Calzaghe.........Greedy like all the rest

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  1. brown_bomber

    brown_bomber BROWN BOMBER Full Member

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    well if i was calzaghe i would do the same too :D
     
  2. FLINT ISLAND

    FLINT ISLAND PENYRHEOL Full Member

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    Duff never delievered anything like Frank Warren did for Joe Calzaghe

    When Calzaghe was fighting for Duff he said he could not even afford his mortgage on his semi detached house in wales

    under Warren the stakes are much bigger

    but Warren built him up to it

    notice none of these British fighters who shaft Warren complain at the start of their career when Warren is investing in them - they leave when Warren has taken them up to the moutain path

    Now say Calzaghe fights Jones and under Warren and he gets his share of the purse and its $10,000,000 - but Warren takes a cut and now he only gets $7,500,000 - he ****ed off Warren for that extra $2,500,000

    I would like to think if I was in that same situtaion as Calzaghe I would say

    "I been with you Frank for over 10 years during that time you made me a multi millionaire. Now my contract is up and I got one fight left and I know I could cut you out and take home all of the loot but **** it you been good for me I been good for you - lets finish this joureny together - you can have your $2.5 million cut - I'm still super well off - I still got more money than most people could ever hope to have - Its not that important when I already got millions in the bank"

    The only way I would not say that is if over the course of time I got greedier and greedier the more money I earned

    Its ridiculoius to say or but he needs this extra cash for his kids to have

    thats not a "need" thats a extrvagance

    most young people have to work to get money or they skint

    Calzaghes kids are already well looked after

    I got no symapthy when I hear stuff like that - they are already better off than most people ever will be
     
  3. TFFP

    TFFP Guest

    So is Warren, X by 10

    So what you blubbing about?
     
  4. dan-b

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    Like I said previously, I think there maybe more to this than we know about. Calzaghe said himself there were some loose ends to tie up that he hoped could be done amicably. Who knows what he was alluding to there. Calzaghe has been very loyal to Warren & I cant see him cutting Warren out for the sake of a few mil. Maybe I'm being naive but I just feel there is more to it.
     
  5. FLINT ISLAND

    FLINT ISLAND PENYRHEOL Full Member

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    my core point is - its not really about money and being well off - cos they both already are

    its Calzaghe's thinking behind it - why it seems he has done it

    I thought Calzaghe was different than whats hes done

    he has been a bit of a **** for doing this

    I thought he wasnt greedy for Money - Frank will pay me whatever he can

    but he shown his real motivation for carrying on fighting is a unambtious money spinner with a shot boxing legend for big bucks

    screw Warren

    not intrested in Pavlik

    just want to fill my boots

    Calzaghe I am disappointed in you

    your a bit of a **** now

    no-one really cares about a Roy Jones fight - Kelly Pavlik is the obvious challenge
     
  6. TFFP

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    Yeah, the problem is they do. They won't make millionaires because nobody cares. People will buy into the Roy Jones legend stuff.
     
  7. FLINT ISLAND

    FLINT ISLAND PENYRHEOL Full Member

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    Hattons depature was even worse though

    "Frank has got plenty of other fighters to promote but I got a short career so I got to make the most of it"

    True

    but Warren had already made him a multi millionaire by that point

    and gave him loads of easy paydays at the Nynex arena

    he is the only fighter in the history of boxing who became a millionaire even multi million off defending a WBU title
     
  8. dan-b

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    TFFP I'm looking to you here. Do you think there is more to this than meets the eye?
     
  9. Bslice

    Bslice Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes Roy Jones is legend
     
  10. FLINT ISLAND

    FLINT ISLAND PENYRHEOL Full Member

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    yeah I meant true boxing fans

    but unfortunalety yes people will buy into the hype

    Calzaghe will probaly go back to sky box office for this fight because if he sells it through there that is a bit of extra cash to spend on

    *A speedboat
    *3 more villas in Bulgaria - as a investment
    *£1 million - in each of his sons Life Savings Account
    *A new house for his parents
    *New apartment in London - (just for when he is in the area attending
    some event)
    *Aston Martin car and a new motorbike - (just to put on display in
    his drive way)
    *Pay for a £1 million wedding for his girlfriend JO EMMA
    *£500,000 weddng ring for JO EMMA
    *£500,000 for his parents stuffed in a plastic bag - for them to
    enjoy themselves
    *£1 million - just to have a spare one for a rainy day

    The new GREEDY version of Calzaghe wants all this stuff now

    he is not just simple Joe the valley boy anymore

    so it is vital he leaves Setanta Sports and goes back to Sky Box Office to milk the British public of £14.95 each so he can generate extra millions to seal his retirment plans

    this is the real reason he left Warren cos Warren aint with Sky Box office no more

    and Calzaghe plans to cash in big time $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$



    I will watch the Jones fight with intrest but I know deep down Roy has not got much left in the tank

    its a fight ten years too late
     
  11. TFFP

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    I'm not privy to too much info sat in my igloo here. I'm guessing there was some sort of bust up, I can't picture Joe doing one of his own accord given he's been with him his entire career, it seems an unlikely scenario

    It will come out soon enough, Frank Warren is too much a big mouth for it not to
     
  12. Benjiabc

    Benjiabc The Nottingham Hitman Full Member

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    i would have cut warren out aswell. 2.5million is 2.5 million? its better in his own account then in FW's
     
  13. dan-b

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    I would have thought being a partner in Sports Network would be worth far more than 2.5mil in the long run. Theres no way Joe has done this for that reason despite what Flinty would have us believe.
     
  14. FLINT ISLAND

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    Calzaghe is trying to keep up with the Rooneys these days

    He was on a game how with his missus

    He apperared on Jonathan Ross

    this is the new Cazlaghe

    he is all about commercial things

    but in the past he was not he was a simple valley land who just knuckled down to his training

    something has changed with Joe
     
  15. FLINT ISLAND

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    what next - Calzaghe sells his wedding pictures to OK magazine for another quick million

    then he would have truly sold his soul
     
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