Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
Quote Originally Posted by Fenster
Why's it so hard to believe Hopkins turned down a career high payday to face Calzaghe?

Hopkins could obviously see the danger his fans couldn't. Swerving Calzaghe payed off in the end - OSCAR 10m!!!
Once again...Hopkins himself said it. Below is the link where you can read the quote that I have already printed in another post.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...2/ai_n16801399
Sort of related and perhaps interesting to some on this board:

Danish press today quotes Ramiro Gonzalez, Public Relations director off Golden Boy, with saying that they are very interested in having Hopkins meeting the winner of Calzaghe-Kessler. He is even stating that Hopkins is willing to move down to 168 to fight.

Dunno if Hopkins and Gonzalez are in sync on this one, but at least it has appeared in usually trustworthy medias, so I guess the quote at least is legit.