A partial list of salaries for Saturday’s Andre Ward (31-0, 15 KOs) vs. Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1,26 KOs) rematch has been revealed. Ward is getting a $6.5 million purse, up from the $5 million from his first fight. As for Kovalev, he’s fighting for free. Actually not really, but his purse has been written down as $0, as opposed to the $2 million (plus PPV points) when they first met.
BoxingScene reports that his contract “is expected to state that Kovalev will make 75 percent of his side’s overall take from the event, not a specific figure.