Quote Originally Posted by miles
Quote Originally Posted by liquid
I agreed with Jones, personally. He won the first match-up and at the time he was the more popular fighter. He deserved the lion's share of the purse.
I hate that attitude, if you are confident of winning then what is wrong with half the purse? Your career will continue if you win and the loser has their payoff....

It is quite fair really...
i think pride had a lot to do with it tho. For sum1 like roy to accept 50-50 with hopkins it would be like admiting that hopkins was on par with him, something RJJ didn't believe.