Quote Originally Posted by Fenster
HBO is where the doughs at

Kessler-Calzaghe doesn't have an American TV audience

HBO have given Calzaghe two dates for 07

FW has said regardless of the opponent Calzaghe can sell 20,000 plus at the millenium stadium. And regardless of the opponent (however disappointed/disgusted boxing nuts are with the fight) people in Britain will still tune in to watch (casual fans don't care, they can be sold any old opponent). If the Americans tune into watch - which apparently they will against an American like Manfredo - Calzaghe will raise his profile in the USA which will set up a PPV special against Jermain Taylor later on in the year...and everyone earns $$$ happily ever after...there you go, simple as

So I think one of the points is

It's the American's fault Kess-Cal aint happening

Lacy (new Mike Tyson, new American superstar), Kostya (Legend, fights in USA) and McCllean (American superstar come to bash Benn up) - all had American interest.
Actually I can see where you are coming from. I guess for an American audience to be interested in a Calzaghe fight, he needs to be fighting an American fighter.

I mean if Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya decided to fight over in England and for the fight to be screened on Sky PPV it would probably attract barely a 5% of the audience it would attract in the US.

But if you swapped either fighter for Ricky Hatton it would be huge in the UK.

So I guess what I'm saying is that for any country to be really interested in a fight, then it needs to have one of their own countrymen fighting in it.

From that perspective a Manfredo fight makes more sense, as he's American and the Americans will tune in to watch him.

So I see what you are saying. Calzaghe needs to fight an American if America is to have any interest in his fights.