Diferrence in Calzaghe's comments on BHop compared to Kessler

[squealpiggy]

That's true, Calzaghe has a playground bully means of getting under the skin of his opponents. He's not the best trash talker (his trash talk tends to consist of "Oh yeah so what are you then?") but he is irritating.

[Degsy]

I don't think Bernard has got to Joe, I agree with the other posters that this is a mixture of:

a) dishing back what's dished to you; and, more importantly

b) making a noise to sell the fight.

Personally, I favour Joe, but I can appreciate what Bernard has done in fights, others have written off as boring. From a marketing point of view, you will have the boxing loyalists that will buy Pay for view pretty much no matter who was fighting, but these guys probably only take you to break even on receipts, its the 'impulse' buyers 'shall I, shan't I watch?' that all of the trash talk and marketing is for. The white boy thing was a blatant piece of marketing, along the same lines as the Tito fight. The only difference between those two examples was that as well as selling tickets, the flag incident got to Tito, the white boy jibe didn't get to Joe

[kayjay]

Joe is much more disrespectful of Bernard than he was of Kessler, in fact he was nothing but respectful to Kessler, even talking about his strengths before the fight. Where as now, Calzaghe seems to be insulting BHop at every opportunity. Maybe a sign of fear or nerves on Joes part?

Obviously Bernard has been talking smack also but that was to be expected, I expected Joe to be the bigger man in this situation and concentrate on what he is doing not get involved in the insult slinging. Yes it builds hype but Bernard does enough talking to sell the fight on his own.

He and Kessler pressed their balls against each other at the weigh-in

[squealpiggy]

He and Kessler pressed their balls against each other at the weigh-in

It was a romantic moment.

[kayjay]

Calzaghe looks like he has some fun with Bhops. He loves to insult him because than Bhop gets angry and is crying around like a child

Exactly.

This all has no bearing on the fight, but it's 'Nard who lacks self-control. He's immensely jealous of Calzaghe

[kayjay]

It was a romantic moment.

It was the gayest weigh-in of all time. It made me think twice about watching the fight

[Pullcounter]

Joe is much more disrespectful of Bernard than he was of Kessler, in fact he was nothing but respectful to Kessler, even talking about his strengths before the fight. Where as now, Calzaghe seems to be insulting BHop at every opportunity. Maybe a sign of fear or nerves on Joes part?

Obviously Bernard has been talking smack also but that was to be expected, I expected Joe to be the bigger man in this situation and concentrate on what he is doing not get involved in the insult slinging. Yes it builds hype but Bernard does enough talking to sell the fight on his own.

obviously hopkins has gotten into calzaghe's head, but I don't know if it will be enough.

[moofo]

Hopkins spouting his **** will have ZERO effect on Calzaghe's performance.
He laps this **** up and uses it to his advantage.
If anything Borehard would have made more impact by keeping his mouth shut and stop trying to make people believe that if you commit crime you automatically become some hard nut.
Its nonsense.
If Hopkins was blabbing his **** around Wales he would have a house brick in his skull a beer bottle in his eye , a chelsea smile and a kicking like he never had before.
Not just some quick shank in his side.

[Mozza]

This is getting ridiculous. Nothing, I repeat nothing, that is said before a fight matters worth a **** once the first bell sounds. We are talking about professionals at the absolute pinnacle of their sport and suggesting that mental issues will detract from their physical performance. The only thing that will affect a fighter's mental state on fight night is the fight itself.

[sparked_85]

What kind of humourless boring twat would let someone trash talk them with nothing in return?

Answer. A boxer with no personality and even less fans.

I read nothing into this.