Calzaghe-Kessler To Air Live on HBO

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LONDON – Promoter Frank Warren announced today that the biggest non-heavyweight world title unification fight since the Sugar Ray Leonard-Tommy Hearns welterweight rumble of 1981, pitting undefeated super middleweight champions JOE CALZAGHE (43-0, 32 KOs), from Newbridge, Wales, and MIKKEL KESSLER (39-0, 29 KOs), from Copenhagen, Denmark, would be moved to later in the evening to accommodate U.S. boxing fans. Promoted by Frank Warren, in association with International Entertainment, the Calzaghe-Kessler world title unification fight will now be broadcast live in primetime in the U.S. at 9:00 p.m. ET and 6:00 p.m. PT on HBO World Championship Boxing. The fight will take place Saturday, November 3, at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales (1 a.m. local time), which will be scaled for an indoor-record of 60,000-plus spectators. Over 30,000 seats have already been sold. [details]

[SpeedKillz]

thats crazy how those dudes can fight at 1 am like that its ridiculous the stamina and work ethic u need, physically and mentally, to fight at that time in front of so many people.

cant wait for this fight!!

[USA4LIFE]

Best news in boxing this year IMO. I can't fricken wait.

[Chunk..]

Seems fair to accommodate for the yank audience, a fight that should see all boxing fans clued to the tele?

BTW, Calzaghe by UD.

[EliteSoldier]

30,000 tickets already sold!!! Thats an amazing number of tickets to be sold to a boxing event!!! And I'm sure thousands more of tickets will be sold, I won't be surprised if this sells a total of 45,000 tickets!!!

Good luck to Calzaghe!

[boxingbobby]

I was hoping this would be on ITV, I guess I'll just have to go and see it live!

[PunchDrunk]

I was hoping this would be on ITV, I guess I'll just have to go and see it live!

That's a bummer for you, that you have that opportunity...

[Undefeated]

Great fight. I expect alot of action and Kessler possibly pulling out the SD win.

[PapiShasho]

Are we talking live on free HBO? Not PPV?

How do these high caliber fights go free on HBO but Jones-Hanshaw go on PPV?

[Peder]

And your complaining? Are you ****ing insane? I'm glad the ****ty fights go on ppv, while we get the good fights on regular hbo!!! Don't ****ing complain about a gift from god. I could care less about saying an old roy jones jr fight. He's going to be trinidad in his next fight, trinidad is so much smaller then jones, it's a bs fight. That bs fight will be ppv most likely, good!!! I rather watch the champions fight for free.

I guess he was wondering, not complaining...
You are the insane one around here..