Calzaghe: "I Saw Fear in Bernard Hopkins' Eyes"

[RichCCFC]

1) The HBO views for that fight were shocking, ill dig up the thread if i have time.

2) Isnt the setanta box £29.99?



Hopkins did years in prison for armed robbery and was a streetfighter also, you sure he's not intimidating?

What the **** do you expect? Both of the fighters were based in Europe, they didn't even have a countdown to Calzaghe-Kessler and very little adverts were shown for it. If Calzaghe was fighting Jones it would be PPV, It's only Hopkins fault this isn't. It doesn't matter anyway as Joe gets his money from british fans subscribing to watch him fight for $20 per month.

[Degsy]

For Joe Calzaghe to say that of someone who has EARNED the RESPECT of men who don't give RESPECT to many men(these men being current and ex-inmates at Gratersford State Penatentary in Pennsylvania) is flat out BULL****!!! You can't survive a place like Gratersford if fear is located anywhere in your eyes! Thats the first place jail dudes look at is in your eyes! So guys who've been incarcerated know how to hide the fear that appears from the eyes! Bernard is a ex-con who did time for REAL crimes! While incarcerated he earned the respect of some the baddest dudes that ever lived! Why? He showed no FEAR! I guess Mr. Calzaghe is just blowin smoke like he on a Amsterdam vacation or something! Hate him or Love him, Bernard Hopkins is a STAND UP DUDE!

NOW BACK TO BOXING!!
Bernard will land the harder more accurate shots, Calzaghe throwin a thousand punches wont matter cause he's not accurate at all! Men lie, Women lie, numbers don't! His connect pct. in his last fight was in the 20's! And Bernard is a FAR better than defensive fighter than Kessler!

Bernard's body punching, in-fighting and rough house tactics will wear Calzaghe down and we will all bear witness to Bernard Hopkins systematically taking Joe Calzaghe apart! Calzaghe will get dropped in this fight, he'll get back up but he will definitely get dropped!
Bernard shocks the odd makers and wins a UD!

According to the statistics there is vary little difference in the accuracy Hopkins about 30% of his shots to Joe's 28%. 30% of **** all is **** all, 28% of 1000 is 280. Still, I don't believe Hopkins is afraid of anyone, but I do think he'll loose this one.

[Bonafide]

calzaghe doesnt know how to promote a fight

Exactly. Hopkins fears NOBODY. Calslappy should be fearing his execution at the hands of a master technician.

[Calzaghe-Fan]

Exactly. Hopkins fears NOBODY. Calslappy should be fearing his execution at the hands of a master technician.

LMAO no chance you ****** little mexican ****er you dont know ****

[Vladimir303]

Is it me or is Joe Calzaghe the most boring boxing personality around?

How many times is he gonna keep rehashing the Las Vegas Face-off. Yawn

[Technical_Skill]

What the **** do you expect? Both of the fighters were based in Europe, they didn't even have a countdown to Calzaghe-Kessler and very little adverts were shown for it. If Calzaghe was fighting Jones it would be PPV, It's only Hopkins fault this isn't.

Are you calling calzaghe the draw in this fight?

Calzaghe vs Kessler was a prime time free fight, and hardly anybody watched it.

Infact according to this thread, it was the lowest HBO championship boxing card ever.

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154305&highlight=Calzaghe+Kessler

[RichCCFC]

What did I just say moron? Was there or was there not a countdown? Was there **** all advertisement? Are both fighters based in America?

[-Swizzy-]

You're delusional. Why did Hop walk away first? Having lost to Jermain Taylor twice is indeed an embarrassment. Hop's career is nowhere near as good as Joe's and Hop understands that

it doesn't matter what the judges did, hop beat taylor.

Hop's career is nowhere near as good as Joe's? wtf, wtf, and wtf. 5 of hopkins best opponents could whoop calzaghe. don't be fooled by the records. calzaghe might be a HOF(mostly due to his well MANAGED career) but hopkins is a legend.

[Bonafide]

LMAO no chance you ****** little mexican ****er you dont know ****

Calzaghe has fought nobody's in the UK. He beat an overrated Jeff Lacy and Kessler...thats it. Hopkins has fought champions, legends and executed them to perfection. Hopkins is the smartest fighter in the game.

[warp1432]

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Calzaghe's fought Robin Reid, Chris Eubank, Jeff Lacy, Mikkel Kessler, Bryon Mitchell (Amazing Fight by the way), and Charles Brewer*. Those are very good wins. Great wins are Kessler, Eubank, and Reid especially.

I'm a huge Hopkins fan, but I don't discredit Calzaghe. However, saying that the only reason why this fight isn't PPV is because of Hopkins is ******. And even if that is the case, I'm not complaining. Less money spent on PPV's for me.

*By the time Calzaghe fought him he was kinda washed up. Got knocked out in 3 by Echols (Yes I'm aware this could have been an early stoppage. I haven't seen it), still a good win though.

I maybe should have put Richie Woodhall on that list, but he got knocked out by Keith Holmes and lost to Marcus Bayer. He was old when he fought Calzaghe too so...