Andre Ward is reportedly making $6.5 million dollars for his upcoming boxing fight against Sergey Kovalev.
According to a report, Kovalev won’t even get paid show money for this fight. He will only make a percentage of total pay-per-views and tickets sold.
Egis Klimas, Kovalev’s manager, recently said Sergey believes that Ward “intentionally has done less to promote the event because he dislikes Kovalev and knows he can affect his bottom line.”
The first fight, [Kovalev] did so much [to promote it],” Klimas said. “He flew the country back and forth. On this, he doesn’t feel like Ward is doing enough to promote. Ward has a sugar daddy who pays him $7 million for this fight. OK? Sergey is earning every single penny. He is promoting this fight as much as he can. Every single penny comes from the fans – from the ticket sales, from the pay-per-view, Sergey is earning. Nobody’s giving it to him.”
The rematch between Ward and Kovalev will take place on Saturday, June 17.
