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If anyone thinks Hopkins had a chance in a rematch with Roy Jones or in a bout with Calzaghe, you're smoking some good S***. And yeah I'm sure Hopkins was a money whore, but that was his way of not fighting these people
How many people on this forum have jobs? If someone else offered you more money, you'd take it and move companies.

So how is Hopkins more of a money whore than the rest of us?
Very well said... coolclick for you.

As fans we all want to see our fighters solidify a perfect legacy. We forget that they are men making a living. On top of that, alot of these guys aren't qualified to do much else should their boxing career end suddenly, which is always very possible. And on top of that, many of these men come from impoverished backgrounds and just want to make a lot of money, have a solid economic future with no worries, and perhaps get and keep their family out of the struggle they grew up in.