Green vs. Hopkins bout in jeopardy – News
December 25th, 2009
By Sean McDaniel: The proposed bout between International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KO’s) and Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) is in jeopardy of not happening due to money issues between the two fighters, according to Boxing Talk. Gary Shaw, the adviser to Green, said to Boxing Talk “Bernard Hopkins said that he wants a 60-40 deal to fight Danny Green. At any rate, I spoke to Danny Green last night. Danny Green absolutely will not give Hopkins a 60-40 deal. When we were at Richard Schaefer’s office over a week ago, we offered up a 50-50 deal and we’ve been waiting to hear the results for a while now.”
However, Green, a champion, doesn’t want to take a smaller cut so this fight is now in jeopardy of not happening. Hopkins has few appealing options other than a fight with Green. Hopkins could opt to fight light heavyweight Chad Dawson, but that would be a very tough fight for Hopkins at this point in his career. The 6′3″ Dawson would have the speed and size advantage over the 6′1″ Hopkins and it would be asking a lot of Bernard to try and beat a young fighter like that.
Green isn’t much easier, though. He hits hard and puts his punches together in an attacking style of fighting. Hopkins is more of a one punch at a time type fighter at this point in his career. He would have to find a way to slow Green down by clinching a lot if he were to have a hope of beating the Australian slugger. He couldn’t stand and trade with him, because that would be playing into Green’s strength.
In Green’s last fight with Jones, Green stalked Roy around the ring jabbing him hard in the midsection. As soon as Jones backed up to a corner, Green nailed him with a hard right hand that came looping to the side of Jones’ head, knocking him down. After Jones got to his feet, Green landed an avalanche of punches while Jones tried to cover up. Seeing that Jones wasn’t about to throw anything back, the referee stepped in and stopped the bout before Jones could get seriously hurt.
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GREEN is the champ…. He should in all respect get the bigger slice of the cash. He has the belt on the line. Hopkins vs Green would be the biggest fight in Australian history…. Even with Hopkins 6 years past his prime. Still be a huge draw card, i guess it boils down to the money or the love of the sport…. no real suprise at this stage of his career whaich one Hopkins is choosin
No one is saying Bernard is not a good Boxer he has proven his worth over a long period of time. Also in this time expesially in the last decade has also priced him self out of a lot of fights, it would be a shame if he is to do it again.(I dont think that Bernard should fight green he stands to lose more than he stands to gain and in my opinion green would win the fight. Although in saying that if the fight goes ahead and Bernard loses i am well aware that the calls will be that Bernard should have reteried earlier he is not the same boxer as in the past. Once a boxer stands in the ring that is the only person you can beat all I say is give the winner the credit they deserve whoever it is..
Who is Danny Green?? Does he have any type of Champ belt?? Whats his ranking? Last I checked Hopkins is ranked Top 5 if not top 3 in almost every P4P ranking.
Easy resolution is to have 60 40 split winner 60 loser 40
hopkins V green. Hopkins is a money hungry boxer, yes he has a bigger boxing name in America but thats not were the money will be earnt in this fight. The fight would most likely be held in Australia as it will generate more money as this fight is unlikely to draw a big crowd in america. For this reason Green is the person actually bringing in the money to this fight, hopkins should be happy that he was offered 50 50 split (danny green is a fair and reasonable business man) as it will be more money than he is able to earn in is other potential fights. its funny that on top of a 60 40 split hopkins wants 50 50 split of Austalia Tv dollars but not willing to share the american TV. Hopkins stop trying to avoid fights. Either fight Green or dont (there are about 4 other smaller paying fights for u at the moment) but dont hide behind money games
All americans are as silly as the words they speak. Roy jones jr could not possibally lose to Danny who!! then Roy jones loses, and the calls are Danny green beat a washed up Jones, funny 3 minutes before the fight was stopped Jones had no chance of losing because he was a superior boxer. As for the fight being stopped the fight went longer than it should have because it was a big fight Jones never recovered from the knock down and never responded to the count he stood there dazed and dumbfounded he had been hit. The ref wanted to give Roy Jones a chance he was afterall on his feet so he let it continue, however Roy had no idea what had hit him and all he could do is place his hands in front of his head. The ref then saw the error he made and was forced to stop the fight before Roy jones jr was killed in the ring. As for the issue of the wraps as a danny green fan I would be very disapointed if this was the case however would be extreamly supprised. Watching previous Roy Jones jr fights he has been knocked out twice before from single punches to the head he is not used to taking clean hits to the head because most of the time he was quick enough to move not on the 3 times he has been knocked out.
B-Hop is a legend at at this point. At his status and age deserves a higher pay. He has a greater chance of being hurt and his resume is far superior to Greens. Who has a win over a Roy Jones shell. No disrespect to my man Roy.
