Quote Originally Posted by Mar View Post
Hopkins is mayweather-esqe in the way that you either hate him or love him as he constantly plays the role of the bad guy, difference is people pay to see mayweather loose since it's such a slim slim possibility, for hopkins it isn't. Also calzaghe is popular among boxing fans here in the u.s. but that's about it, at least going by my own personal experience, i'm hyped as hell for this fight while most of the people i know are much more interested in the nba playoffs. 8 out of 10 people i know don't even know who the hell joe is, and that's something he's done to himself being a sheltered fighter overseas. They were counting on more people showing up to see calzaghe and it just isn't happening.
What exactly do you mean by that?

Judging by the "failure" of this fight in Vegas was there any reason for Calzaghe to have ever fought in the States?

He did just beat his main Supermiddle rival, right? In front of 50,000 odd people to boot....