JOE CALZAGHE has vowed to make up for Ricky Hatton's heartbreaking defeat in Las Vegas by silencing Bernard Hopkins.
Hatton was floored by Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand in December — leaving thousands of British fans who had travelled to America crying into their beer.
But Calzaghe insists there will be plenty to cheer about when he faces Hopkins in Vegas on April 19.
The Welshman said: "I'm on a revenge mission.
"Floyd did the job on Ricky but Hopkins is going to pay."
Click below to watch an exclusive video interview with Joe Calzaghe.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/boxing/article718479.ece
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What are people constantly turning these things into political controversies?
It sells tickets!! But the USA gets the (false) impression we are all Soccer Hooligans with no respect for your country and we all get the (false) impression that you are all loudmouthed idots who atomatically hate everything not made or born in the USA.
All horseshit , but it sells tickets and stirs things up.
I hope someone in the Calzaghe camp pleads with the fans not to Boo the Star Spangled Banner. I'd have a policy of ejection, any disrespect and that's your seat gone for the night..period.
The Welsh national anthem is fucking brilliant by the way.
Kessler could have beat Joe easily, but despite the fact Kessler looks like a complete bad ass that was born to beat the shit out of everyone and everything...he's really just a puppy. He started off good against Joe, but he didn't lower his right hand when Joe started ducking it all night in the same direction, he didn't get vicious in the ring, he just got slapped up by joe, and in the late part of the fight Kessler didnt adjust or anything...he just walked to his corner round after round and sat down lookin sad and like a mope. Biggest fight of his career and he just let it wash away like a rainy monday. That fight was kinda lame on his part.
He couldn't change things because Joe adpated to him and kept battering him with medium power shots, enough to stop him adapting himself, plus he got hurt with a body shot in the 8th. I don't think you can call someone who up to that point was undefeated, a puppy, I thought his uppercuts looked vicious enough, but Joe just walked straight through them...watch the fight again its still on you tube at the mo
Haha you calzaghe lovers crack me up. JOE WILL NEVER GET ANY CREDIT for ANYTHING here int he states, too many people know the truth! Calzaghe talks and talks and talks about being the best of the best of the best in the past ten years. Its all lame, boring and just straight annoying really. He will never EVER be as good, dominate, or as fast as ROY JONES JR. He cant even compare to the now OLD roy, Let alone Hopkins. CAL-Z I believe will LOOSE to even the OLD HOPKINS. The really sad thing is, WHEN Joe looses, I would not be shocked if he looks directly into the camera and cry like a little bitch that he is. Joe's time was over before it began. He hasnt done anything to impress me, other than the lacy fight (which was a made to win fight for calzaghe) actually I take that back he did look stunningly fast against his "MEGA FIGHT" with the POPULAR AMERICAN TV SHOW THE CONTENDER SEASON WHAT EVER WINNER: PETER MANFREDO! I give Joe credit for that, he did look fast as he was slapping away and Peter smiled as the fat fucking donut eating ref walks over and stops the fight when manfredo is just sitting there on the ropes doing nothing but laughing. I did give Joe credit for that. I mean Peter is a "EXCELLENT" fighter. Right??????? haha I hate slow people... Calzaghe looses to Hopkins and either A. Gives up on the sport of boxing or B. Takes a fight with JONES trying to recover from the embarrassment and ends up loosing once again. Anyway I don't hate, I just tell it as it is. and it is what it is.... a bitch that has never done anything but beat up nobodys in his back yard and now after all these years comes to America and talks shit, as if he's actually done something, All I say is "DON'T LET YOUR MOUTH WRITE A CHECK YOUR ASS CANT CASH".. haha what a ***!
The reality is that Joe and Bernard have faced an almost identical level of competition over the years..
Joes Calzaghe average opponent has 22 wins and 6 losses.
B-Hop avg opponent has 23 wins and 6 losses.
And since Bernard Hopokins has LOST some of those fights, Calzage is technically the better fighter.
In order to do that, he will have to beat Hopkins, Jones, and Dawson. I don't see him winning all 3.
I think we'll get to see at least one of the other fights and if Taylor Pavlik goes to a third rubber, I think it will be Dawson. My reasoning? Joe was quoted as saying he wanted to fight someone in their prime - the three guys I can think of are Dawson at L/H and Pavlik or Taylor moving up a division or at catchweight
Haha you calzaghe lovers crack me up. JOE WILL NEVER GET ANY CREDIT for ANYTHING here int he states, too many people know the truth! Calzaghe talks and talks and talks about being the best of the best of the best in the past ten years. Its all lame, boring and just straight annoying really. He will never EVER be as good, dominate, or as fast as ROY JONES JR. He cant even compare to the now OLD roy, Let alone Hopkins. CAL-Z I believe will LOOSE to even the OLD HOPKINS. The really sad thing is, WHEN Joe looses, I would not be shocked if he looks directly into the camera and cry like a little bitch that he is. Joe's time was over before it began. He hasnt done anything to impress me, other than the lacy fight (which was a made to win fight for calzaghe) actually I take that back he did look stunningly fast against his "MEGA FIGHT" with the POPULAR AMERICAN TV SHOW THE CONTENDER SEASON WHAT EVER WINNER: PETER MANFREDO! I give Joe credit for that, he did look fast as he was slapping away and Peter smiled as the fat fucking donut eating ref walks over and stops the fight when manfredo is just sitting there on the ropes doing nothing but laughing. I did give Joe credit for that. I mean Peter is a "EXCELLENT" fighter. Right??????? haha I hate slow people... Calzaghe looses to Hopkins and either A. Gives up on the sport of boxing or B. Takes a fight with JONES trying to recover from the embarrassment and ends up loosing once again. Anyway I don't hate, I just tell it as it is. and it is what it is.... a bitch that has never done anything but beat up nobodys in his back yard and now after all these years comes to America and talks shit, as if he's actually done something, All I say is "DON'T LET YOUR MOUTH WRITE A CHECK YOUR ASS CANT CASH".. haha what a ***!
He's gonna rule America?....nah,we don't play that royalty crap,he better be careful he doesn't wind up the joker.
c/s he better submit his application for election.
Umm... no, Joe. Sorry. That's not how things work here. We have democratically elected officals in America. You can not beat up a senior citizen former boxer and lay claim to an entire nation. Sorry.Who should Joe fight instead of the highest P4P ranked fighter in MW, SMW, LHW combined?
Let's say he fights very textbook
So.....he's a technician.
Jose Luis Castillo is a technician and he's a flat out brawler.
Pure Boxer-------Boxer Puncher-------Slugger
Spinks--------Kessler----------Hatton
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Umm... no, Joe. Sorry. That's not how things work here. We have democratically elected officals in America. You can not beat up a senior citizen former boxer and lay claim to an entire nation. Sorry.
Joe proved to many people he could outbox a pure boxer in Kessler. Before that fight many people thought Calzaghe just gets dragged into brawls and is overly agressive.
Yeah I wouldn't call Kessler a pure boxer.
He's more the Epitome of a boxer puncher.
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Well maybe if Joe rules america we can get universal heathcare lilke in the UK?!
What are people constantly turning these things into political controversies?