Calzaghe: You only beat small guys!

[Karlos81]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jPpacU-WGto

[Nacho_Analstain]

seems abit over confident

[Silencers]

They both seem very confident for this fight, I think this could be the most exciting Bernard Hopkins fight in a while.

[vB Martin]

Hopkins KO'd in 8 or less. Calzaghe is a good mover, too, so running won't keep Hopkins out of harm's way this time.

[OldSkool]

i think thats pretty good for joe. hes basically showing bhop that he is not intimidated at all. this will annoy bernard like ****, although im sure he's got a few tricks up his sleeve yet to try and take calzaghe out of his gameplan. bhop the old coffin dodger knows every trick in the book.

[merjohn32]

Most of the guys Hopkins fought were smaller but Bernard beat Tarver who was a bigger guy.

[deuce_drop]

joe really can't say much as far as fighting smaller guys, because he's been fighting guys that have moved up in weight too!

and the guys that he has fought that has moved down in weight weren't any body for him to be scared of or guys that weren't a threat...........

all the guys that were smaller than hopkins were guys that dropped 30-40 pounds in order to fight at the lower weights, so in reality, they were walking around at middle and super middleweight and in trinidad's case he was walking around at cruiser half the time between his fights.

joe should respect that fact that he is the same as hopkins when it comes to this statement of fighting smaller guys since he too has stayed at the same weight his whole career.

to me, for both joe and hopkins, i personally think that it is a harder task to stay at the same weight then it is to move up. most of the time guys drop weight just so they have an advantage with their power, so when they grow up and their body and habits grow and change, they move up in weight because THEY DON'T BELONG THERE, nature is telling them that there natural weight is above where they are fighting. the discipline it takes to stay at the same weight is something 95% of the people and fighters can't stick with, it has proven harder stay at the same weight then it is to move up in weight where you are more natural.

now the thing i like about calzaghe and hopkins is that both of these guys worked their asses off to stay at the same weight. calzaghe has really made sacrifices to stay at 168 and hopkins made a life altering decision to stay constantly in training so he could stay at his weight at 160.

now i know that joe has been saying that the weight has been an issue, but what i like the most out of all this between these two is that BOTH GUYS MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE UP IN WEIGHT, they didn't do it because they couldn't make the weight anymore, that day might be near or might have happened, but both guys maintained their weight for over a decade, making them true purists of the sport. in my eyes.

as for hopkins fighting smaller guys, with the exception of DLH, which some people picked to beat hopkins (******s or casual fans), hopkins was supposed to lose to all of them, so whats up with that? hopkins was supposed to lose to trinidad by knockout, hopkins was supposed to lose to winky, hopkins was supposed to lose to tarver ( even though tarver was bigger and ko'd roy jones ) hopkins was supposed to lose to all those guys who were younger, better skilled, and threw more punches. hopkins beat all them guys and i think the the trend will continue...........

[Pugilistic™]

calzaghe is confident which is good to see, hope its a great fight

[mitch12]

lmao its funny in that clip where calzaghes posing then turns to react to Hopkins ans then Hopkins comes into the picture haha

[pins0099]

as for hopkins fighting smaller guys, with the exception of DLH, which some people picked to beat hopkins (******s or casual fans), hopkins was supposed to lose to all of them, so whats up with that? hopkins was supposed to lose to trinidad by knockout, hopkins was supposed to lose to winky, hopkins was supposed to lose to tarver ( even though tarver was bigger and ko'd roy jones ) hopkins was supposed to lose to all those guys who were younger, better skilled, and threw more punches. hopkins beat all them guys and i think the the trend will continue...........

Calzaghe was supposed to lose to Lacy, was supposed to lose to younger, fitter, hard-hitting prime Kessler! Both of these guys are underestimated now because of their age, but its because of that dedication at staying at MW and SMW respectively that means they can fight effectively later on in their careers.

Good point regards B-hop's scalps. But Joe Calzaghe does not know how to lose. I have no doubt HE will walk out with his 0 intact.