Froch was offered £5mil to fight Hopkins

The way I read this is that he was just reporting what Marquez said, and it was not a personal opinion.

 

This is probably from Hopkins somewhere. B-Hop has a very over inflated idea of himself when money is talked about. I doubt the offer was ever actually made and the 'story' was just plain hot air.

 

This is clearly bollocks.

Pavlik only got $3 million. Adamek got lowballed with an offer of less than a million dollars. No way they offered Froch $7.5 million :-(

 

Bollocks. Theres not 5 mil in that fight for Froch.

 

How much did Calzaghe get for the Hopkins fight? I bet that wasn't far in excess of £5M

 

No way is this true. Froch made the right choice even if there was some kind of offer on the table. Carl would have taken a Pavlik style beating from Hopkins and then where would he be?

 

The figure being bandied about was £3.5 mil. So you're right, its not far in excess of £5mil.....

 

There's no way there's £5m in a Hopkins/Froch fight, let alone £5m for Froch. As for Marquez, he stated that he thought there was at least a 20lb advantage for Mayweather when they got in the ring and I don't think he was too far off.

 

That sounds like bollocks. Hopkins got 3 million US for his fight with Winky Wright, a better known name in the US, on ppv, during better financial times. Why would Froch get double that?

 

The Hopkins cash was the money not paid by "Sports Network"

 

I thought the reason it never was seriously looked into is because Hopkins demanded £5million to fight Froch (not offered Froch 5 mil). And there clearly wasn't that much money in it. I remember that being reported at the time as a rumour (maybe Bunce hour).

 

Hopkins doesn't need Froch at all. $1m-$1.5m tops.

 

I don't believe he was offered £5mil. GBP are not stupid to offer him £5mil off the bat when he ain't even earnt a mil and X wants big money now adays.