Andre Ward's promoter, rapper Jay Z's Roc Nation Sports, is dawdling to focus on organizing a Nov. 19 light-heavyweight title battle against Sergey Kovalev at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Kovalev's promoter, Kathy Duva, communicated disappointment at a Tuesday news gathering in Los Angeles when Ward was truant and arrangements to declare ticket deals for the session were put on hold.
Boxing fans have been anticipating the matchup between the unbeaten previous super-middleweight champion Ward (30-0, 15 knockouts) and the three-belt light-heavyweight champion Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs).
Duva said Boxing tonight moved in an opposite direction from verbal responsibilities to put the HBO pay-per-view session in Las Vegas, in spite of the way that no venue in New York or in Ward's main residence of Oakland could give a superior offer.
A representative for Roc Nation Sports declined to remark.
Subsequent to striking an arrangement for Kovalev-Ward in October, Duva said she and previous Roc Nation Sports official David Itskowitch concurred that 20,000-seat T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas was the best venue for the session.
Authorities at MGM Resorts, which oversees T-Mobile Arena, have communicated some criticalness to determine the debate, Duva said.
On the off chance that the Kovalev-Ward site talks keep on languishing, T-Mobile Arena could proceed onward and strike an arrangement to put Manny Pacquiao's rebound battle there on Nov. 19.
Pacquiao has looked to battle on Nov. 5, yet the main field accessible that night is Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.
On Saturday, after Ward overwhelmed Alexander Brand in a tuneup session, Kovalev showed up in the ring with Ward on HBO cameras to declare the Nov. 19 session. Be that as it may, on Saturday night boxing evening Roc Nation Sports authorities made it clear they had not consented to a venue.
Ward, prior to the week, likewise let it be known he would not show up at Tuesday's news occasion on account of earlier responsibilities.
Duva said her leg,gal advisors at Main Events advancements are attempting to determine the circumstance.
MGM likewise had put in a solicitation to buy a huge amount of tickets for the Ward-Kovalev session, liable to be appropriated to hot shots.
There is an arrangement in the agreement that the session can't be organized in Oakland or any place in Kovalev's nation of origin, Russia.
Kovalev was informed on the matter before his news meeting and said after it he wished Ward had appeared to attract enthusiasm to their session.
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