re: HBO rejects Stevenson-Fonfara due to Haymon's involvement with Stevenson
Cant hate on that.. stevenson is getting old and dude is trying to maximize his earning..
I put myself in his shoes and its like, why wouldnt u go to showtime if their offer is better? Shit, I would rather face an old legend ( well so they say ) in hopkins on showtime for millions of dollars rather than fighting a killer like kovalev for less money.. business wise, it doesnt make sense to fight kovalev right now.
Re: HBO rejects Stevenson-Fonfara due to Haymon's involvement with Stevenson
There was a deal in place for Kovalev to face Agnew, which is a stay-busy BS fight, and Stevenson to face Fonfara, which is a stay busy BS fight, and then for Kovalev and Stevenson to face each other. No one really cared about Agnew or Fonfara. Fans just wanted Kovalev against Stevenson. It looks like to me that Stevenson never really wanted to face Kovalev. Watch his post-fight interview after knocking out Bellew, he was already talking about Hopkins and Pascal and avoiding Kovalev. Now he gets an opportunity to go in another direction, and he jumps at it. Is anyone surprised? Basically, Stevenson would take HBO's money to face Fonfara, but didn't want to take their money to face Kovalev because he'd prefer to face Hopkins or Shumenov. This is a situation where "Blame Bob" and "Blame Al" aren't as applicable as "Blame Adonis."
The bottom line is we don't get Kovalev-Stevenson.
Re: HBO rejects Stevenson-Fonfara due to Haymon's involvement with Stevenson
What I find annoying is that some fighters think it's ok for Stevenson to chase the Hopkins fight yet will criticize Calzaghe's career by saying he beat an 'old' version of Hopkins. Either Hopkins is old and past it or his is a viable fight.