Lennox Lewis: "Calzaghe Should Fight Hopkins"

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Roy Jones Jr. type of fighters are only the real problem for a Hopkins in his prime...for the Tito fight, young Hopkins would of still knocked him out ...Hopkins used to take people apart and finish them off.

Hopkins in his younger days would ****** his opponents on the inside.

I love this Hopkins that you speak of but Tito was a ******er of sorts on the inside as well...had tito of fought the younger Nard it would have been much more competitive and much more exciting.

you dont try and ****** a ******er...Hopkins fought the perfect fight against Tito and decided this is the the type of fighter I will become.

For example, the younger "junkyard dog" Hopkins really puts a hurtin on a 160 pound Oscar Delahoya...instead of the 9 round stair fest and the well placed body shot we got.

[STEELHEAD]

In the most recent edition of IC Wales, former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis urged super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe to stage his next couple of fights in America, and to fight Bernard Hopkins to prove he is the best. [details]

i think lewis is right on this one.
yes i would rather see calzaghe fight kessler. but since i don't see joe having too many fights left in him. and am worried calzaghe could wimp out and end career fighting euro nobodys,i hope next fight is with hopkins.he'll never find hop more vulnerable and it would be a bigger payday than kessler.what a way to go out.

[dave777]

Either would be good. Hopkins looked strong against Tarver, but I think Calzaghe would outwork him. Bernard's a bit old. I think Joe v Kessler is better at this stage. People are saying Calzaghe is ducking Kessler. I happen to think Calzaghe beats Kessler.

Kessler has 2 belts, and so does Jow and the winner would get all 4 belts


It would be better to fight Kessler.

If Joe beats Hopkins the Americans will just say Hopkins is old etc

[iron mike tyson]

if hopkins is saying hed only fight maskaev then calzaghe should unify the 168 division. i dunno wy hopkins will nly fight maskaev because everybody knows hes the weakest of the bunch

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After his tough win over Sakio Bika, all the talk surrounding Joe Calzaghe now is whether he will face undefeated WBA/WBC world champion Mikkel Kessler from Denmark. Heavyweight great Lennox Lewis says that Kessler will be a formidable test for the Welshman.

"Kessler definitely looks like a worthy and tough customer," he said. "A good fight. A real good fight. That would be an interesting fight. But you have to go where your heart is and Calzaghe's is not with Kessler, it is with Bernard Hopkins."

From: http://www.eurosport.com/boxing/brit...to991786.shtml

Unfortunately i think the last part of the quote is the most telling. Calzaghe simply will not look seriously towards Kessler as a future opponent.

[Abe Attell]

if hopkins is saying hed only fight maskaev then calzaghe should unify the 168 division. i dunno wy hopkins will nly fight maskaev because everybody knows hes the weakest of the bunch

Because Oleg holds a title at the Heavyweight division...it sounds better to call yourself "Heavyweight Champion" in front of the ladies then the obscure "Super-Middle-Weight Champion"

Plus, Oleg punches a lot harder than Joe so it makes it dangerous.

You saw what happened when Bernard hit Oscar to the body, the same can happen to Hopkins's small waist when fighting Oleg.

[Abe Attell]

I love this Hopkins that you speak of but Tito was a ******er of sorts on the inside as well...had tito of fought the younger Nard it would have been much more competitive and much more exciting.

you dont try and ****** a ******er...Hopkins fought the perfect fight against Tito and decided this is the the type of fighter I will become.

For example, the younger "junkyard dog" Hopkins really puts a hurtin on a 160 pound Oscar Delahoya...instead of the 9 round stair fest and the well placed body shot we got.

You never watched Hopkins when he was younger, just come out and say it.

Hopkins loves aggressive fighters that come right at him and don't dance around him.

[kbpoetree]

lennox needs to come back and clean out the heavyweight division...

couple things i've seen here i gotta comment on...yes i would say Maskaev is the weakest one of the heavyweight champs...so yes in my opinion makes the best trial fight at heavyweight if u beat him easily, u start studying the others knowing a lil more what 2 expect...and the reason Lewis wants hopkins to fight Calzaghe is cause he dont want a middleweight to run the heavyweight division, sooner or later, Hopkins may go even crazier and call him out....hmmmm...Calzaghe needs 2settle the kessler thing, than c whatz up from there...