Kessler offers Calzaghe $3,4 mill.!

[PunchDrunk]

Shanus says

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens the U.S.

Man I will assure you that the U.S is not scared of Denmark. That just makes you look foolish

WTF are you talking about???

[Shanus]

Shanus says

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens the U.S.

Man I will assure you that the U.S is not scared of Denmark. That just makes you look foolish

Haha, that made me laugh out loud.

For starters, I'm British, but I don't think the US is afraid of Denmark.

[PunchDrunk]

I don't think ANYBODY thinks Denmark frightens the US in any way. (Not even ignorant Danish news media)

[iron mike tyson]

frank warren would pay both fighters better.
hed have it in cardiff , a stadium that holds 68000 but after the conversion into an arena probably about 45000 which will sell out eventually.
itv will fund the purse heavily just like they did with lacy and recoup there losses in advertisement spots between rounds. now with hbo on board with calzaghe they will have to pay for rights to broadcast the fight .
then money from frank warrens sky rocket and youv got sumwhere in the region of £3.5m.
when is team palle gonna wake up joe has already stated on more than one occasion he wotn go to denmark to fight kessler so is this just tactics to not make the fight happen and calzaghe will get branded the ducker

[potatoes]

Kessler today will offer Calzaghe US$3,4 mill to meet him in Copenhagen. .
Team Palle also gave Warren the British TV rights. (If he takes the offer.)

This will by far be Joe's biggest purse ever.

Joe what excuse will you come up with now ?. So far it has been money. With the offer of 4 belts on the line plus by far the biggest purse of his life.. I cannot imagine he can find more excuses

Joe and some of his fans have used the "Kessler isn't a big name, who is Kessler?" excuse to death.
Well, that name is now putting 3.4 mill on the table to Joe. Win, lose, or draw

http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_s...icle241686.ece

If indeed that is a confirmed offer, I don't see Calzaghe turning it down, assuming he is true to his word and really is looking for some big money fights. The chances are he would not make much more than that against Taylor or Hopkins simply because they would likely demand a bigger share of the purse. So, we will now see this drama is played out in the press.

[Stromprophet]

3.4 Mil is not enough to fight in the Danes backyard.

A decision would almost certainly go in Kesslers favor. Besides, didn't Kessler say he'd fight in Manchester if the money is right?

Besides, with HBO, he can make a fight in the U.S. and make 5 mil or more. Besides, there are better fighters developing for bouts in the U.S.

Manfredo, Taylor, some light heavy weights who could come down. (i.e. Roy Jones, but he knows he would get knocked out)

[dumdane]

so is this just tactics to not make the fight happen and calzaghe will get branded the ducker

No this is just tactics to MAKE the fight happen by trying to force Warren to make Kessler an offer. (don't think it'll work though)
You're right that involves the possibility of getting Calzaghe branded a ducker. (that might work) But Fwankly Calzaghe is making that a very easy conclusion right now.

[hemichromis]

all that money and in europe i don't see how calzaghe could refuse it's a rather nice retirement fund!

[rocco1252]

1.7 million UK Pound. Hmm. Not sure I would risk a fight in Denmark. Might get robbed (no offence intended to Danes, of course).

why dont you think joe ever leaves his own country? Same reason he doesnt want to leave it thats because there is a chance he may lose anywhere other than infront of a home town crowd that thinks your great because you have had 10 years of contender title defenses.

[kayjay]

Shouldn't Joe call the shots and make the offers here? This is kind of like the Maragrito-Mayweather situation.