Calzaghe V Hopkins

[Howard_lfc]

What have you heard then Howard?

It's what I haven't heard morelike.

JC is supposed to be going to America for some mega fights with Hopkins or maybe even Taylor or Pavlik. So far - after the initial bluster nothing has come to fruition......

Meanwhile THe Battle of Britain fight with Woods is looking more likely at the moment.

[Darth Marty]

It's what I haven't heard morelike.

JC is supposed to be going to America for some mega fights with Hopkins or maybe even Taylor or Pavlik. So far - after the initial bluster nothing has come to fruition......

Meanwhile THe Battle of Britain fight with Woods is looking more likely at the moment.

So basically you are using creative license to tell us what you think is going to happen with no evidence whatsoever.
Shouldnt you be posting in the Liverpool section?

















Only teasing mate

[Howard_lfc]

So basically you are using creative license to tell us what you think is going to happen with no evidence whatsoever.
Shouldnt you be posting in the Liverpool section?

Only teasing mate

Tell you what Marty let's wait and see then. As more and more time goes by the less I believe we're gonna see Calzaghe's name up in lights in Vegas or NY or the like.

[Darth Marty]

regardless of what actually happens what you said has no basis in truth as yet so **** it, at the end of the day I dont care that much anyway. He would beat woods just the same as he would beat hopkins.

[Kaip]

Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins are almost ready to stop talking and start dancing.

After circling each other for more than a month the two boxers are expected to make a deal this week to fight in Las Vegas in April. All being well a contest with Jermain Taylor would follow for Calzaghe in the summer.

The new BBC sports personality of the year has had Hopkins in his sights since beating Mikkel Kessler in Cardiff on November 4 to become the undisputed world super-middleweight champion. For his part, the American said the only opponent who could motivate him to fight again was the undefeated Welshman. The devil has been in the detail, however, or perhaps more precisely in Hopkins' notoriously difficult business style. "He's a pain in the ass to negotiate with" was Calzaghe's assessment of the former undisputed middleweight champion.

Talks in Las Vegas between Calzaghe's promoter, Frank Warren, and the Hopkins camp before the Ricky Hatton-Floyd Mayweather fight last weekend moved matters along and agreement on a contest in the light-heavyweight division is now very close. Presuming Calzaghe beats a man who will turn 43 in January he would face Taylor a few months later at super-middleweight level.

Taylor, who beat Hopkins twice in 2005, lost his WBO and WBC middleweight belts to Kelly Pavlik in September but has exercised a rematch clause and the two will meet again in Las Vegas on February 16 in a non-title contest at super-middleweight. But a fight with Calzaghe is already in Taylor's sights according to his promoter, Lou DiBella. "It's hard to look past this fight but, knowing Jermain, if he beats Pavlik, Joe would be the fight he would want," DiBella said. "Joe is the best and Jermain has always reached out for the best so I would be very surprised if he didn't say, 'Go pursue Calzaghe.'

"At this point in time I think anyone who knows boxing knows that the second best fighter in the world is Calzaghe and that's only because Floyd Mayweather is out there."

DiBella believes Calzaghe would find Hopkins easier to deal with in the ring than in the boardroom. "It's no disrespect to Hopkins, who was one of the great fighters of all time, but I just don't see Calzaghe losing to a 43-year-old man who can't punch. I think Hopkins can frustrate him and maybe win a few rounds but Calzaghe has too much and is too young."

[kurtangle01]

The fight is signed. The Yankee stadium will host the fight.

http://philboxing.com/news/story-14409.html

[Chris]

The fight is signed. The Yankee stadium will host the fight.

Wheres that confirmed mate?

Cant see it being there at all.

Edit : Just seen the link, still not sure it'll be there. Bob Arum made a big loss for a fight there didn't he? Though that was decades ago mind! Looks way to big.

[kurtangle01]

Wheres that confirmed mate?

Cant see it being there at all.

Edit : Just seen the link, still not sure it'll be there. Bob Arum made a big loss for a fight there didn't he? Though that was decades ago mind! Looks way to big.

I guess it's a case of wait and see. I can't see them selling that out but you never know.

[Chris]

Gonna be in Vegas by the look of it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7172156.stm

[kurtangle01]

Gonna be in Vegas by the look of it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7172156.stm

Vegas is the best bet, imho. As you said last night the Yankee stadium's just to big.

Hatton Vs Mayweather would have done well in a bigger arena than the MGM because they're both big draws but Calzaghe and Hopkins wouldn't draw as big a crowd.

Just as long as they actually sign to fight is all that matters.

I hope Joe wins, I genuinely do, but Hopkins is a clever ******* and is a master at stealing the rounds.

[Howard_lfc]

Vegas is the best bet, imho. As you said last night the Yankee stadium's just to big.

Hatton Vs Mayweather would have done well in a bigger arena than the MGM because they're both big draws but Calzaghe and Hopkins wouldn't draw as big a crowd.

Just as long as they actually sign to fight is all that matters.

I hope Joe wins, I genuinely do, but Hopkins is a clever ******* and is a master at stealing the rounds.

Amen to that.

I was becoming underwhelmed with the possibility of the fight with Clinton Woods.

I'll be backing Joe to out-work Hopkins and have a convincing points win.

[Darth Marty]

Amen to that.

I was becoming underwhelmed with the possibility of the fight with Clinton Woods.

I'll be backing Joe to out-work Hopkins and have a convincing points win.

Yup, that or a late stoppage, id go for a convincing points win a la Lacey though.

[Kaip]

excited

[bazza76]

Should be a good one alright, even if it has the possibility of not being the most attacking fight you will ever see, just to see Calzaghe fight one of the so called "big dogs" in the states is an achievement though.
Will Calzaghe leave it at that after he fights Hopkins though?, or will he try and cement his name firmly in the history books by beating someone like Taylor after?. Preferably in the states aswell.

[Kaip]

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