Quote Originally Posted by eagle
Quote Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
Quote Originally Posted by eagle
Anyone even considering that Joe C fighting outside of his comfort zone in Las Vegas may have an effect on his performance?
He effectively fought abroad a dozen times before he fought Eubank for the world title. He faced an English crowd and their gentle behaviour a dozen times which is like Hopkins fighting a dozen times in Mexico before he fought for the world title. Since then he defended his title abroad twice, once in Germany, and there's a history of violence there too.

Joe's fans are going to outnumber Bernard's like Ricky's did Floyd's. British fans sing too and there'll be a band over there as well, so it's going to be a British football ground atmosphere. Hopkins is just taking the fight for the biggest-possible final payday.
Did it help Ricky?
Did it hurt him?