By Mark Vester
During a recent conference call with the media, light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins promised to make it look easy when he meets undefeated Joe Calzaghe on April 19 in Las Vegas. Hopkins has promised to make Calzaghe's high workrate work against him in the fight.
"Don't be surprised when I make it look easy and I make him look amateurish, but only after I've given him punishment. Joe won't quit but his father is going to have to step in to save him," Hopkins said.
"I love a guy who punches hard because I don't have to do much work. When you fight a guy like Winky Wright you have to get the turtle out of its shell. This guy likes to fire, he likes to punch and I like that. This is no comparison to Winky Wright where you have to figure out a way through. This is a guy who likes to throw 1,000 punches. I hope he'll throw those punches because that will really help me shine."
Hopkins said that he will expose Calzaghe come fight night and show everyone why Calzaghe has avoided coming to America for so many years.
"I don't see anything that can I say wow, I should be intimidated. I'm going to prove that he's an ordinary Joe, and the reason he didn't come to the US was because it was his worst nightmare, knowing he would get his ass kicked," Hopkins said.
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