Hopkins, Calzaghe Raise Tensions in Vegas

[big-lynch]

b-hops head is bigger than calzaghes body lol

[jamesc]

i admire hopkins for taking this fight, its going to be a career ending beating...no one will want to see him fight at this level after this....

i think he realises ducking calzaghe will harm his legacy more than losing to him..

[FUMIN 88]

Funny how everyone seems to have written B-hop off on this one. Joe looked really good against Kessler but lets not get ****** here, B-hop is no Kessler.

i agee kessler is no b-hop kesslers alot younger faster stronger and was more of a threat to cal than b-hop has ever been

[FUMIN 88]

"I'LL NEVER LET A WHITEBOY BEAT ME" If that was a white man saying i'll never let a blackboy beat me it would be called racist. b-hop needs to check himself. i'm not white, i'm a mexican, but i have white friends and that bugs me. same as if it was a white guy saying the opposite

i agree its kind of racist and if cal had sed the same thing to b-hop the press would have jumped all over it and labeled joe as a racist but then again this kined of double standards have been around for a long time

[CraigM]

I was shocked when Hopkins came out and said that, now i really hope this fight happens.

Just fed up of the way he tries to promote stuff, first starting a huge brawl vs Winky and now saying no white boy will beat him vs Calzaghe.

Worst thing is, it works

[Ryn0]

Funny how everyone seems to have written B-hop off on this one. Joe looked really good against Kessler but lets not get ****** here, B-hop is no Kessler.

I think Hopkins is treading on fine ground. He's fighting a guy who style is different but there aims are similar. Spoil the other guys style. Calzaghe is the younger man and even though Hopkins age isn't as a big a factor as other fighters it will effect him. Even in Hopkins prime i think zag would beat him from the sheer amount of punches and at the different angles he throws them. The only two fighters recently in there primes that i would give a good chance against Calzaghe are prime RJJ or a prime James Toney that could make weight. Speed and stamina will win this fight for calzaghe if it happens