Hopkins-Calzaghe on Free HBO!!!!

[Degsy]

Kessler/Calzaghe had the lowest regular HBO ratings in history, so HBO will never put Joe Calzaghe in any PPV fights.

Not yet anyway, especially not against Bernard. A six million dollar tv deal in the US should be enough to keep the parties happy (it will probably still be PPV in the UK on Setanta and those fees will be sliced up). The 6m is like an insurance policy / investment, if the fight is a borefest that's already been taken into account but if Joe manages to give Bernard a proper beating then its 6m wisely spent on advertising for the next PPV with either: Kelly / Jermain; Chad or; Roy. Everyone's a winner in the US, but the Brits get shafted another £15 either way

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Not yet anyway, especially not against Bernard. A six million dollar tv deal in the US should be enough to keep the parties happy (it will probably still be PPV in the UK on Setanta and those fees will be sliced up). The 6m is like an insurance policy / investment, if the fight is a borefest that's already been taken into account but if Joe manages to give Bernard a proper beating then its 6m wisely spent on advertising for the next PPV with either: Kelly / Jermain; Chad or; Roy. Everyone's a winner in the US, but the Brits get shafted another £15 either way

Great coverage of the UK side of things. Americans get frustrated when they find out fights like PBF-DLH I was free in UK (correct?), because there is no local draw to make people pay for it. Finally, us Yanks catch a break. Well, I don't have HBO anymore, so I'm out of luck either way.

Really helps the wallet, though.

I love Bernard, but Calzaghe wins a pretty wide UD here.

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In fairness only Hatton is PPV. I guess they could make us pay for this though, its big enough.