Quote Originally Posted by gudnite vienna
yeh but ottke had many a gift decision, JC didnt he only ever come close to losing once. Taylor said he wanted 10 million that just stupid. BHOP agreed on the fight a few years ago only do suddenly double his demands. JC has agreed to fight kessler in his baxk yard were are being held up by politics. Can you not given him any credit for beng the fighter he is?
I knew Calzaghe's fanboys would buy into FW's bs on the Taylor offer as soon as its absurdity blew over. Recall: FW was demanding that the fight happen in WALES, and was offering Taylor as much as Taylor got to fight Kassim Ouma in his own backyard. Tell me how that's a reasonable offer or anything other than a transparent attempt to get something in place so that Calzaghe apologists like you could pipe up months later and say things like "what did you want Joe to do? He tried to fight everyone, but they ducked him!" Bullshit. It's the same thing they've done throughout Joe's career (Hopkins, Jones, etc.). If Joe/FW were serious about getting competitive fights, they would have made real, non-lowball offers. In any case, the point is that now there is a specific, competitive fight that's there to make against Kessler; they can make it happen if they choose to. We'll see if they do this time.