What Hassim Rahman claims went wrong

[The1God]

This is a chance for him to become champion (again) then he can call all the shots. It would be nice if they went back to purse fights, so much for the winner and so much for the loser. That would force the fighters to work harder for the big paycheck. Camacho vs. Lenard was such a big joke, lenard still got paid big bucks and ripped off the fans. These guys are getting so greedy! They are going down the same road as Hockey! Earn your way to the top, this is a game of "king of the hill" If you want to be king, then money shouldn't be a factor. If you think you can take out the king, then money shouldn't be a factor. If it was against Ruiz or Byrd, I could see more of an arguement. They could attempt to claim the throne, but this isn't. It is against a guy that is a FORMER champ. He shouldn't call any shots. He (Rahman) is in no position. This isn't a fight that the fans are screaming for, it is one that they would like to see.

[Pno]

You are right about everything but there is something you have to consider - Rahman KNOWS he can't win this fight and he KNOWS that he will be considered a nobody after that. He is just trying to increase the pay because he knows that he will go right back to his usual 100-200K payday after this fight.

exactly...

if you really felt you could be the champ of the world, wouldn't you take the opportunity even if you had to pay for it yourself?

[aand]

He was the champ (for a while) so there is no big motivation for him as for those who never been (I gues Golota would dye to take this oportunity for anything over 500 K$).

[Pno]

I can see those boxers who view it that way begging in the streets talking about how much respect they deserve because they "used to be HW champ of the world"

I used to be 18 years old with a youngsters virility, but hey, now i'm growing towards being an old fart... that's reality.

[guru]

you just cant talk crap and call somebody a "robot" and say that you're going to KO them and then turn down an offer for more money then you'd get to fight anyone else... thats just bein a *****

[kevvy1979]

Don King likes promoting even to his own fighters.Rock should settle for 1.5-2.0 Million and be happy to have this chance again.Take a page from Judah ,and just and take the belt from him, and then you can be in the driving seat as far as fight money is concerned in later fights.

[justin04]

Rahman would be a fool not to fight Klitschko, even if he doesn't get the $ he's looking for. He's not getting any younger - if he wants to be heavyweight champ I'd say that now is his chance. Fight Klitschko and try to tag him with a lucky punch (like he did to Lewis a few years ago).

What else is he going to do - go fight John Ruiz again?

[tri4ben2]

This is crap,

Rahman as a human does not have many skill sets that can make him 1.5 mil. What he has is the fact that he is a decent boxer. However, he is not Tyson who can make $1 mil masterbating in MSG, he has to take the fights that will pay him, and he was not getting paid that kind of money to fight Meehan, or Ice Cole the guy he fought before.

Rahman is one man, and this is his last chance to make a fight like this happen. When he retires, there will be mention of the fact that he KOed Lewis on Lewis' worst night as a pro, but you can't look at that in your bank account. He should take the money, be a 8-1 dog and hopefully give VK more of a test than the last 3 guys that VK has faced so he can possibly earn himself another couple of $500K paydays.