Hopkins-Jones II: Better Never Than Late

[street bully]

I think he did, bully. He slowed down and was still winning easy but deteriorated once he came back from heavy. You can't fine tune age.

Obviously not, but he should have atleast worked on keeping his hands up, and tying up.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Adamek would have been an easy win for Hopkins imo for another lineal title.

I only want to see him fight Dawson.

[IMDAZED]

Obviously not, but he should have atleast worked on keeping his hands up, and tying up.

Hahaha. He did both fine. Not great, but fine. He was textbook in his own way. The way he fired the right, and used that same arm to protect his chin against Tarver II was perfect--the exact way a Mayweather or Toney would do it. Only the right missed and Tarver didn't care. He stepped right in and flattened him with that short left.

[street bully]

I only want to see him fight Dawson.

Hopkins in 08 would have beat him then imo. Now it would be an unwatchable fight resulting in a controversial SD either way.

[ИATAS]

Reading between the lines is essential. Remember the Adamek negotiations?

yeah I remember HBO not willing to put up the funds.

HBO is ****** when it comes to adamek, then turned down a few fights of his.

[IMDAZED]

yeah I remember HBO not willing to put up the funds.

HBO is ****** when it comes to adamek, then turned down a few fights of his.

Usually when HBO can't put up the funds it means someone is asking for too much. Maybe the split wasn't right. That certainly was Main Events complaint.

[ИATAS]

Usually when HBO can't put up the funds it means someone is asking for too much. Maybe the split wasn't right. That certainly was Main Events complaint.

60/40 in hopkins favor. I don't remember the exact details of the purse but it sounded pretty reasonable. The problem was HBO was late on releasing their budgets for 2010 (and were expecting budget cuts for boxing of course) which held things up and they wouldn't commit. Meanwhile Adamek had the opportunity to make some good money in Poland against Golota and rather than wait and see if HBO would put up the money, he took the fight.

[THE REED]

Obviously not, but he should have atleast worked on keeping his hands up, and tying up.

Actually, he did...

[IMDAZED]

60/40 in hopkins favor. I don't remember the exact details of the purse but it sounded pretty reasonable. The problem was HBO was late on releasing their budgets for 2010 (and were expected budget cuts for boxing of course) which held things up. Adamek had the opportinity to make some good money in Poland against Golota and rather than wait and see if HBO would put up the money, he took the fight.

They offered Adamek 500,000, right? It was published here on boxingscene. I doubt very much that was 60-40.

[βetamax]

They offered Adamek 500,000, right? It was published here on boxingscene. I doubt very much that was 60-40.

That was the original offer. They brought back another offer that Main Events seemed on board for but HBO was having budget issues and wanted the fight to take place in early '10. Adamek's people didn't want to wait since he had been inactive for a while so they went ahead and took the Golota fight. Here's the article that was published here:

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=20049