Hopkins - Calzaghe "signed by next week"

[helminth]

I little off topic but one thing I have always wondered was fighters on the east coast coming to the west to fight at say, Mandalay Bay well, there is a 3 hour difference. So when the fight starts at maybe around 8:00 Mountain time, it is 11:00 eastern time. When a fighter is used to getting up at 5:00 in the morning do to roadwork then do there main training at 3:00 in the afternoon and to be in bed no later than 9:00 or so, then fight night comes and they are fighting at 11:00 at night. I think that would take something out of you whether you noticed it or not no matter how hyped or focused one may be. Joe Calzaghe I guess would be fighting at around 3:00 in the morning then. Maybe that's the real reason why Hopkins wants to fight in New York.

[Kirkland Laing]

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.

[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?

[Kirkland Laing]

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?

[Trainer Monkey]

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?

From a markatability standpoint,hell yes
Something about a group of soccer hooligans booing a national anthem tends to throw people off. And its not exactly like Joe can draw flies here in the states TV wise as it allready is

[Kirkland Laing]

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?

From a markatability standpoint,hell yes
Something about a group of soccer hooligans booing a national anthem tends to throw people off. And its not exactly like Joe can draw flies here in the states TV wise as it allready is

Whether if affects Joe's marketability is another thing altogether. We're discussing whether fighting in Vegas will affect his performance.

His marketability is irrelevant anyway. He's only having one more fight in Wales afterwards.

[Trainer Monkey]

Well the question you asked was,having a huge fan-base at the Mayweather fight hurt Hatton
Long term,yes it did,because alot of people are going to blame him(rightly or wrongly) for his fans acting like it was England-Argentinia in the World Cup Finals
It wont be nearly so once sided for Calzaghe-Hopkins,Bernards considerably more popular in the states then Floyd(that might change shortly,Floyd was actually pretty magnanimous in his victory against Hatton which is a side few have seen of him before)
As far as how Joe is going to travel,who knows,he doesnt do it,he's only had one fight outside the United Kingdom is in his entire career,and that was Germany,against Veit

[Mikkel_K]

As far as how Joe is going to travel,who knows,he doesnt do it,he's only had one fight outside the United Kingdom is in his entire career,and that was Germany,against Veit

He fought in Denmark in 2001 (on the Tyson-Nielsen undercard).

Now we can probably all agree that fighting Will McIntyre or even (yup, compared to McIntyre 'even' is the right word to use) Mario Veit abroad and then fighting Bernard Hopkins abroad are different things altogether, but hey, just thought I'd set the facts straight.

[Trainer Monkey]

As far as how Joe is going to travel,who knows,he doesnt do it,he's only had one fight outside the United Kingdom is in his entire career,and that was Germany,against Veit

He fought in Denmark in 2001 (on the Tyson-Nielsen undercard).

Now we can probably all agree that fighting Will McIntyre or even (yup, compared to McIntyre 'even' is the right word to use) Mario Veit abroad and then fighting Bernard Hopkins abroad are different things altogether, but hey, just thought I'd set the facts straight.

Nope,your right

[Kirkland Laing]

Well the question you asked was,having a huge fan-base at the Mayweather fight hurt Hatton
Long term,yes it did,because alot of people are going to blame him(rightly or wrongly) for his fans acting like it was England-Argentinia in the World Cup Finals
It wont be nearly so once sided for Calzaghe-Hopkins,Bernards considerably more popular in the states then Floyd(that might change shortly,Floyd was actually pretty magnanimous in his victory against Hatton which is a side few have seen of him before)
As far as how Joe is going to travel,who knows,he doesnt do it,he's only had one fight outside the United Kingdom is in his entire career,and that was Germany,against Veit

We were discussing whether Calzaghe is going to be disadvantaged by fighting in Vegas, not whether Ricky Hatton's marketability was affected by the behaviour of his fans. Read it through again.

Joe also fought a dozen times in England before he fought for a world title, which is the equivalent of Bernard fighting in Mexico a dozen times before he fought for a world title. Joe got the same treatment the American national anthem got at the Hatton-Mayweather fight a dozen times before he even had a belt, so the line we constantly hear about him being a home fighter only just isn't true. Fighting in Vegas in front of effectively a home crowd isn't going to disadvantage Calzaghe. Hopkins won't draw breath even in Vegas. Almost all his tickets will end up with British ticket agencies. This is his last big fight and he's going to make every penny he can.

[Trainer Monkey]

Well the question you asked was,having a huge fan-base at the Mayweather fight hurt Hatton
Long term,yes it did,because alot of people are going to blame him(rightly or wrongly) for his fans acting like it was England-Argentinia in the World Cup Finals
It wont be nearly so once sided for Calzaghe-Hopkins,Bernards considerably more popular in the states then Floyd(that might change shortly,Floyd was actually pretty magnanimous in his victory against Hatton which is a side few have seen of him before)
As far as how Joe is going to travel,who knows,he doesnt do it,he's only had one fight outside the United Kingdom is in his entire career,and that was Germany,against Veit

We were discussing whether Calzaghe is going to be disadvantaged by fighting in Vegas, not whether Ricky Hatton's marketability was affected by the behaviour of his fans. Read it through again.

Joe also fought a dozen times in England before he fought for a world title, which is the equivalent of Bernard fighting in Mexico a dozen times before he fought for a world title. Joe got the same treatment the American national anthem got at the Hatton-Mayweather fight a dozen times before he even had a belt, so the line we constantly hear about him being a home fighter only just isn't true. Fighting in Vegas in front of effectively a home crowd isn't going to disadvantage Calzaghe. Hopkins won't draw breath even in Vegas. Almost all his tickets will end up with British ticket agencies. This is his last big fight and he's going to make every penny he can.

