Ward vs Kovalev 2..Money

[imp]

How bad is kovalev going to get stung on the money side in the rematch..

Now Ward is the unified champ that means he takes even more in this A side - B side situation.

Whether you like it or not..this is the only option for kovalev..What do you reckon..80-20?

90-10!?

[erics44]

I'd like to think kov would have some bargaining power

[Master]

Kov always gets the short end of purses against B Hop and Ward. Kov just gets in there and fights. He is a god of a warrior like Kratos.

[powerpuncher]

I think he gets a 65/35 or maybe even 60/40. I don't think he gets taken advantage of by that much.

[Ron Swanson]

He'll get whatever the rematch clause says he gets. You don't negotiate from a position of no power, that would be foolish. You work that out while you have leverage. Expect the best but prepare for the worst.

[TitoFan]

I wouldn't necessarily say he's got no power. It's not like Ward got an undisputed decision. Ward needs this, if only to make clear what wasn't made clear the first time. If he tries to come back with some ridiculous split knowing full well Kov can't accept it, he's a punk.

[Dean Duke]

I wouldn't necessarily say he's got no power. It's not like Ward got an undisputed decision. Ward needs this, if only to make clear what wasn't made clear the first time. If he tries to come back with some ridiculous split knowing full well Kov can't accept it, he's a punk.

If Ward can weasel out of it he will

[J_Undisputed]

Its going to be bad. 70-30 again at least. It will be bad enough that Kovalev could walk. Because if you can have 3 belts, fight a returning guy that looked lousy in his tuneups, just got to your division and you're only pulling down 28% (not counting whatever Kov's cut of ppv earning was --160k buys) ... You win the fight in most people's opinion and get screwed out of a victory, are you willing to do it all over again for 15%?

You know ward and rock nation are going to try to press every advantage and even try to create more where there's not.... I'd wait till wards first intermediary fight (you know hes gonna ask for at least one or two) can't draw flies to sh*t and kovalev smashes someone else before negotiating percentages. It wont pull their heads completely out of the clouds but the numbers should at least be better than what roc nation is thinking now. They wont even negotiate because Ward its tired from fight his first hard fight in 6 years.