Calzaghe

[Rich]

Merged! Another win for the Welsh person. (I didn't know they made good fighters.... )

[bazza76]

crap missed the fight, checked on Sky sports didnt see it on the listing and assumed it wasnt on

[kurtangle01]

crap missed the fight, checked on Sky sports didnt see it on the listing and assumed it wasnt on

You FOOL!

[Hollowman]

That wasn't Joe's fault. Someone told him he was fighting Steve Biko, so he did the training for that ****.

Kessler reset the German proper. Him and Joe will be nice.

[bazza76]

You FOOL!

thanks Kurt

[paulcooper4]

what a ****in hiding derry mathews dished out. Foster looked like hed been ****ted by 10 men with knuckledusters on

[paulcooper4]

Macarinelli fight was a let down as i was really looking forward to that. The 1st one in march was ****in brilliant. Some dig enzo`s got though

[Bob]

The only way Calzaghe gets a big American fight is if he steps up to fight Johnson or Jones, both of whom are heading downhill, or Taylor steps up (too late in Winky's career to start ****ing with Super Mids I think). If Taylor steps up, then that's a fight I'd like to see.

I don't think Calzaghe/Warren would even contemplate that at this stage of this prize winning horse's career. Massive gamble this late on, and i don't personally believe Calzaghe has it in him to step up a division.

Anyway, good fight tonight! We've all no doubt heard his reasoning for the poor performance, and fair dos he was evidently under prepared. However, there's no doubt he was playing Prince big bollox (ok fair enough with his pro record why not) for the HBO cameras, but he could've easily got caught short by a quicker hand.

Here's to a much more orthodox display in his next bout. Can't be doing with this showboating at all, certainly was never like that when i was in the ring.

[paulcooper4]

Joe will knock **** out of whoever chose bika as his opponent i reckon. What a awkward horrible ****er to fight against. Won by a mile whilst having a off night, hes the best fighter in the world imo

[Howard_lfc]

crap missed the fight, checked on Sky sports didnt see it on the listing and assumed it wasnt on

Funnily enough bazza - I had me laptop on around 9:30 ish and saw you were logged on. I tried to send you a pm to say don't forget about the boxing - but you've got your pm facility turned off.

H

[Kaip]

That was more like a pub fight

[bazza76]

Funnily enough bazza - I had me laptop on around 9:30 ish and saw you were logged on. I tried to send you a pm to say don't forget about the boxing - but you've got your pm facility turned off.

H

Thanks for the thought Howard.
Didnt even know i had it turned off, unless I need to empty my einobx.

[bazza76]

That was more like a pub fight

Kaip and rocket with a few too many beers?

[Shaggy]

Joe Calzaghe is ready to fight Bernard Hopkins in America following his brutal world title clash with Sakio Bika.

He made his 19th super middleweight defence against the Cameroonian in Manchester and is now one short of Hopkins' 20 defences at middleweight.

"People think I'm a home boy, but I'll fight Bernard Hopkins in his own garden," the Welshman said.

"Hopkins is the sort of fighter I'd get up for. I need those big name fights to bring out the best in me."

Promoter Frank Warren confirmed he is lining up a date for Calzaghe across the Atlantic in February or March.

However, with the 41-year-old Hopkins talking about challenging WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev, Denmark's Mikkel Kessler would appear to be a more realistic option.

Kessler demolished Germany's Markus Beyer inside three rounds in Copenhagen on Saturday to add the WBC crown to his WBA belt.

And with Calzaghe in possession of the IBF and WBO titles, a fight between the two would be a rare four-belt unification bout.

"I would be glad to fight Joe under the right financial conditions," Kessler said.

"I would go to England or he could come to Denmark. I will beat him in either place.

"Floyd Mayweather is boxing's best pound-for-pound fighter and I am the second best fighter in the sport. I think I demonstrated that to some people on Saturday."

Warren added: "Kessler, Hopkins and (Jermain) Taylor are names on the list and we will talk to HBO and come up with one of those names for Joe's fight in February. "Kessler would be a great unification match and we have the possibility of Hopkins. It would be a fantastic fight and, who knows, it could be history in the making."

A fight with WBC and WBO middleweight champion Taylor looks the least likely option for Calzaghe.

The 28-year-old Arkansas fighter, who beat Hopkins twice last year, already slated to defend his titles in December.

Meanwhile, Britain's former heavyweight king Lennox Lewis, commentating on the Calzaghe-Bika fight for American TV network HBO, has urged the Welshman to head Stateside.

"It's definitely the path I'd like to see him take," said Lewis. "They're clamouring for him over there."

[Kaip]

Would`nt mind a few days in vegas for that one