Hopkins Calzaghe - Its Official (or is it?)

They already got the odds up for this fight on different gambling websites with Calzaghe as the favorite.

hopkins has agreed and is waiting for joe to sign. GBP hasn't heard back from either joe or warren, so that is tying things up. and as of today on fight news dot com, warren said that they haven't announced anything and warren also told people of the UK to not book flights until they announce the fight..........why??? because if roy jones wins over tito they aren't going to take the fight with hopkins, they're going to go after jones jr, at least that is my opinion, and that is what it looks like to me from all that has been reported on the topic, as well as their actions of not having signed the fight yet and the long delay. and although you are right about filling up the MEN stadium in cardiff, which joe could do fighting guys like manfredo jr again, he still isnt leaving his comfort zone, which would make him a liar for saying that he wants to fight in the US. now, as for the refereeing being bias, calzaghe has had favorable refereeing his whole career from the hometown judges and the refs. cortez is a shitty ref, at least in the last few years, he did a horrible job in the mayweather-hatton fight, he let floyd use his forearms and elbows and turn his back the whole fight and wouldn't let any inside fighting take place. now i'm not saying that the outcome would've been different but what i am saying is that he injected himself in the fight too much and he made it to where hatton was fighting two people in the ring. shitty job........... which leads to my next retort, hopkins can and likes to fight inside, same with calzaghe, so cortez with his recent track record wouldn't be a good ref for their fight. they should use Steve Smoger, he's the best right now. and also, in case you haven't seen a calzaghe fight, which by your comments on hopkins being a dirty fighter, i would be so inclined to think that you haven't, calzaghe is just as dirty of a fighter as hopkins, if not dirtier. calzaghe holds and hits, hits on the break, hits low, rabbit punching is one of his trademark punches, as well as most UK fighters. there is no denying that hopkins is a rough and tumble fighter, he is, but same with calzaghe, there is no difference between the two when it comes to them dirtying it up in the ring. when i went to see calzaghe-kessler in cardiff, the whole night the refs were letting rabbit punches go on all night long, it was actually disgusting to watch it go uncalled and to see that it is a normal practice over there, only when they had the american ref mike ortega did a rabbit punch get called out THE WHOLE NIGHT!!!! i watched about 10+ fights there that night and never saw one foul called on a rabbit punch until an american ref called it in the calzaghe fight, against calzaghe, and i'm sure he would've called it on kessler had kessler fought like that. just to clarify a few things for you guys............... :tapedshut???? lol

This makes a mockery of boxing, a 44-year-old who would have fought three times in three years, against a 36-year-old who would have fought three times in three years... Would rather see Calzaghe face Dawson or prestigious Lonsdale belt-holder & prestigious WBC #1 contender Carl 'Cobra' Froch i'd like to see those fights too, just after he fights hopkins, there has been too much build up and too much trash talking and teasing us fans with this fight for it not to happen. now i will say this, if calzaghe doesn't fight hopkins and goes after jones, what kind of spin do you think they would put on it to make calzaghe seem like he isnt ducking hopkins?? are they going to say the same old shit again about the negotiations? or location? money? gloves? now i will say this, about possible match ups with calzaghe, i would really like to see him fight froch more so then dawson just because when i was in the uk, there was a lot of dissing of froch from warren and a lot of the people over there were telling me that calzaghe doesn't want any part of froch, now whether that is true or not, the people in the UK, that i talked to, which was a lot, wants calzaghe to fight froch. plus having watched a couple of his fights i would like to see him step it up and fight calzaghe before calzaghe were to fight dawson. but from here and from all that is available to me as far as info is concerned, it looks like calzaghe is going to go after jones if he wins, so we're going to have to see what happens after this weekend. also i've heard tito has thrown his name into the hat for a fight with calzaghe, now if he were to win and calzaghe took either jones or tito over hopkins i will have lost any and all respect for calzaghe. i don't care if calzaghe beats hopkins as much as i would care if he ducked him...............................

