Comments Thread For: Bernard Hopkins-Danny Green is in Trouble Over Money

[ИATAS]

Hopkins was never going to fight Adamek he was just bluffing.

That's b.s. Hopkins originally lowballed Adamek and Adamek declined. Hopkins later came back to Adamek and offered a 60/40 split and Adamek agreed. Everythinng was ready to go, the problem was that HBO was not willing to release their 2010 budget at the time and could not confirm the fight. The fight was in limbo. Roy jones started chattering about hopkins, and Adameks people wanted him to make some money against Golota. Adamek chose Golota, and rightfully so as he made some good money. Hopkins no longer had a dance partner, then agreed in principle to fight jones and the rest is history.

So you're incorrect - hopkins was serious about adamek, offered 60/40 which adamek agreed to but HBO could not and would not confirm the fight because they coudln't have their 2010 budget laid out in time (and unfortunately for us, hbo had a lot of budget cuts out of boxing).

Toney

Never really possible[

Jones

You didn't see what danny green did to him??

Ademek

See above.

Dawson

Dawson is still an option but hopkins will go wherever the money is,

Maskeev

Hopkins mentioned Maskeev as a possible opponent, Golden boy narrowed the opponents down to Maskeev, Jones or Calzaghe. Obviously hopkins went with Calzaghe and hopkins lost, which ruined any chance of that fight happening, furhter Maskeev himself lost around the same time and was injured.

Haye

Of course this hasn't happened because hopkins just mentioned this weeks ago being his "3 fight plan." First was supposed to be his tune up, then Jones, then Haye. We have no idea what can happen now.

[starjammer]

LOL at the headline, I thought b-hop was pissed cuz they were going to pay him in euros..I wuz like somebody better tell him the euro is worth more than the dollar..50/50 makes no sense ..

The Euro!? You're joking, right?

[the mesiah]

The Euro!? You're joking, right?

Well b-hop did say he doesnt like a fite in EUROPE after rjj got beat in AUSTRALIA,so it wuz a joke off what he said.

[starjammer]

Well b-hop did say he doesnt like a fite in EUROPE after rjj got beat in AUSTRALIA,so it wuz a joke off what he said.

Thats alright then. I was like...holy ****

[WESS]

Green vs Jones jr II.

No drama this time............

[Kevin Jesus]

Green needs to fight Jones in Florida because he cteated him in Australia.

And why is he declining 60-40??? He's lucky Hopkins is not asking for 70-30 because that's what it should be imo Hopkins is the A-side in this fight. Damn, 50/50? Shaw must be nuts.

[brently1979]

Green needs to fight Jones in Florida because he cteated him in Australia.

And why is he declining 60-40??? He's lucky Hopkins is not asking for 70-30 because that's what it should be imo Hopkins is the A-side in this fight. Damn, 50/50? Shaw must be nuts.

In what way did he cheat him? Serious question. I don't think I got the full story to the fight.

[Check]

Hopkins brings nothing to the table. If I was Green I wouldn't accept under 60%. This is the same Hopkins that HBO isn't even willing to shell out 3 million for an Ademek bout. He has never been a draw and never will be. Just because you have a solid resume doesn't mean you deserve solid money. At this point Green can fight anyone and make big money in Australia so in reality he is doing Hopkins a favor by even fighting him.

[ИATAS]

In what way did he cheat him? Serious question. I don't think I got the full story to the fight.

There is no proof green cheated.

However there are some strange things.

Apparently no one oversaw green wrapping his hands.

Apparently Green had his wraps on two hours before the fight and there was a delay.

Roy Jones learned of this info and decided to fight anyway, since there were 20,000 fans there and it's "not his style" to refuse a fight.

The way jones went down from what seemed to most people a week punch.

When Green was asked about illegal hand wraps, his response was "no comment."



So again, no concrete proof, but Jones seems to believe Green had illegal wraps and has written a formal protest to the IBF.

[Greatwhitehope]

Green saying no to a 60/40 split? ****ing Ass clown.