why calzaghe stayed away for so long?

[TITANS4321]

i dont think joe was ever afraid of roy or bernard i just think he was afraid to lose his 0 just like mayweather is now and he didnt feel confident that he could come to america and win until he destroyed jeff lacy and unfortunentley for him roy and bernard where already older.this is my opinion on why calzage stayed away from the u.s.

[The Hammer]

Why would Roy Jones never fight outside the US?

Why wouldn't Hopkins or Mayweather leave the comforts of home refs and judges?

In the old days, fighters such as Ali, Foreman and Patterson had fights outside the US.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

People talk about coming to the US as if he could just walk into a ring and call out Jones or Hopkins and they'd come running. Its hardly that easy.

He tried to fight Hopkins in America in 02 but Hopkins backed out/priced himself out.

Jones to me, was never really a viable fight. Roy was P4P and up at LHW where he didnt even entertain the idea of fighting his nearest rival in that division. I dont think he would've been interested in some Super Middleweight beltholder - it never really made sense as a fight until Joe got big by which time, Roy had started slipping.

[larryx]

floyd took way more risk than joe...floyd went up 5 divisions..joe went up one and got put on his ass twice by old fighters

[Omalsi11]

[Dirk Diggler UK]

floyd took way more risk than joe...floyd went up 5 divisions..joe went up one and got put on his ass twice by old fighters

Yawn.......who cares if he got "put on his ass"? Hopkins got put on his ass by Sergundo Mercado. Jones got put on his ass by Lou Del Valle. I dont understand why this is brought up as if it changes the fact that Joe got up and won both fights.....

[TITANS4321]

i agree this so called champions call themselves the best but there scared to and fight at different places.muhammed ali fought in africa and the phillipines

[RodBarker]

Why would Roy Jones never fight outside the US?

Why wouldn't Hopkins or Mayweather leave the comforts of home refs and judges?

In the old days, fighters such as Ali, Foreman and Patterson had fights outside the US.

Its not the old days its the new days and boxing is more money and business today , with PPV its a totally different ballgame , it was up to Joe the challenger to come to the states to fight them and not up to them the recognized champs to go to the UK , Joe waited untill his best chance to win , he gets beat badly when those guys were in prime , Joe played it smart to get their names on his resume although history will know he beat them when they were well past it especially Roy who was not half the fighter he was .

[MANGLER]

Joe is retired now. He's about to become anotha goddamn PBF on the board I guess.

[Edward Hitler]

floyd took way more risk than joe...floyd went up 5 divisions..joe went up one and got put on his ass twice by old fighters

and still beat both of them tho..... i read that it wasnt the fact joe didnt want to fight them its that he tried to fight a few ppl in america but he wasnt as big them and they priced themselves out of a fight like jermain taylor did and hopkins