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If Joe doesn't take the fight with Hopkins in America to fight Jones in Wales I will be PISSED OFF and elated at the same time.

Mayweather-de la Hoya II would be even worse

This makes a mockery of boxing, a 44-year-old who would have fought three times in three years, against a 36-year-old who would have fought three times in three years... Would rather see Calzaghe face Dawson or prestigious Lonsdale belt-holder & prestigious WBC #1 contender Carl 'Cobra' Froch

This isn't a done deal. Noone has signed anything yet.

I'm pretty sure it's official, unless Hopkins hasn't signed on to the fight yet. hopkins has agreed and is waiting for joe to sign. GBP hasn't heard back from either joe or warren, so that is tying things up. Frank Warren is going to announce it in London on Tuesday apparently and as of today on fight news dot com, warren said that they haven't announced anything and warren also told people of the UK to not book flights until they announce the fight..........why??? because if roy jones wins over tito they aren't going to take the fight with hopkins, they're going to go after jones jr, at least that is my opinion, and that is what it looks like to me from all that has been reported on the topic, as well as their actions of not having signed the fight yet and the long delay. I would sooner if Joe fought Jones in Britain. With the home judges (i.e., Jerry Roth) and refs (perhaps Cortez) in Las Vegas, Joe could be robbed and Hopkins may get away with deliberate head butts, rabbit punches and low blows. Jones vs. Calzaghe would fill the stadium in Wales and make plenty of money as a PPV. The two best fighters of the past fifteen years would finally face each other... and although you are right about filling up the MEN stadium in cardiff, which joe could do fighting guys like manfredo jr again, he still isnt leaving his comfort zone, which would make him a liar for saying that he wants to fight in the US. now, as for the refereeing being bias, calzaghe has had favorable refereeing his whole career from the hometown judges and the refs. cortez is a shitty ref, at least in the last few years, he did a horrible job in the mayweather-hatton fight, he let floyd use his forearms and elbows and turn his back the whole fight and wouldn't let any inside fighting take place. now i'm not saying that the outcome would've been different but what i am saying is that he injected himself in the fight too much and he made it to where hatton was fighting two people in the ring. shitty job........... which leads to my next retort, hopkins can and likes to fight inside, same with calzaghe, so cortez with his recent track record wouldn't be a good ref for their fight. they should use Steve Smoger, he's the best right now. and also, in case you haven't seen a calzaghe fight, which by your comments on hopkins being a dirty fighter, i would be so inclined to think that you haven't, calzaghe is just as dirty of a fighter as hopkins, if not dirtier. calzaghe holds and hits, hits on the break, hits low, rabbit punching is one of his trademark punches, as well as most UK fighters. there is no denying that hopkins is a rough and tumble fighter, he is, but same with calzaghe, there is no difference between the two when it comes to them dirtying it up in the ring. when i went to see calzaghe-kessler in cardiff, the whole night the refs were letting rabbit punches go on all night long, it was actually disgusting to watch it go uncalled and to see that it is a normal practice over there, only when they had the american ref mike ortega did a rabbit punch get called out THE WHOLE NIGHT!!!! i watched about 10+ fights there that night and never saw one foul called on a rabbit punch until an american ref called it in the calzaghe fight, against calzaghe, and i'm sure he would've called it on kessler had kessler fought like that. just to clarify a few things for you guys...............

joe didnt sign the contract and send it back yet... but they agreed verbally... here waitin for somethinnnn?! Yeah I saw the article and thought fuck its signed, but whenyou read it , it says nothing more than we've already been promised. Typical Frank Warren, makes you wonder what Joe could have done with an American promoter?? He could have been huge, much earlier, according to my wife and her friends, he's apparently cute too Calzaghe Kessler was the first fight some of them saw and I don't think they were concentrating on the boxing!!!lol

joe didnt sign the contract and send it back yet... but they agreed verbally... here waitin for somethinnnn?!

Frank Warren is going to announce it in London on Tuesday apparently

I'm pretty sure it's official, unless Hopkins hasn't signed on to the fight yet.