I'll 'slap' Dane to the canvas - Joe Calzaghe

[Peder]

From: southwalesargus.co.uk

I AM now two weeks into what I would class as proper' training ahead of the Mikkel Kessler fight at the Millennium Stadium on November 3.

It is a great relief to be training without just coming back from a hand injury, something that has been an issue for me far too much in the past few years.

As you all know, I did suffer damage after my last fight, against Peter Manfredo in April.

However, though I don't like only fighting twice a year, the upside has been not having to test my damaged hand too quickly.

I was able to let the injury heal properly over the early part of the summer and just kept ticking over with my fitness work in the gym.

Now I am ready to go full-pelt, I will be able to do more sparring than for my last couple of fights and I feel great.

more: http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/spo...e_calzaghe.php

[.Mik.]

Quite a good little article. I liked this quote too:

I think I will go to Vegas and support Ricky, it'll be a great way to cap off what will have hopefully been a really good year for me.

I think this has been a great year for getting fights made that the people really want to see and I am looking forward to some verbal sparring with Kessler.

He's a lot more intelligent than Jeff Lacy is and on the one occasion I met him we spoke and it was very cordial.

However, Kessler has already called me a slapper' in the build up to this fight, saying I don't have the power to hurt him.

This is probably the 40th time one of my opponents has said that about me in the lead-up to a fight and it is like water off a duck's back.

I won't criticise the guy because I respect him as a fighter.