Calzaghe v Hopkins. Where should it be held?

[Trainer Monkey]

This is stupid. Americans always says: You have to go to the US because it is the place where the money is.

Now we have a case where the money is in EU and then the EU fighter must go to US due to a 1000 stupid suggestions

Dirty B-Hop must go to Europe if he wants to fight the champ - else he can continue fighting old borring fighters in the US without great public attention.

Hopkins and Winky couldnt even sell out the arena. That how low the interest was there. And Hopkins talks about fighting in a US stadium?! The logistics dont add up.

Calzaghe would have to be the interest and that means letting his fans spend a fortune shipping themselves over to the states

And Hopkins got paid 3 million for it

He could earn more by going to the UK and selling PPV and getting a share of the huge revenue in the stadium itself.

Which is of course why they "offered" Taylor 3 mill
The purse for Calzeghe/Kessler isnt going to be that high

If you really think so then keep on believing it. It took a lot to get this fight on. I think a good pay packet on either side needed to be attained and it was. You can speculate all you want but unless you can offer some hard facts to back up what you say then keep quiet.

Hopkins cannot sell seats. Calzaghe can. Calazaghe can even fight at home at 2am to keep HBO happy. Calzaghe can satisfy all sides. Hopkins cant.

Which is of course why he wants the fight at Yankee Stadium,that seats upper 40's,and has hosted some of the most legendary fights ever
Because he cant put people in the seats
Which is why hes routinely sells out the Spectrum
Let me explain to you why you get paid 3 Mill to put 9000 buts in the seats an Mandalay Bay
A)PPV buys,if its airing at a time when Americans are up,youll get more buys,bigger market,more buys,period
B) Ticket Prices,there are no "seats for your average joe' at Mandalay
C) Gambling,the type of people who can afford those seats,arent just going to "go to Vegas watch the fight,and go home"
Theyll be dropping plenty of coin on the tables as well