Quote Originally Posted by Memphis
Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise
All your link says is he'll come to the US to fight Hopkins. So what?
I think this is the portion of the article that you should have focused on

Hopkins' promoter Don King and Calzaghe's backer Frank Warren reached agreement for a fight last year, and the US television station Showtime was prepared to underwrite the event. But after a $3m (£1.8m) payday had been agreed, the fight fell through when Hopkins doubled his purse demands

Hope this helps. It wont but there you go.
Hopkins was doing them a favor by giving them a chance for the fight to still happen. All they had to do was double the purse. This was a test on Calzaghe's and Warren's heart and balls. To see how much they had. And they failed. Cuz they didn't really want the fight that's why. You can't knock Hopkins for asking for more. He was the one in control. Hopkins had other options. Easier more profitable options. But he was willing to fight a bigger fighter and for a lot less money. All he asked was that they pay him a little more. Calzaghe and Warren punked out. Hopkins went on to fight De La Hoya and collect $20 million. Where's Calzaghe now? Still trying to get paid.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-9235743-details/Joe's+dream+fight+awaits/article.do;jsessionid=2RDyFfKd3n5P8lzcct7V0wvYLQfT 0GMkZYtrqpMgmZYMGV1tlmlT!-1728221912