Hopkins wants 60-40 split in Calzaghe fight

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Recognized light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins, in a recent interview with The Sunday Times, said that he respects Ricky Hatton more than undisputed super middleweight champ Joe Calzaghe, because Hatton left the UK to take big fights on American soil.

"I respect Ricky Hatton more because he understood that in order to be considered great in a country that has produced great talent in many sports for many years, you have to get your ass over here. Joe’s known but he’s not well-known, and there’s a difference," Hopkins said. "Until you become known in the world more than you are in your neighborhood, then you’re only a neighborhood champion and Calzaghe’s a neighborhood champion, that’s what he is. So he has to pack his bags and come to the legend that is Bernard Hopkins, step out of his crib in Wales where he’s got his bottle on one side and his pacifier on the other and set foot on my soil so that we can get this on."

Hopkins said that he's only willing to do the fight with Calzaghe if it's on America soil, and if the money is a 60-40 split in his favor. He refuses to do a 50-50 split.

"Joe’s with HBO now, so he’s halfway there already. My offer is 60-40, 50-50 being out of the question, but we can talk," Hopkins said. "When he steps off the plane I’m going to be wearing my Yankee Doodle Dandy red-white-and-blue uniform, just like Apollo Creed, with James Brown’s Coming to America playing on the speakers, and I’ll show Joe what being world champion means, for I am the personification of the American Dream.”

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Recognized light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins, in a recent interview with The Sunday Times, said that he respects Ricky Hatton more than undisputed super middleweight champ Joe Calzaghe, because Hatton left the UK to take big fights on American soil.

"I respect Ricky Hatton more because he understood that in order to be considered great in a country that has produced great talent in many sports for many years, you have to get your a** over here. Joe’s known but he’s not well-known, and there’s a difference," Hopkins said. "Until you become known in the world more than you are in your neighborhood, then you’re only a neighborhood champion and Calzaghe’s a neighborhood champion, that’s what he is. So he has to pack his bags and come to the legend that is Bernard Hopkins, step out of his crib in Wales where he’s got his bottle on one side and his pacifier on the other and set foot on my soil so that we can get this on."

Hopkins said that he's only willing to do the fight with Calzaghe if it's on America soil, and if the money is a 60-40 split in his favor. He refuses to do a 50-50 split.

"Joe’s with HBO now, so he’s halfway there already. My offer is 60-40, 50-50 being out of the question, but we can talk," Hopkins said. "When he steps off the plane I’m going to be wearing my Yankee Doodle Dandy red-white-and-blue uniform, just like Apollo Creed, with James Brown’s Coming to America playing on the speakers, and I’ll show Joe what being world champion means, for I am the personification of the American Dream.”

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AGREED.

Can't some azz-hole engineer build a floating stadium in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and let them meet 1/2 way? I kind of agree with B-Hop, but then Joe is champ and has been for a long time. But f#ck a 60/40 split, should be 50/50. Hop already playing mind games.

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Originally Posted by skel1983

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Recognized light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins, in a recent interview with The Sunday Times, said that he respects Ricky Hatton more than undisputed super middleweight champ Joe Calzaghe, because Hatton left the UK to take big fights on American soil.

"I respect Ricky Hatton more because he understood that in order to be considered great in a country that has produced great talent in many sports for many years, you have to get your a** over here. Joe’s known but he’s not well-known, and there’s a difference," Hopkins said. "Until you become known in the world more than you are in your neighborhood, then you’re only a neighborhood champion and Calzaghe’s a neighborhood champion, that’s what he is. So he has to pack his bags and come to the legend that is Bernard Hopkins, step out of his crib in Wales where he’s got his bottle on one side and his pacifier on the other and set foot on my soil so that we can get this on."

Hopkins said that he's only willing to do the fight with Calzaghe if it's on America soil, and if the money is a 60-40 split in his favor. He refuses to do a 50-50 split.

"Joe’s with HBO now, so he’s halfway there already. My offer is 60-40, 50-50 being out of the question, but we can talk," Hopkins said. "When he steps off the plane I’m going to be wearing my Yankee Doodle Dandy red-white-and-blue uniform, just like Apollo Creed, with James Brown’s Coming to America playing on the speakers, and I’ll show Joe what being world champion means, for I am the personification of the American Dream.”

