i'm a Hop fan but uh.........he has no real fan base other then a handful of guys, i'm pretty sure Adamek has a much bigger fanbase then he does the fight should be 60-40 Hopkins at the VERY least
Ziggy Rozalski said that there was about 6 mill up for grabs for this fight.HBO was willing to put up 3mill while they he guessed they could do about 2 mill in ticket sales and abount another million for selling the TV rights globaly.
Tarver have very annoying tendency to pull a lot of rematches ... I would bet he will get at least draw this time which will warrant him one more shot at Dawson.
I know I'm a little late in this thread but I couldn't let this go without saying something. You talk crap about the cruiser division is not worth mentioning? Are you kidding me!! The cruiser's get overlooked period. Would you rather see 2 heavyweights that are fat and overweight fight and throw about 200 punches a fight? That to me is a very boring fight and sucks to watch. Most of your "heavyweights" from back in the Marciano day's were cruiserweights of today. They are faster and they throw almost double amount of punches. Adamek is a very good fighter and he is the champ at cruiser. He payed his dues and he should make more than 500k. He has an unbelievable fan base and you wouldn't know until you been there. I've been there and witnessed it. B-Hop has the bigger name but don't disrespect Adamek with 500k especially when he's the champ. Ba Bye B-Hop and your wish to make history. Your loss!:hi:
Damn I wanted to see this fight, I hope they can work something out cause it would be a great match up