Which is of course why Hopkins fights are PPV in the states,and Calzaghe drew only a pathetic 2.8 share for free on HBO in a title unification bout

[Kirkland Laing]

Well the question you asked was,having a huge fan-base at the Mayweather fight hurt Hatton
Long term,yes it did,because alot of people are going to blame him(rightly or wrongly) for his fans acting like it was England-Argentinia in the World Cup Finals
It wont be nearly so once sided for Calzaghe-Hopkins,Bernards considerably more popular in the states then Floyd(that might change shortly,Floyd was actually pretty magnanimous in his victory against Hatton which is a side few have seen of him before)
As far as how Joe is going to travel,who knows,he doesnt do it,he's only had one fight outside the United Kingdom is in his entire career,and that was Germany,against Veit

We were discussing whether Calzaghe is going to be disadvantaged by fighting in Vegas, not whether Ricky Hatton's marketability was affected by the behaviour of his fans. Read it through again.

Joe also fought a dozen times in England before he fought for a world title, which is the equivalent of Bernard fighting in Mexico a dozen times before he fought for a world title. Joe got the same treatment the American national anthem got at the Hatton-Mayweather fight a dozen times before he even had a belt, so the line we constantly hear about him being a home fighter only just isn't true. Fighting in Vegas in front of effectively a home crowd isn't going to disadvantage Calzaghe. Hopkins won't draw breath even in Vegas. Almost all his tickets will end up with British ticket agencies. This is his last big fight and he's going to make every penny he can.

Which is of course why Hopkins fights are PPV in the states,and Calzaghe drew only a pathetic 2.8 share for free on HBO in a title unification bout

As far as the crowd goes the majority will be Calzaghe fans, there'll be a few hundred/thousand Hopkins fans and a bunch of Vegas high rollers with free tickets vaguely supporting the American guy. And the Brits will be the ones making all the noise. It's effectively a home fight for Joe.

[Trainer Monkey]

Makes yet another attempt to explain the size of America to British fight fans who just arent getting it.
I live in WV,go check a map,Im originally from Philadelphia,its an 8 hour drive minimum to visit my home town
The only three fights Bernard has had,at home ,in the last 4 years where Joppy,Tarver,and Hakkar
The Staples Center in LA is 3000 miles away from Philly,he's fought 5 times during that period in Las Vegas,over 2000 miles from Philadelphia
I guess they keep having him back because he cant draw,very good buisness sense,how do they stay open I wonder
Cardiff to London is what,a little over 100 miles,you can do that in a few hours easy,even in a Morris Miner,or a Cooper Mini,it takes longer to fly to Vegas from Philly
And again the question was asked did Ricky's fans at the Mayweather fight hurt him
Well guess what,long term,their actions did
Calzaghe 0 fights in Las Vegas,ever
Hopkins,5 since 2003

[superheavyrhun]

Makes yet another attempt to explain the size of America to British fight fans who just arent getting it.
I live in WV,go check a map,Im originally from Philadelphia,its an 8 hour drive minimum to visit my home town
The only three fights Bernard has had,at home ,in the last 4 years where Joppy,Tarver,and Hakkar
The Staples Center in LA is 3000 miles away from Philly,he's fought 5 times during that period in Las Vegas,over 2000 miles from Philadelphia
I guess they keep having him back because he cant draw,very good buisness sense,how do they stay open I wonder
Cardiff to London is what,a little over 100 miles,you can do that in a few hours easy,even in a Morris Miner,or a Cooper Mini,it takes longer to fly to Vegas from Philly
And again the question was asked did Ricky's fans at the Mayweather fight hurt him
Well guess what,long term,their actions did
Calzaghe 0 fights in Las Vegas,ever
Hopkins,5 since 2003

Man, this culture clash comes up time and time and time again. Most people will readily admit that the US is much, much bigger than the UK, and that fact is nowhere near being disputed.

However, because of that fact there is an immense travelling culture in the US whereas in the UK people don't tend to travel around the country so much. People can go a whole life without leaving their area more than five or six times, and although the populus is more mobile than it was 25 years ago, it is still generally a fact that most of the population in Cardiff won't travel to London except on very rare occasions.

Added to this is the exorbitant cost of transport. A return flight from Glasgow to London, only a few hundred miles can't be got for less than £150, whilst a return flight from Philly to Las Vegas starts from around £100 for the same period, so to look purely at the size of nations isn't really a comparison. The cost of fuel here at around 5 or 6 times that in the US is also a preventative factor.

[Kirkland Laing]

Makes yet another attempt to explain the size of America to British fight fans who just arent getting it.
I live in WV,go check a map,Im originally from Philadelphia,its an 8 hour drive minimum to visit my home town
The only three fights Bernard has had,at home ,in the last 4 years where Joppy,Tarver,and Hakkar
The Staples Center in LA is 3000 miles away from Philly,he's fought 5 times during that period in Las Vegas,over 2000 miles from Philadelphia
I guess they keep having him back because he cant draw,very good buisness sense,how do they stay open I wonder
Cardiff to London is what,a little over 100 miles,you can do that in a few hours easy,even in a Morris Miner,or a Cooper Mini,it takes longer to fly to Vegas from Philly
And again the question was asked did Ricky's fans at the Mayweather fight hurt him
Well guess what,long term,their actions did
Calzaghe 0 fights in Las Vegas,ever
Hopkins,5 since 2003

You keep changing the subject every time you post. I'm not interested in discussing the relative size of countries.