Calzaghe: "Hopkins Will Need a Respirator"

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

LAS VEGAS, NEV - JOE CALZAGHE, boxing's current longest-reigning world champion, greeted hundreds of fans and media at his grand arrival at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas today. Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KOs), from Newbridge, Wales, the super middleweight champion since October 11, 1997, has successfully defended his title a division-record 21 consecutive times, fourth-best on boxing's all time list. The only super middleweight champion to have held every major belt, Calzaghe makes his U.S. and light heavyweight debut this Saturday when he challenges Philadelphia's Bernard Hopkins (48-4-1, 32 KOs), for Hopkins title in a rare battle of The Ring magazine champions. [details]

[Mozza]

Calzaghe's patter is excellent. I would pay just to watch him and Hopkins trade verbal insults for 12 rounds.

[MANGLER]

These guys will still be insulting each other after the fight. They never run out of clever lines.

[215Chaingang]

the last person to insult b-hop like this was tarver

[javelin_fangs]

I think Calzaghe would have been better off saving it for after the fight. People expect him to beat Hopkins. I kind of even expect him to beat Hopkins even though I have a bet that says otherwise. But it's kind of gotten to the point where if he doesn't either shut him out or KO him he won't have proven anything.

[ElGranLuchador]

hahahaha someone tell joe to stop or ima start feeling sry for poor ol hopkins

[RisAri0]

this should be a good ass fight, Joe says he's gonna fight in the middle of the ring. Freddie Roach wants Hopkins to fight in the middle in the ring also...interesting fight indeed!

[ßringer]

I think Calzaghe would have been better off saving it for after the fight. People expect him to beat Hopkins. I kind of even expect him to beat Hopkins even though I have a bet that says otherwise. But it's kind of gotten to the point where if he doesn't either shut him out or KO him he won't have proven anything.

Rest assured that if Calzaghe does win, he will have earned it. The old man who needs a respirator will push Joe to the limit come Saturday night.

[NeXt In Line]

Well, the thing about the Hopkins-Calzaghe build-up was that everyone said that Hopkins had no chance of getting into Joe's head, he was too cool and calm, and I was one of the ones who believed that...

...until now.

The fact hat Joe keeps going out of his way to insult Hopkins means that he's gotten to him. Hopkins' demeanor, his talk about his "dream team", they've gotten inside Joe's head. Joe wants to keep telling himself that Hopkins has "no chance", but if you ask me, Joe's sloly but surely figuring out that he's got a HELL of a chance.

[FRKO]

Well, the thing about the Hopkins-Calzaghe build-up was that everyone said that Hopkins had no chance of getting into Joe's head, he was too cool and calm, and I was one of the ones who believed that...

...until now.

The fact hat Joe keeps going out of his way to insult Hopkins means that he's gotten to him. Hopkins' demeanor, his talk about his "dream team", they've gotten inside Joe's head. Joe wants to keep telling himself that Hopkins has "no chance", but if you ask me, Joe's sloly but surely figuring out that he's got a HELL of a chance.

It's just hype man. It got us talking... again.