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agreement to stage Hopkins-GreenComment Email Print Share By Dan Rafael
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After Australian boxing star Danny Green knocked out Roy Jones in the first round on Dec. 2, ruining an already-signed deal Jones had for a rematch with Bernard Hopkins in early 2010, talks quickly turned to a Hopkins-Green bout.
But those discussions ended Tuesday night with the sides going their separate ways because of a money dispute, promoter Gary Shaw, who is serving as Green's adviser, told ESPN.com.
The crux of the dispute, according to Shaw, was Hopkins' demand for a 60-40 split of the money in his favor instead of the 50-50 deal Shaw said they had previously agreed upon.
"Green will not move off 50-50," Shaw said. "B-Hop will wait forever for 60-40."
Neither Golden Boy's Richard Schaefer, Hopkins' promoter, nor Hopkins could be reached for comment.
Shaw and Green met in Los Angeles two weeks ago with Schaefer to peruse numbers and hash out a deal for a cruiserweight fight that would have taken place in April on pay-per-view in Australia and on HBO in the United States.
"We thought we had a deal at 50-50 when we left Richard's office. We had gone over all the numbers Danny did in the Roy Jones fight," Shaw said.
Shaw said he then went to HBO and negotiated the rights fee with the network, which had offered more than $2 million for the bout. The scenario called for the fight to be on a Sunday afternoon in Australia so it could be televised live in the U.S. in prime time on Saturday -
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"After I met with HBO, Danny spoke with Bernard once or twice and Bernard suddenly changed the deal," Shaw said. "He told Danny he wanted all of the HBO money because he was bringing HBO, which wasn't accurate because I was the one who went to HBO and negotiated the money."
Shaw said the deal they had previously agreed to was 50-50 with Hopkins being guaranteed at least $3 million.
"Once Bernard changed the deal, Danny said it was a non-starter," Shaw said. "So let them go their separate ways."
Green will look for alternative opponents, Shaw said. Among the possibilities, according to Shaw, are former super middleweight titlist Manny Siaca and former light heavyweight champ Antonio Tarver, whom Shaw has worked with for the past few years.
Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KOs), the former middleweight and light heavyweight champ, easily outpointed Enrique Ornelas on Dec. 2 in his first fight since winning a lopsided decision against middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik in their light heavyweight bout 14 months ago.
Hopkins, who turns 45 on Jan. 15, and Jones were in tune-up fights on the same date ahead of their planned showdown. But the 38-year-old Green (28-3, 25 KOs), a former light heavyweight titleholder, pulled off the mild upset, thus killing Jones-Hopkins II.
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3 million isnt **** for fighting that guy, hopkins is the man to beat, so , they should give him 60-40, that is fair for a guy who is unknown, who else is he going to fight and get money anywhere near what a hopkins fight would bring him.
hopkins surely doesn't need this clown........ there are fights out there which are good for his legacy, not this one, this one just popped up out of the fact that green got a win over roy jones............ certainly not enough to catapult him into a 50-50 split with hopkins.
too many choices for hopkins out there that would only help his legacy, a fight with green is more like a revenge fight for jones in a sense. at least that is the perception in some circles.
bottom line, hopkins holds the cards, not green...............Comment
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Somebody wake Danny Green up, this dude is dreaming.
he should be gratefull to even get a 40 split.Comment
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Woudn't pay to see this fight anyways.Comment
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i agree 60-40 is a good deal for Green, but Green does bring a lot of money to the table so i can see why he went for 50/50. Green should accept 40/60, but will probably take a 60/40 split in his favour over an easier opponent and make just as much moeny, and get a win.Comment
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3 million to fight a B-level fighter isn't bad. Hop could look really good beating Green which could line up bigger fights. I say take the 3 mil...Comment
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Sick of fights falling apart cos of fighters ego's. Nard refusing to settle on 50-50, or 60-40 to the winner, or changing the financial demands last minute?
Yup, again. It's not like he has many other options, he's running out of time.Comment
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This is dumb, 3mill is good enough considering the opponent. Or 60% for the winner, either way...Green is gonna get outclassed.Comment
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