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I agree to a certain extent, but Ricky Hatton had Kosta Tyzsu to thank for that, who the fuck could Joe Calzaghe bring over to the uk since he was a champion to get the USA to take notice?? No one is has been slim pickings in the 168 division, Ricky was lucky in that he was a mandatory against a star who in Kosta who he could attract with a big payday to come over the these isles.

Ricky needed the exposure to get him over to the USA just like Joe has got now, i no it has taken him years, but there has been no one realistacly he could of fought, before anyone says RJJ, please the guy was the main man in the world why would he want to fight a guy who no one knows who is a weight class under you? Thats like Floyd coming over here to fight Junior Witter??

That's just hopkins way of saying, "I don't want no part of Calzhage."

im sure this thread is going to be deleted.

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Originally Posted by Bx730NY

That's just hopkins way of saying, "I don't want no part of Calzhage."

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I was thinking that myself. He wouldnt fight RJJ for 60-40 i seem to remember back in 01.

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Originally Posted by Bx730NY

That's just hopkins way of saying, "I don't want no part of Calzhage."

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That's EXACTLY what I was about to post.

Hopkins is bottling it AGAIN. This fight wont ever happen.

Calzaghe-Woods would me more interesting.

Calzaghe Woods is happening and Hopkins will miss the boat yet again because hes a twat

When did Hopkins ever fight out of his home country?

Joe went to Germany and wan, who the f*ck outside of us knows who Bernard is ?

Joe should forget that old c*nt and take Woods then the winner of Jones v Trinidad, if its Jones that will p*ss off Bernard even more that Jones will get the massive purse ;D

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Originally Posted by Bx730NY

That's just hopkins way of saying, "I don't want no part of Calzhage."

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That's EXACTLY what I was about to post.

Hopkins is bottling it AGAIN. This fight wont ever happen.

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I have to agree with this is deja-vu all over again Woods vs Calzaghe will be happening you watch.

Fighters should go where the best fighters fight, and the best fighter from 160 to 175 is Joe Calslappy. And he fights in Europe.

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Originally Posted by skel1983

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Recognized light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins, in a recent interview with The Sunday Times, said that he respects Ricky Hatton more than undisputed super middleweight champ Joe Calzaghe, because Hatton left the UK to take big fights on American soil.

"I respect Ricky Hatton more because he understood that in order to be considered great in a country that has produced great talent in many sports for many years, you have to get your ass over here. Joe’s known but he’s not well-known, and there’s a difference," Hopkins said. "Until you become known in the world more than you are in your neighborhood, then you’re only a neighborhood champion and Calzaghe’s a neighborhood champion, that’s what he is. So he has to pack his bags and come to the legend that is Bernard Hopkins, step out of his crib in Wales where he’s got his bottle on one side and his pacifier on the other and set foot on my soil so that we can get this on."

Hopkins said that he's only willing to do the fight with Calzaghe if it's on America soil, and if the money is a 60-40 split in his favor. He refuses to do a 50-50 split.

"Joe’s with HBO now, so he’s halfway there already. My offer is 60-40, 50-50 being out of the question, but we can talk," Hopkins said. "When he steps off the plane I’m going to be wearing my Yankee Doodle Dandy red-white-and-blue uniform, just like Apollo Creed, with James Brown’s Coming to America playing on the speakers, and I’ll show Joe what being world champion means, for I am the personification of the American Dream.”

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Bernard's attitude is whats going to kill this fight. first he wants the fight in America which Joe is happy to oblige & now he wants a 60-40 split in his favor, thats just disrespect for a fighter who has been champion for so long, is undefeated, and is currently hot property in boxing to not only travel to his opponent's backyard but also take a lesser a cut.

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Originally Posted by skel1983

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Originally Posted by Bx730NY

That's just hopkins way of saying, "I don't want no part of Calzhage."

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I was thinking that myself. He wouldnt fight RJJ for 60-40 i seem to remember back in 01.

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He wouldn't fight Calzaghe 4 odd years ago either ;)
Joe is now PPV King so it will be in the US i reckon but Don King has come out and offered the winner of Trinidad v Jones to him ^-^
He could go that route,utterly slaughter either then force Hopkins over to Cardiff.
One thing i do know is Joe will batter Hopkins all over the gaff (that's if Bernard doesn't pull off a well disguised head but first of course) ;)

personally i would love to go to yankee stadium in the spring - i hope b-hop doesn't bottle it!