Calzaghe: "I wasn't up for Hopkins"

[βetamax]

http://www.sportinglife.com/boxing/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=boxing/08/10/31/manual_111837.html

He told Boxing News: "I just wasn't up for the Hopkins fight, I can't really explain it. That's why I walked into that shot of his in the first round and went down.

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=15001

“If I beat Jones, I might move back down to super middleweight to face Kelly Pavlik. I still feel young," Calzaghe told Ron Lewis. "It all depends on how I perform against Jones. There's a good possibility I may fight on. I need fights that motivate me. Kessler motivated me, Hopkins motivated me, Jones motivates me. And Kelly Pavlik has been hanging around.”

I just thought this was funny...it's not meant to be a hate thread.

[Silencers]

A fighter contradicting himself, what a surprise.

[BKM-]

I said it before and I'll say it again, since the start of his career he should have just let his fists do the talking. Oh yeah, "AT THE END OF THE DAY."

[Benny Leonard]

The fact that Joe was only worried about the right-hand tells you Hopkins is not the fighter he once was. He can't even fighter dirty anymore. Although he does act like a baby now...weird.

And if Joe wants to know why he walked into that shot from Hopkins, it's because he leaves himself open for someone like Hopkins who can time you.

[Check]

I will be glad to say goodbye to Joe Calzaghe and his inflated record. Beat the old guys and the mediocre guys because no one is going to remember you as an all time great. Fade off into the sunset please.

[Kball15]

Wasn't up????

That was the best performance of his career lol. If anybody "wasn't up" it was Hopkins.

W/e, he'll get that lesson taught to him next saturday, when he gets knocked out

[JulioCesaChavez]

The excuses pile up. He apologised onm Ross for his **** performance and was VERY apologetic. Maybe he knows he lost, just like his dad said?

[Kris Silver]

He always said it was a bad performance, and it was. He said he under rated Hopkins, largely due to his age, he and everyone has been surprised by Hops.

He got tagged early when he shouldn't have, and took a while to adapt. Surely it's more respectable a guy accepts that rather than say nah it was a schooling or something, like Hopkins said.

[hishaam15]

Depends what way you look at the article..

He's probably talking about the first round

[bsrizpac]

http://www.sportinglife.com/boxing/n...al_111837.html

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=15001

I just thought this was funny...it's not meant to be a hate thread.

Calzaghe = annoying *******.