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I doubt they'll ever fight each other, if hopkins does go up and fight at heavy weight it'd be a huge mistake to come way back down to super middle and fight again. And if he doesnt go up and fight at heavy it kinda sounds like Hopkins is pricing himself out of a Calzaghe matchup - wanting to dictate ALL the terms of the fight and take the bigger purse for it. No way he deserves that, if they were to fight for a title at light heavy then ok maybe give B Hop the bigger split but at super middle where the fight would most likely happen Calzaghe is the champion and Hopkins the challenger and thats how they'd have to be paid.
Hatton got paid more than the champ Tszyu (and the titleholder Collazo). Mayweather got paid way more than the champ Baldomir. ODH gets paid way more than every champ he faces.

The fact is that Bernard is the MUCH bigger PPV draw in the U.S., which is where the PPV dollars are. Not because he was the one selling seats against ODH and Trinidad, but because people here have actually heard of him (unlike Calzaghe), in no small part because he's actually fought big fights against big names like . . . ODH and Trinidad. Which are obviously fights in another league from fighting some hyped-up rookie like . . . .
Hatton did get more than Collazo but he did not get more than Tszyu. There was no way Tszyu would agree to fight in Hatton's home turf and get the lesser purse. Tszyu got paid a good amount more than Hatton.