Hopkins-Jones II: Better Never Than Late

[ИATAS]

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

Hopkins low balled adamek the first time around. Admak's people basically said be serious.

Hopkins and golden boy later met with adamek's people in person and they agreed to a 60/40 split.

[street bully]

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.

It was actually 70=30 if not worse.

[IMDAZED]

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

I think you have the wrong link there.

And if a deal does get done, does Adamek just sit around and wait for the 2010 fight? Not likely. I see Adamek being active until the end of year, but Hopkins is so demanding in terms of the opponents that he wants, and the money that he wants, that he probably won't see action until a major check is on the table. But, if a deal is reached after the month of July, HBO tends to have contract clauses that forbid a fighter from taking a bout prior to his HBO-televised date. The network does not want to risk a fighter getting injured and then a television date getting shelved

Like Roy Jones

[IMDAZED]

Hopkins low balled adamek the first time around. Admak's people basically said be serious.

Hopkins and golden boy later met with adamek's people in person and they agreed to a 60/40 split.

You have a link? Not saying you're lying but I definitely don't remember them agreeing to a 60-40 split.

[street bully]

Actually, he did...

Only at specific times. He continues to stand with his right hand out, with his fist facing his face, and his left down by his waist, especially after he jabs, and it has led to him getting KOed on two separate occasions.

[THE REED]

Only at specific times. He continues to stand with his right hand out, with his fist facing his face, and his left down by his waist, especially after he jabs, and it has led to him getting KOed on two separate occasions.

After the 3 losses.. he did the Winky style for 3 straight fights, until he lost to Calzaghe doing that..

[ИATAS]

You have a link? Not saying you're lying but I definitely don't remember them agreeing to a 60-40 split.

Here is one:

She said Main Events "has agreed to Golden Boy's terms. We have agreed on all the material terms -- the split, the site, everything."

The date would be Jan. 30 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., where Adamek has been drawing crowds for his past few fights. The split between Hopkins -- who turns 45 on Jan. 15 -- and Adamek would be approximately 60-40 in Hopkins' favor.

http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/blo...6097/an-update

[βetamax]

Here's a more detailed article concerning the Hopkins-Adamek fight:

http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/blo...6097/an-update

She said that was simply not true. She said Main Events "has agreed to Golden Boy's terms. We have agreed on all the material terms -- the split, the site, everything."

The date would be Jan. 30 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., where Adamek has been drawing crowds for his past few fights. The split between Hopkins -- who turns 45 on Jan. 15 -- and Adamek would be approximately 60-40 in Hopkins' favor.

[βetamax]

ha, beat me to it.

[-Spinal-]

This is boxing, anything can happen. Same things were being said about Pavlik-Hopkins. Look how that turned out. Hopkins can beat the hell out of Roy, or Roy can dominate Hopkins to a wide UD. Who knows.