Calzaghe on Hopkins and a potential matchup..

[Addison]

Unbeaten WBO and Ring Magazine Super-Middleweight champion of the World Joe Calzaghe has hit back at Bernard Hopkins - and told him he must get in the queue if he wants to fight him. Following his laboured points win over Ronald "Winky" Wright on Saturday night, Hopkins was vocal in calling out the hard-hitting Welshman. "I want Joe Calzaghe next," Hopkins said. "Tell him to come over here, and I'm going to beat him, too.."

But Calzaghe, who faces undefeated WBC and WBA World Champion Mikkel Kessler in a massive unification clash on
November 3 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, says Hopkins has already had his chance - and passed it up.

"Hopkins can just get in the line and wait for me because of all the messing around he has caused me. I was all set to fight him a couple of years ago, and he doubled his financial demands after at first agreeing to the fight," said Calzaghe.

"If he was really that keen to fight me, he would have signed up there and then but he got cold feet and then tried to save face.

"It's convenient to call someone out when they already have a fight lined up, but right now I'm focusing on a real fight against Kessler. Once that is done I will look at Ol' Popkins but judging by his performance against Wright there isn't much competition there for me anyway,"

Hopkins said he wanted to fight Calzaghe in the Yankees Stadium, New York - but undefeated Calzaghe, 43-0, has questioned the level of support the American has.

"Why go to America and fight in front of a half empty arena? There's no atmosphere there. Hopkins and Wright are supposed to be two of the top pound-for-pound fighters yet their fight didn't even sell out the Mandalay Bay, it drew something like 9,000 people and the majority of them will be given away by the hotel and casinos. My fight with Kessler is on course to sell 60,000 tickets and my last fight against Peter Manfredo drew 35,000," added Calzaghe.


"Mind you, my fight against Kessler will be a real fight unlike the dancing and holding that the pair of them did on Saturday night. Hopkins is just a name that would look good on my record if we fought now,"
"The Americans go about me not fighting in the States but they have never questioned why Hopkins or Roy Jones have never left the comfort of their own backyard. Why should I go to America when if we do the fight in the UK we can make far more money in front of a bigger crowd?

"But I'm willing to go to the States if that is where the best deal is. I've defended my title in Denmark and Germany, and I even agreed to fight Kessler in his own backyard."

Calzaghe has been quite vocal as of late..

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i like calzaghe, but hopkins is my favorite fighter of all time, ever since i became a boxing fanatic and enthusiast.

but one thing that i liked that calzaghe said was when he call hopkins, " Ol' Popkins!"

that had me rolling on the floor. good stuff.................

a fight between the both of them would be good, too bad it didn't happen earlier, i think it would be more competitive 5 to 6 years ago. but that is all water under the bridge now.

it would be a tough fight, but as being a hopkins fan i can see him winning a ugly fight, but i can also see calzaghe outpointing hopkins too. it's something that we have to wait and see to really find out, only time will tell, if it even happens......

[Addison]

i like calzaghe, but hopkins is my favorite fighter of all time, ever since i became a boxing fanatic and enthusiast.

but one thing that i liked that calzaghe said was when he call hopkins, " Ol' Popkins!"

that had me rolling on the floor. good stuff.................

a fight between the both of them would be good, too bad it didn't happen earlier, i think it would be more competitive 5 to 6 years ago. but that is all water under the bridge now.

it would be a tough fight, but as being a hopkins fan i can see him winning a ugly fight, but i can also see calzaghe outpointing hopkins too. it's something that we have to wait and see to really find out, only time will tell, if it even happens......

It would be interesting to see if Hopkins could blunt Calzaghe's frantic offense.

[Shanus]

I read that interview recently, he better not be looking past Kessler.

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It would be interesting to see if Hopkins could blunt Calzaghe's frantic offense.

if there is anyone who could it would be hopkins. people tend to forget that hopkins and his team (mainly hopkins and richardson, i hope they keep roach in there too,) are grandmasters of game plan and strategy. they excel there and they have more than one plan, they put together more then one route to get there. with hopkins training and stamina, his overall conditioning, his experience, and ability to make his opponent fight his fight and his ability to take away his opponents best weapons, hopkins is a tough nut to crack. it takes bias judging to get a decision over hopkins.(JT, HBO's lil baby) but that is old news, still sour g****s here but whatever hopkins has done some really good stuff afterwards, so there you go.

calzaghe hopkins would be a good fight, i just hope that it happens, but calzaghe has got to get pass kessler, who i think has a better than average chance at beating calzaghe, it wouldn't surprise me at all, especially if calzaghe is over looking kessler, which he could very well be doing, but then again he is a professional, so he probably has head on right.

[Addison]

if there is anyone who could it would be hopkins. people tend to forget that hopkins and his team (mainly hopkins and richardson, i hope they keep roach in there too,) are grandmasters of game plan and strategy. they excel there and they have more than one plan, they put together more then one route to get there. with hopkins training and stamina, his overall conditioning, his experience, and ability to make his opponent fight his fight and his ability to take away his opponents best weapons, hopkins is a tough nut to crack. it takes bias judging to get a decision over hopkins.(JT, HBO's lil baby) but that is old news, still sour g****s here but whatever hopkins has done some really good stuff afterwards, so there you go.

calzaghe hopkins would be a good fight, i just hope that it happens, but calzaghe has got to get pass kessler, who i think has a better than average chance at beating calzaghe, it wouldn't surprise me at all, especially if calzaghe is over looking kessler, which he could very well be doing, but then again he is a professional, so he probably has head on right.

Fine post.

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Fine post.

thanks, and cheers...........

[realheavyhands]

Calzaghe Likes To Stay On The Outiside Then Let Go On You At A Medium Distance.. Hopkins Will Lead Right Hand Him To Death From The Outisde

[EliteSoldier]

Speed kills, just ask mayweather. Calzaghe will teach you a lesson about speed, stamina, agility. These dumb ****s he fight are thugs nothing mroe nothing less. They don't have the iq to beat Calzaghe. Don't you know italians are smart and we make money off pizza and the mafia.

[FUMIN 88]

Speed kills, just ask mayweather. Calzaghe will teach you a lesson about speed, stamina, agility. These dumb ****s he fight are thugs nothing mroe nothing less. They don't have the iq to beat Calzaghe. Don't you know italians are smart and we make money off pizza and the mafia.

amen LOL