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It's nothing more than a safe easy pay day for BOTH of them

Exactly, the fight has little real relevance. Hopkins doesnt deserve P4P status IMO, and Winky is way beyond a normal fighting weight.

They should both fight Calzaghe, I love the way they both bypass SMW with no consideration!!
It takes 2. And with Warren promoting Calzaghe...I can see how neither of those fights got made. Because both said they were interested in fighting Calzaghe.
Winky has never fought at 168 and Hopkins already priced himself out of a Calzaghe fight. Fenster is on the ball as usual, its an easy payday without any fighter losing too much face....
Wait a minute. Winky might not have fought at 168 but he couldn't find anything at 160 and he expressed desire to fight Calzaghe before. And I don't buy Hopkins pricing himself out. If Calzaghe really wanted the fight it would have happened. I don't buy that for a second. If anything, Calzaghe saw the Manfredo fight as the easiest fight out there with a purse comparable to what he would get fighting Winky or Bernard so he took that one.

Hopkins is the champ at 175, and I haven't heard anything about the belts not being on the line. Hopkins stands to lose a lot and Wright stands a lot to gain. Maybe neither guy is going to have their star ruined but both stand to lose a bit.