NEW WORD ON CALZAGHE VS JOHNSON

NEW WORD ON CALZAGHE VS JOHNSON

Calzaghe-Johnson close!

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...yeKKSzoBC.html

No July 8 opponent yet for Joe Calzaghe, but former IBF light heavyweight champion Glenn Johnson is said to be "in the frame." No contracts have been signed yet. Johnson would drop down to Calzaghe's super middleweight division for the fight.

I see this as a huge disadvantage for Johnson having to drop to 168...but you gotta go where the money is.

Calzaghe by a hard fought decision...maybe even a late round TKO...depending on the state of Johnson.

Yeah I originally said Johnson, but if it's at 168 I agree Calzaghe
should be able to take him at that weight. Still think we'll see some phenomenal rounds

I really want this fight to come off now, any other opponent that has been mentioned would be a huge anti-climax IMO.
I'm a big JC fan, but I wouldn't mind him agreeing to a catch weight or something just to guarantee this fight happening.

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Originally Posted by killersheep

Yeah I originally said Johnson, but if it's at 168 I agree Calzaghe
should be able to take him at that weight. Still think we'll see some phenomenal rounds

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Agreed.

Johnson, IWO, has looked very good lately.

I was pretty impressed with him against Hall, Tarver, Jones, & Jones jr. He'll give Joe some fits...but in the end...I just believe that Joe can take him out.

It would be dumb for johnson to move down. Not for joe. IMO he ain't worth it.

I AGREE BUT IT WILL BE A GOOD FIGHT... STUPID FOR GLEN

Johnson should take whatever money he can get, seeing as he'll never be a main attraction

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Originally Posted by raleights

Johnson should take whatever money he can get, seeing as he'll never be a main attraction

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And joe will be. Put him on ppv right now and see how much he makes.

Joe really is a fool for not coming over here sooner, with his style he'd of made so much money in America...

A BOATLOAD... FAST, FLASHY, AND A PACE THAT WOULD MAKE THE INDY 500 DRIVERS JELIOUSE

Calzaghe beats johnson convincingly on points .but dont expect to see the same Joe as you did against lacy ,this is just his homecoming fight ,the main event will be some time in november in which he will be fighting i think tarver or the winner of taylor/wright bout

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Originally Posted by cymru_am_byth

Calzaghe beats johnson convincingly on points .but dont expect to see the same Joe as you did against lacy ,this is just his homecoming fight ,the main event will be some time in november in which he will be fighting i think tarver or the winner of taylor/wright bout

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Joe better not look at this as a stepping stone fight!!
Johnson may not be the top tier, but he has always been the stepping stone guy,
AND has caused more than a few upsets!!

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Originally Posted by raleights

Joe really is a fool for not coming over here sooner, with his style he'd of made so much money in America...

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He still hasn't.They call it a home coming fight but where did he go?

HE WENT 17 MILES AWAY TO MEN ARENA... REDICULOUS... HE IS THROWING MONEY AND WOULDBE FANS OUT THE WINDOW BE BEING "HOMESICK JOE"

take your point into account , but at the end of the day he s the champ has been for 9 years hes proven why should he have to fight in the US where hes not happy .if there s a better fighter out there then they need to take the title from him not the other way around

THATS WHAT ALL MY PAST POSTS SAID ALMOST TO A "T" BUT I'M SAYING FOR HIS MARKETABLITY... IT WOULD BEHUVE HIM TO TAKE A FIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY... BUT AGAIN, FIGHTING AN AMERICAN IN ENGLAND IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING... IT'LL BE TELEVISED. THATS THE GREAT THING ABOUT SATILITES ;D

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Originally Posted by wacko3205

NEW WORD ON CALZAGHE VS JOHNSON

Calzaghe-Johnson close!

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...yeKKSzoBC.html

No July 8 opponent yet for Joe Calzaghe, but former IBF light heavyweight champion Glenn Johnson is said to be "in the frame." No contracts have been signed yet. Johnson would drop down to Calzaghe's super middleweight division for the fight.

I see this as a huge disadvantage for Johnson having to drop to 168...but you gotta go where the money is.

Calzaghe by a hard fought decision...maybe even a late round TKO...depending on the state of Johnson.

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This is the stuff that makes me despise Calzaghe. His politics. Not making any excuses for Lacy's loss but he made Lacy come to England and then delayed the fight because of a broken hand, a broken hand in which he never xrays of and still made him come to England. Now he's negotiating a fight scheduled to take place 2 months from now AND demands a light heavy to drop in weight. It's such BS but Johnson will fight and he will be game, won't be enough to vanquish Calzaghe though.

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Originally Posted by SecondRoundKO

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Originally Posted by wacko3205

NEW WORD ON CALZAGHE VS JOHNSON

Calzaghe-Johnson close!

