2007 was a great year for 'The Cobra' because I did jobs on fighters like they'd never had jobs done on them before, despite being in with the best in the world. Just like I did a job on Henry Porras better Mikkel Kessler did a job on him, out in Hollywood on HBO Latino.
My business for most of 2007 was getting my knee sorted out before I started fighting for world titles. And I believe it's as strong as it'll ever be now and I can enter my prime in prime condition.
My big fight with dangerous Russian Dennis Inkin is being beamed live on ITV1 and Showtime USA, it's a prestigious WBC world super-middleweight title interim match and the winner will fight Joe Calzaghe, unless big Joe decides to dodge out.
Inkin beat me as an amateur in 1999 at an England-vs-Russia meet, but I dropped him heavily in the last round with my potent right uppercut punch and I've improved no end since then and am a far better pro than I was an amateur. I was rated three or four in the world as an am, but whatever.
So yeah, I mean, when I'm through with Dennis Inkin, the Carl Froch train wants Calzaghe, Hopkins, Pavlik, Taylor, Kessler, Wright or anybody else to try their hand out at actually grinding the train to a halt.
I'll fight Pavlik and Taylor on the same night and knock the pair of them out. Calzaghe hasn't fought anybody who can reduce his workrate, but he has to reach further to punch me than anybody and he'll eat up some potent right uppercuts for supper, he knows that and I know that, and that's why the fight hasn't and never will happen.
My business for most of 2007 was getting my knee sorted out before I started fighting for world titles. And I believe it's as strong as it'll ever be now and I can enter my prime in prime condition.
My big fight with dangerous Russian Dennis Inkin is being beamed live on ITV1 and Showtime USA, it's a prestigious WBC world super-middleweight title interim match and the winner will fight Joe Calzaghe, unless big Joe decides to dodge out.
Inkin beat me as an amateur in 1999 at an England-vs-Russia meet, but I dropped him heavily in the last round with my potent right uppercut punch and I've improved no end since then and am a far better pro than I was an amateur. I was rated three or four in the world as an am, but whatever.
So yeah, I mean, when I'm through with Dennis Inkin, the Carl Froch train wants Calzaghe, Hopkins, Pavlik, Taylor, Kessler, Wright or anybody else to try their hand out at actually grinding the train to a halt.
I'll fight Pavlik and Taylor on the same night and knock the pair of them out. Calzaghe hasn't fought anybody who can reduce his workrate, but he has to reach further to punch me than anybody and he'll eat up some potent right uppercuts for supper, he knows that and I know that, and that's why the fight hasn't and never will happen.
There's also this from last week:
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