Bernard Hopkins offers Calzaghe $8 million!!

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And thats exactly what is wrong with boxing and fighters like Joe. Money is more important than legacy. As if Joe needs the money. He has enough to support himself and 50 other families. Fine Joe dont go to the US, but then dont complain twenty years down the track when ppl are criticising you for not fighting the best. Cant have it both ways. Dont give me S*** about Joe copping more criticism than most, this whole topic has Hopkins being knocked a tonne more than Joe. Here he is 44 years old, maybe the best legacy in boxing yet he is being called scared. Joes fans are just as quick if not quicker to jump on his opponents than Joe's detractors jump on him. U cannot deny that.

That's a tad naive.

Here's some quotes from your heroes -

"Fighters want to fight for titles, but not as much as we want to fight for MONEY." Roy Jones jr

"I'm glad that I have three belts because that means I have three mandatories a year and I can make $2 million or $3 million dollars every time I step in the ring with Donald Duck. I can deal with that." Bernard Hopkins

Tell me - if boxing is about the best fighting the best then why haven't you got a problem with these guys - Hopkins and Jones - POINT-BLANK REFUSING to fight outside their backyard?

If they were really interested in the hardest challenges and making the best possible fights they'd be prepared to step outside THEIR comfort zone, right?

Wrong,wrong and wrong
Total and complete lack of understanding of the state
Unless Roy Jones allways fought in Miami,and Hopkins allways fought at the Spectrum in Philly,they ARE out of their back yard
We've been through this before,England is roughly the size of PA
PA isnt a large state by US standards
There is no national unity behind fighters here,Las Vegas is as close to the moon as it is to Philly if your fighting there

OK just answer me this?

Is Philly in AMERICA?
Is Miami in AMERICA?
Is Las Vegas in AMERICA?
Is New York in AMERICA?
Is Europe in AMERICA?

Only roughly
You Brits dont get it do you
Philly HATES New York with a livid passion usually reserved for holy wars.
They could give two craps about Wales,but they HATE New York
Miami is Cuba North
Its a big country

Whats all that waffle got to do with whether or not a fighter is prepared to LEAVE HIS COUNTRY?

IF the money doesn't matter WHY is Hopkins POINT-BLANK REFUSING to fight Calzaghe in BRITAIN?