Green isnt the greatest fighter out there but if the fight is in austrailia then he is entitled to a 50-50 cut, afterall he is a massive draw out there and the only reason Hopkins sells any tickets in america is because people want to see him beat.
as 4 Green wanting a 50-50 cut.. cmon man its bernard hopkins here… B Hop has worked hard throughout his career nd competed @ the highest level for a long time.. Green has no where near a big name as B Hop so take the 60 40 split.. mayb the offer of 50 50 by green was a way of avoidin hopkins in a way dat he kno hopkins is gna ask 4 more cos of who he is there4 hopkins wud refuse 50 50 nd Green dont need to fight B Hop then nd act like he worth as much worldwide act pround nd refuse 60 40 then he can walk away nd say B Hop refuse cos he scared
@David Roy Jones Jr against the ropes is not unusual of him these last few years.. the ref was a dick and knew nothing no real title experience so he stopped the fight cos he didnt kno a damn thing bout RJJR and/or world title boxing matches of this calibre.. funny how Calzaghe was dominating RJJR and giving RJJR a real beating with far more punches than Green whilst RJJR was on the ropes…RJJR wasnt fighting back most of the time and the ref let it go on cos he knew RJJR and the calibre of these fights nd know wat they capable of
hopkins win by ud
Hopkins is doing it again. The same way he avoided Calzaghe years ago when he out priced himself out of a fight in Cardiff. It proved to be a good move for him, As time told when they did meet in (America I might add) Hopkins got beat. This kind of thing is doing Boxing damage and if its not Hopkins its Mayweather playing the same games and it all involves avoiding potential hard fights. To much about Money and to little about Honour and desire to be the best. Who will Hopkins fight next or Mayweather for that matter???
TIME WILL TELL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHO THIS PAIR OF JOKERS DIGG UP!!??? HOPKINS COULD FIGHT DAWSON? DAWSON LOVES TO PICK ON GRANDADS.? MAYWEATHER COULD FIGHT A FEATHERWEIGHT OR SOMETHING.
SO WHO CARES ?
This is completely stupid y the hell is Green wanting a 50-50 cut??? Hopkins by far is the more popular fighter, most boxing fans dont even kno who Danny Green is. That said Hopkins is of a whole different caliber from Roy Jones Jr. rite now and i would expect him to bring something big to the table that would completely catch Green off guard, as for Green the notion of him coming out victorious isnt altogether impossible afterall Hopkins is an even older fighter than Jones and father-time can come for him any day now. Green should just appreciate wat hes getting and just take the 60-40 split, if he beats hopkins he can expect more in the next fight
haha seantonio your a fool, if the ref let that fight go on Jones would have been beaten senseless. He was dizzy already after he went down and when he came back up he swayed, then stood there and did nothing, as he could do nothing. Roy spoke about Danny with respect after the match, now that weeks have passed he’s being a sore loser and talking shit. I hope a rematch does happen just so Danny can prove once again Jones is due to retire. Jones was a great boxer, keyword being WAS. Quit whilst you have a great career and record in tact Roy your on borrowed time boxing now. And as for Bernard yes i think Danny will win. It’s sad that a bout with this excitment could end due to money sqaubbles, hopefully an agreement will be reached.
JONES WAS CHEATED… YOU CANT SAY NOTHING ABOUT IT WAS TO LATE FOR JONES TO SAY GREEN HAD IMPROPER WRAP BECAUSE ANTONIO MARGARITO GOT CAUGHT LIKE A MONTH OR 2 AFTER THE COTTO FIGHT SO I BELIEVE JONES… AND THE FUNNY THING ABOUT IT THAT GREEN KEPT SAYING HE GOT ONE GOOD PUNCH TO PUT JONES OUT FOR GOOD… UMM SOUNDS FISHY BECAUSE HE ONLY THREW 1 OVER HAND RIGHT TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND JONES WAS ON THE FLOOR IN THE FIRST ROUND NO REAL JABS OR NOTHING …. AND THE FIGHT WAS STOPPED PREMATURELY EVERYBODY KNOW JONES WILL FIGHT ON THE ROPES ITS THE FIRST ROUND STOPP THE FIGHT IF IT CONTINUES LOOKING THE SAME IN THE NEXT 2 ROUNDS…
There is a Rematch CLAUSE IN JONES JR CONTRACT!!!
agaian americans making excuses of not fighting because money very sad
hopkins to win.
man boxing sucks nowa days, too much money involved,
who the hell is green anyway, ? beating a shot fighter by hitting him of the back of his head,
i hope bernard hurts green, at the moment greens head is out of the sky.
When we were at Richard Schaefer’s office over a week ago, we offered up a 50-50 deal Schaefer is turning into a dishonest shark right before our eyes. anything, for more money roy wanted a 50/50 so Bernard deal with it,unless you want to get out of fighting green.
Seantonio i know your a fan of roy jones jr and its hard but he lost fairly if he had been on hes feet good the ref wouldn’t of stopped it or if he threw some punches back the ref wouldn’t of stopped it the refs get trained to stop the fight if there not right and Jones wasn’t fighting back and it was a good stoppage
it was not robbery Jones always makes excuses because hes cocky if your a Roy Jones Jr fan you should know this was a fair win i think Danny Green would give Bernard Hopkins heaps of problems if it went forward Bernard Hopkins is gonna wanna a big payday because i think id back Green to win
i wish that were true seantonio but i doubt it
For the record, and for the record Jones did not lose he was robbed and Green cheated, after green has to forfeit his win for using improper wraps he will have his win by default