Quote Originally Posted by nuclear bull
the truth is calzaghe has been lucky in the RESPECT that jeff lacy was prepaired to come over to the the uk to fight him.......if lacy was like joe and 100% refused to leave home then that fight would never have happened the same goes with the kessler fight, kessler took the fight, got on a plane and fought joe in wales, again joe refused to go to denmark even tho kesslers team offered him 3.4 million, had it not been for those two aggreeing to travel over here joe would be nowhere near hbo tv

its time joe either goes over and does the biz or just admit he hasn't got the steel to travel to the usa. figues show RICKY HATTONS fight get more viewers on SKY T.V then when joe was fighting there, considering rickys fights are at 4am british time he got 600,000 last fight which sky said is a tremendous number for that time slot

whatever the split, joe would get a carreer high purse if he fought a big name in america, at one of the legendary venues of boxing, on a legendary boxing network HBO, infront of the biggest names in boxing, fighters, promters, boxing writers, stars from screen, stage and television would all be there, worldwide coverage......is there a better way to stamp a final statement on your carreer........ NO!!! so if he doesn't take the fight then we have to say he's a good champion on his own soil and nothing more

he should take the fight and prove people wrong...... if he doesn't then he's just all talk and no minerals

I think Joe would have gone to Denmark to fight Kessler, he'd fought in Denmark before. Kessler was happy
to fight in Cardiff because he got paid a fortune to go to Cardiff where they could get a crowd of 50,000 plus.
Kessler wouldn't have made as much if the fight was in Denmark.
Joes now said he'll fight in America against Hopkins, I think that was his downfall, he should have said he
wanted the winner of Tito-RJJ and Hopkins would have probably offered 50-50, can't see Warren taking 40
even if Joes up 4 it