Calzaghe: "Forget Maskaev, Hopkins Fight Me"

[Abe Attell]

And why not? He's a top 10 P4P fighter, he's the longest-reigning champion in the world and he's spent most of his career being turned down by the big names.

The Blow has been offering out guys the whole time... only difference is, before now these threads wouldn't have been taken seriously, or he would have just been dismissed as "Cal***gy". Not so ***gy now, huh?

Don't give me that ****...Listen, You want fights, make them happen...he could have came to the U.S.A. and fought at LH and called Roy out...HBO would of jumped on that.

Lennox did it and in my opinion it put a dent in Bowe's legacy...Lennox knew where the money and action were, that is why he fought in the U.S.A.

This has nothing to do with being a "Homer" either, since I agree when Wlad and Byrd met for the 2nd time that it was the right decision to fight again in Germany because it would be bigger there, not here.



And for Hopkins, no offense to him or any of his fans, but he got Tarver the same way Tarver got Jones, they ****ed up their body by putting on to much muscle weight, then dropping it all to get back down to their previous division...when you are in your mid 30's, it can take a bad effect on your body because it messes with you body chemistry/hormone levels.
And one more thing with Hopkins, no offense, but it was a ***** move to move up to LH to fight a broken Tarver, instead of moving up years ago to fight a still active Roy Jones Jr.

[Guest]

Don't give me that ****...Listen, You want fights, make them happen...he could have came to the U.S.A. and fought at LH and called Roy out...HBO would of jumped on that.

Lennox did it and in my opinion it put a dent in Bowe's legacy...Lennox knew where the money and action were, that is why he fought in the U.S.A.

This has nothing to do with being a "Homer" either, since I agree when Wlad and Byrd met for the 2nd time that it was the right decision to fight again in Germany because it would be bigger there, not here.

I ain't saying the guy's totally blameless, he could have done LOTS more to promote his career, but it's a shame how it's turned out.

[Guest]

And for Hopkins, no offense to him or any of his fans, but he got Tarver the same way Tarver got Jones, they ****ed up their body by putting on to much muscle weight, then dropping it all to get back down to their previous division...when you are in your mid 30's, it can take a bad effect on your body because it messes with you body chemistry/hormone levels.

I was impressed at first, but maybe in hindsight you're right.

That said, Tarver always was an overrated lazy ****er.

[Abe Attell]

I ain't saying the guy's totally blameless, he could have done LOTS more to promote his career, but it's a shame how it's turned out.

Holy ****, you got me...I too am pissed off at Joe, or at least Frank Warren for wasting his ****ing career in England, no offense to the Brits.

[Guest]

Holy ****, you got me...I too am pissed off at Joe, or at least Frank Warren for wasting his ****ing career in England, no offense to the Brits.

Nah, Frankie's one to let people piss their careers away. You can even see it in his face.

Matt Skelton (bad example cos he's **** anyway, but bear with me): "I'd love a title shot, maybe against Valuev."

Frank: "Yeah, we'll see if we can arrange that." (His expression says: "**** that, Don King'd never let me have it, I'll just arrange for you to fight domestic for the rest of your career, but keep bull****ting you.")

[Abe Attell]

No wonder Hatton left him


Frank's good to get you some money in the bank fighting safe fights, but he isn't going to let you go I guess, unless like he said before, "it has to be at least 50/50 chance for my fighter to win or I am not going to let my fighter fight" {something like that}

or better yet, "We got him at the right time"...****, next time Frank says that I will sure to bet some money on his fighter

[Guest]

No wonder Hatton left him


Frank's good to get you some money in the bank fighting safe fights, but he isn't going to let you go I guess, unless like he said before, "it has to be at least 50/50 chance for my fighter to win or I am not going to let my fighter fight" {something like that}

or better yet, "We got him at the right time"...****, next time Frank says that I will sure to bet some money on his fighter

Strangely, Hatton gave one of the reasons for leaving Frank as that he didn't care enough about Hatton's welfare.

[Abe Attell]

Strangely, Hatton gave one of the reasons for leaving Frank as that he didn't care enough about Hatton's welfare.

lol...Frank wouldn't have put him in with Collazo

and if they had to make a fight with Mayweather, you better believe he would of waited till either Mayweather was declining or at least been able to suck the bank dry.

At least with Amir, Frank will not rush him like everybody else wants to...if Amir once to fight the best at a certain point, then things are going to have to be talked over with Frank, so good luck to him

[SHB]

The money is in the U.S.A.

At least it has been up to this point, who knows when it will shift to somewhere else

The money at SMW isn't or hasn't been in the good ole US of A I'm afraid. If it was, I suspect Calzaghe would have gone over there. Hell, if you're prepared to go to Germany for a big payday against the local favourite then he's no more likely to get a corrupt verdict over in the US!

Calzaghe deserves a good payday though, and whilst he/Warren deserve plenty of blame for it not happening before, he has been ducked by the best of them. Hopkins won't fight him now though (he's after the dream of a HW title, and who can blame him) - just a shame they couldn't agree terms when Hopkins turned down $3m a few years ago.

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Super Middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe would like Bernard Hopkins to forget about coming out of retirement for a move to the heavyweight division in order to face WBC champion Oleg Maskaev. Calzaghe wants Hopkins to come out of retirement to face him, and he is willing to fly across the ocean to make the fight happen. [details]

Hopkins isn't crazy nor is he ******. Maskaev would be a better style match for him than Calzaghe and he can make more money by moving up to heavyweight. Calzaghe has nothing to offer Hopkins that Hopkins can't get more of somewhere else.