Hopkins Still Unhappy With Judging In Loss To Calzaghe
May 2nd, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By Eric Thomas: Light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins (48-5-1, 32 KOs) is still understandably not happy with the outcome of his 12-round split decision loss to Joe Calzaghe on April 19th at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Specifically, Hopkins, 43, is unhappy with the scoring from judge Chuck Giampa, who happened to […]
Roy Jones Jr. - Can He Beat Calzaghe?
April 26th, 2008 Tags: Roy Jones Jr., Joe Calzaghe
By Eric Thomas: With hardly a week gone by since his controversial victory over Bernard Hopkins last Saturday night, undefeated Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs)has made statements that he has an interest in possibly fighting either Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) or middleweight Kelly Pavlik in his next and final bout of his career. […]
Calzaghe: He [Hopkins] Should Get Over It”
April 25th, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By Aaron Klein: Fresh off his impressive 12-round unanimous decision over Bernard Hopkins last Saturday night, undefeated super middleweight Joe Calzaghe had this to say to the BBC about Bernard Hopkins’ reluctance to acknowledge his defeat: “He should get over it. He should watch the tape and accept that he lost.” This was said […]
Is Calzaghe Overrated?
April 24th, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Joe Calzaghe
By Chris Stein: After watching undefeated Joe Calzaghe struggle for 12 dull rounds against a 43 year-old Bernard Hopkins last Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, I couldn’t help but feel slightly unimpressed with what I was seeing. I’d only seen a couple of glimpses of him fight previous to this on youtube, and frankly […]
Calzaghe-Hopkins: Why Bernard Should Have Won The Fight
April 22nd, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By Eric Thomas: I still can’t get over the fact that Joe Calzaghe was given the decision the other night against Bernard Hopkins. It seems as if only one of the referees got the fight correct, scoring the fight 114-113 for Hopkins, although even that score was too generous for Calzaghe, because Hopkins had landed […]
Calzaghe-Tarver: Should Joe Be Fighting Antonio Rather Than Jones?
April 22nd, 2008 Tags: Roy Jones Jr., Joe Calzaghe, Antonio Tarver
By Erik Schmidt: In the past week, we’ve been hearing a lot about Joe Calzaghe considering a fight with Roy Jones Jr. for his next and perhaps final fight of his career. However, I think Calaghe is forgetting an opponent that is even more deserving than Jones, and that’s Antonio Tarver, who recently defeated IBF […]
Roy Jones Jr. vs. Calzaghe Looks To Be Next
April 20th, 2008 Tags: Roy Jones Jr., Joe Calzaghe
By Eric Thomas: In the latest news, former champion Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) made it clear after last night’s win by Joe Calzaghe over Bernard Hopkins that he wants to fight Calzaghe next, even if it means having to travel all the way to Wales to make the fight happen. The fight, if […]
Calzaghe Defeats Hopkins In Split Decision
April 20th, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By Chris Stein: Undefeated Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) survived a 1st round knockdown tonight to come back and pound out a 12-round split decision over former middleweight/light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (48-5, 32 KOs) at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Beyond the first round, there was little suspense in the […]
Hopkins vs. Calzaghe: Predicting Ugliness For Saturday
April 19th, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By Peter Kurth: If you’re all that familiar with Bernard Hopkins (48-4, 32 KOs) and know how he typically fights, you already know that this Saturday’s fight with undefeated super middleweight Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KOs) is going to be bloody and filled with a certain amount of fouls. That, I’m afraid, is almost a […]
Byrd Interested In Bout With Calzaghe
April 18th, 2008 Tags: Joe Calzaghe, Chris Byrd
By Michael Lieberman: Former two-time heavyweight champion Chris Byrd (40-4-1, 21 KOs), now campaigning as a light heavyweight, is reportedly interested in a fight with undefeated super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe according to the British Boxing News website. Byrd, 37, recently lost to heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin by a 11th round TKO on October 27th, […]
Hopkins-Calzaghe: Bernard To Fight An Inside War
April 17th, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By Scott Gilfoid: This Saturday night unbeaten super middleweight Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KOs) will meet up with ring great Bernard Hopkins (48-4-1, 32 KOs) at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the most part, many of the boxing experts have been predicting that the 36 year-old Calzaghe will be able […]
Calzaghe-Hopkins: Look For a Lacy-esque Defeat For Bernard On Saturday
April 16th, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By Aaron Klein: Undefeated super middleweight Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KOs) will be making his first appearance fighting in the United States on Saturday night when he takes on light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins (48-4-1, 32 KOs) at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This excitement for this fight has been building […]
Hopkins Calzaghe on HBO
April 15th, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
HBO Sports presents a light heavyweight fight six years in the making when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: BERNARD HOPKINS VS. JOE CALZAGHE is seen live SATURDAY, APRIL 19 (9:45 p.m. ET/6:45 p.m. PT) from The Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, exclusively on HBO. The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING team of Jim Lampley, Max […]
Tarver-Woods: Is Calzaghe Next For Clinton?
April 9th, 2008 Tags: Joe Calzaghe, Clinton Woods, Antonio Tarver
By Aaron Klein: IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods (41-3-1, 24 KOs) will be putting his title on the line this Saturday night against former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (26-4, 19 KOs) at the St. Pete Times Forum, in Tampa, Florida. The fight, which has so far failed the building much excitement aside from […]
Hopkins vs. Calzaghe: Bernard Promising Punishment
April 3rd, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By Nate Anderson: In the latest war of words, former middleweight and light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (48-4-1, 32 KOs) is cutting though the pleasantries by calling undefeated super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KOs) “amateurish” and promising punishment along the way. If one weren’t alaready aware of Hopkin’s history, they’d incorrectly assume that […]
Will Hopkins Execution Squad Help Him Defeat Calzaghe?
March 20th, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By Michael Tornay: Sometime when a fighter finds themselves in an almost impossible no-win situation, they reach for any aid they can in an attempt to cheat age, diminishing skills and the inevitability of their defeat by seeking outside assistance, for example, specialized trainers, gurus and what not. In light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins’ (48-4-1, 32 […]
Bernard Hopkins-Joe Calzaghe Update
March 20th, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
Light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins took the news of Joe Calzaghe’s rebuttal to his training team statement as a sure sign of panic. “This poor guy used up all the air in his boxing gym to spew a bunch of nonsense about nothing really. I said what I had to say in one breathe. He […]
Hopkins: “I am That modern-day George Foreman”
February 20th, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By “Big” Nate Anderson: Comparing himself to former two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman, who recaptured the heavyweight title late in his career at the ripe old age of 45, light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins (48-4, 32 KOs) had this to say in yesterday’s press conference to promote his April 19th bout against undefeated super middleweight Joe […]
Hopkins: “I said I’m going to punish Calzaghe slowly”
February 19th, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By Eric Schmidt: The war of words continued today between light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins (48-4-1, 32 KOs) and undefeated WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KOs) in the first portion of their three city press tour to promote their April 19th bout at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. As […]
Joe Calzaghe vs Bernard Hopkins
February 9th, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
Bernard Hopkins and Joe Calzaghe, fighters with a combined 43 wins in world championship bouts met today in London to confirm that on Saturday, April 19, in the Planet Hollywood (PH) Ring in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a rare contest between linear champions, light heavyweight champion Hopkins will defend his title against Calzaghe, the […]
