So Stevenson is trying to act like he holds all the cards here and claiming he's some huge draw because he got that Showtime payday.
Here's the thing though... that payday was under the assumption bigger fights would be made and that either Stevenson or Hopkins would be standing where Kovalev is right now... with three belts around his waist.
Now they are stuck with an investment that isn't yielding anything. Those dismal numbers for Stevenson's paycheck alone was worthless.... they knew not to bother putting on another show in September that would've been a waste of money and ended up putting Stevenson's next fight on Showbox against a guy who's name literally has the word suck in it.
Does Stevenson really think he's going to get to defend against bums and make money? Even Kovalev was only making like 400k against Agnew and Caparello.
If Pascal doesn't get the split he wants, he could just go over to HBO and get a decent amount of money fighting for more belts and a bigger crowd while Stevenson and Showtime are stuck making fights nobody wants.
Fonfara rematch anybody? How about a Karpency fight?
Also if Yvone Michel is so intent on throwing Beterbiev's name out there, why don't you put him against Alvarez or Stevenson?
Let's face the facts..... Showtime isn't going to tolerate another crap show for big money and Stevenson literally has nobody
Here's the thing though... that payday was under the assumption bigger fights would be made and that either Stevenson or Hopkins would be standing where Kovalev is right now... with three belts around his waist.
Now they are stuck with an investment that isn't yielding anything. Those dismal numbers for Stevenson's paycheck alone was worthless.... they knew not to bother putting on another show in September that would've been a waste of money and ended up putting Stevenson's next fight on Showbox against a guy who's name literally has the word suck in it.
Does Stevenson really think he's going to get to defend against bums and make money? Even Kovalev was only making like 400k against Agnew and Caparello.
If Pascal doesn't get the split he wants, he could just go over to HBO and get a decent amount of money fighting for more belts and a bigger crowd while Stevenson and Showtime are stuck making fights nobody wants.
Fonfara rematch anybody? How about a Karpency fight?
Also if Yvone Michel is so intent on throwing Beterbiev's name out there, why don't you put him against Alvarez or Stevenson?
Let's face the facts..... Showtime isn't going to tolerate another crap show for big money and Stevenson literally has nobody
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