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JOE CALZAGHE insists he will make Bernard Hopkins pay for his race-hate remarks when they clash on April 19.
Calzaghe, 35, steps up to light-heavyweight to challenge Hopkins for his Ring Magazine belt at Las Vegas’ Thomas & Mack Centre.
Loudmouth Hopkins called the undefeated world super-middleweight champion a ‘white boy’ when their paths crossed at Ricky Hatton’s weigh-in for his fight with Floyd Mayweather.
Calzaghe, who has a 44-fight undefeated record, said: “I’ll shut him up in the ring. Come April 19, I’ll chase him down and smash him up.
“Hopkins should feel embarrassed for calling me a white boy — I’m embarrassed for him.
“White, yellow, green, black, blue . . . colour does not matter. It was a ****** remark for an adult to make.
“I am going over to America to kick his arse. You will see Joe Calzaghe smashing the face of Mary Poppins. He will need a face-lift after I have finished with him.”
Calzaghe admitted he will not get into a slanging match with his 43-year-old foe because he could lose his focus, the way Hatton did when Mayweather unsettled him with his trash talk.
The Welshman added: “It’s all pantomime from Hopkins, he knows what he is doing.
“Hopkins knows what I can do with my fists and will do everything to throw me off and fight his fight.
“He can try to get into my head so I make mistakes — but that just won’t happen.”
Calzaghe, 35, steps up to light-heavyweight to challenge Hopkins for his Ring Magazine belt at Las Vegas’ Thomas & Mack Centre.
Loudmouth Hopkins called the undefeated world super-middleweight champion a ‘white boy’ when their paths crossed at Ricky Hatton’s weigh-in for his fight with Floyd Mayweather.
Calzaghe, who has a 44-fight undefeated record, said: “I’ll shut him up in the ring. Come April 19, I’ll chase him down and smash him up.
“Hopkins should feel embarrassed for calling me a white boy — I’m embarrassed for him.
“White, yellow, green, black, blue . . . colour does not matter. It was a ****** remark for an adult to make.
“I am going over to America to kick his arse. You will see Joe Calzaghe smashing the face of Mary Poppins. He will need a face-lift after I have finished with him.”
Calzaghe admitted he will not get into a slanging match with his 43-year-old foe because he could lose his focus, the way Hatton did when Mayweather unsettled him with his trash talk.
The Welshman added: “It’s all pantomime from Hopkins, he knows what he is doing.
“Hopkins knows what I can do with my fists and will do everything to throw me off and fight his fight.
“He can try to get into my head so I make mistakes — but that just won’t happen.”
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