hopkins i am seriously disappointed at you man..

[Pullcounter]

Hopkins isnt making 20 Million

Tito is taking in at least 75% of the revenue for this fight.. and hes only making 15

hopkins would never give tito the bigger purse. if that's the deal then this fight ain't happening

[xcaret]

hes doing it for the money, duh, why the *** wouldnt he fight him? hes gonna get alot more money then fighting someone else, hes already going to retire so why not cash out?..

[THE REED]

hopkins would never give tito the bigger purse. if that's the deal then this fight ain't happening

Hopkins has no choice... Tito is GAURANTEED 15 Million... how much do you think is left over?

This is DOn Kings deal.. not GBP... Don has a contract with tito gauranteeing him 10-15 million for 3 fights...

Bernard has the choice to take the left overs like Roy did, and win an easy fight...

Like I said, Tito is GAURANTEED 15 million... how much do you think is left over?

[-Blackout-]

Here is a list of rematches that make more sense than hopkins fighting tito again:

Hopkins vs Roy Jones II

De la Hoya vs. Trinidad II

Hopkins vs. De la hoya II

Roy Jones vs. Trinidad II

Klitschko vs. Byrd III

Are you serious? DLH can barely move anymore.. Perhaps the fight was closer than the fight Hopkins had with Trinidad but the outcome was the same.. KO! plus, DLH belong in a retirement home, not in the ring judged by his last performence..

[Ivansmamma]

Jermain Taylor twice......Antonio Tarver.......Winky Wright.......Joe Calzaghe........Kelly Pavlik.......B-Hop was suppose to lose MOST of those fights right? now he gets one that he's suppose to win and the board is callin' him disgusting and all other **** that don't fit........can the man have a break at 44.......Cotto can have a Gomez and Jennings in 2 of his last 3 and still shine here......P-Will can get some bum at 160 and done up Verno at 154 then a rusty Winky and still shine......Pavlik gets spongebob and mickeey mouse on a regular......Abraham aint beatin no stars.....Kessler fights dudes NOBODY ever heard of......Marquez been beatin' leftovers......Pac is about the ONLY dude in the game fightin' any and everybody........B-Hop has danced with the P4P list's best over the past 5 years and this is the thx he get?!?!? wow!

Hopkins is a great fighter. Because of that the expectations of him are great. Same goes for Jones in his prime. Mediocre fighters can get away with fighting mediocre opposition.

[Southpawkiller]

Who on this forum would turn down a huge payday to beat a fighter u dominated 8 yrs previous and are likely to be even easier this time round. Coupled with the fact his 44 and is retiring soon..

[D-Omonist]

Who on this forum would turn down a huge payday to beat a fighter u dominated 8 yrs previous and are likely to be even easier this time round. Coupled with the fact his 44 and is retiring soon..

Cosign....

[ИATAS]

as a hopkins fan I don't like this fight either. It's very pointless. But its very clear why hopkins is doing it - he's trying to cash out, make the most money possible before retiring. Lots of guys do this, Calzaghe being a recent example.

In his eyes, he's accomplished everything and more than he could ever believed he would when he first laced those gloves up over 20 years ago. I cant hate on him for taking this fight, because if you look at his options, Paul Williams/Adamek or Chad Dawson, this fight will make hopkins WAY more money than anyone else.

Again I don't like it, but from a financial point of view, I can understand why he's doing it. And that's why he low balled Adamek, he would only take the fight if he would make the vast majority of the money, again showing that hopkins is only interested in cashing out at age 44.

And for all we know, maybe since the Pavlik fight hopkins knows something we don't - maybe he feels his age, maybe he feels he cant compete at an elite level anymore and wants a safe fight to retire on, who knows.

Also, unless I missed it I haven't heard a peep out of hopkins regarding this fight, so I'm still a bit skeptical it's going to happen. From what it seems though it feels pretty legit, but we'll see.

[Burner]

How can you tell Hopkins to retire when he is still getting paid millions to beat up people?

If Hopkins at 44 wants a LIGHT TOUCH I mean since he fought Taylor twice..Tarver...Winky...Calzaghe...and Pavlik all in a row for god sake..then fine let him take a light touch get paid and fight Adamek or Dawson or Williams next.

[Owlzfan84]

I dont know why you guys are so shocked. He's always been about the money even though he draws **** and he always carefully picked opponents. This is not a shock at all.