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...yeKKSzoBC.html

No July 8 opponent yet for Joe Calzaghe, but former IBF light heavyweight champion Glenn Johnson is said to be "in the frame." No contracts have been signed yet. Johnson would drop down to Calzaghe's super middleweight division for the fight.

I see this as a huge disadvantage for Johnson having to drop to 168...but you gotta go where the money is.

Calzaghe by a hard fought decision...maybe even a late round TKO...depending on the state of Johnson.

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This is the stuff that makes me despise Calzaghe. His politics. Not making any excuses for Lacy's loss but he made Lacy come to England and then delayed the fight because of a broken hand, a broken hand in which he never xrays of and still made him come to England. Now he's negotiating a fight scheduled to take place 2 months from now AND demands a light heavy to drop in weight. It's such BS but Johnson will fight and he will be game, won't be enough to vanquish Calzaghe though.

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hmmmm...."despise calzaghe"....like any good old fashioned welshman....at least calzo has the decency to polarise the boxing audience....is there anyone who is just neither here nor there in their opinion of him.

And now, for the defence...
It might well be a huge disadvantage to Johnson to drop the extra poundage to get to the super middleweight level, BUT...it gives Johnson a shot at the belts, as opposed to a light heavy fight that would really be a glorified exercise to see if Joe could cut the mustard at light heavy.
If as the rumour suggests Johnson does come to super-middle, then it could be the toughest fight of Joe's career, as Lacy was meant to be according to all the top US pundits.

Oh yeah, and if no-one realises my allegiance....
COME ON CALZAGHE!!!!!!!

I THINK IT WILL BE THE TOUGHEST FIGHT OF HIS CAREER... I WOULD LOVE TO SEE JOHNSON WIN. NOT CUZ I DISLIKE CALZAGHE, CUZ I DONT... I THINK HE IS A GREAT CHAMPION AND SHOWMAN(AND POLARIZE WAS THE PERFECT WORD BTW) BUT JOHNSON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT SPOILER AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM MAKE A RUN OF IT WITH THE CARDS STACKED AGAINST HIM... STILL HAVE IT CALZAGHE BY UD, THOUGH ;)

Oh yeah....did I forget....WHAT A BILL!!!!

Calzaghe v Johnson
Maccarinelli v token opponent
Lockett v Rhodes
Williams v Skelton
Taz Jones v (knocks head...nope, it's empty)
and Amir Khan......
if they threw in a drunk and stoned scott harrison then it could be the best British bill in lyears as far as I can remember. Any other contenders?

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Originally Posted by superheavyrhun

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Originally Posted by SecondRoundKO

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Originally Posted by wacko3205

NEW WORD ON CALZAGHE VS JOHNSON

Calzaghe-Johnson close!

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...yeKKSzoBC.html

No July 8 opponent yet for Joe Calzaghe, but former IBF light heavyweight champion Glenn Johnson is said to be "in the frame." No contracts have been signed yet. Johnson would drop down to Calzaghe's super middleweight division for the fight.

I see this as a huge disadvantage for Johnson having to drop to 168...but you gotta go where the money is.

Calzaghe by a hard fought decision...maybe even a late round TKO...depending on the state of Johnson.

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This is the stuff that makes me despise Calzaghe. His politics. Not making any excuses for Lacy's loss but he made Lacy come to England and then delayed the fight because of a broken hand, a broken hand in which he never xrays of and still made him come to England. Now he's negotiating a fight scheduled to take place 2 months from now AND demands a light heavy to drop in weight. It's such BS but Johnson will fight and he will be game, won't be enough to vanquish Calzaghe though.

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hmmmm...."despise calzaghe"....like any good old fashioned welshman....at least calzo has the decency to polarise the boxing audience....is there anyone who is just neither here nor there in their opinion of him.

And now, for the defence...
It might well be a huge disadvantage to Johnson to drop the extra poundage to get to the super middleweight level, BUT...it gives Johnson a shot at the belts, as opposed to a light heavy fight that would really be a glorified exercise to see if Joe could cut the mustard at light heavy.
If as the rumour suggests Johnson does come to super-middle, then it could be the toughest fight of Joe's career, as Lacy was meant to be according to all the top US pundits.

Oh yeah, and if no-one realises my allegiance....
COME ON CALZAGHE!!!!!!!

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It also makes way for johnson to scramble to lose 7 lbs in less then a month and a half.


And by "despise Calzaghe" I mean I'm a Lacy fan ;D

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Originally Posted by superheavyrhun

Oh yeah....did I forget....WHAT A BILL!!!!

Calzaghe v Johnson
Maccarinelli v token opponent
Lockett v Rhodes
Williams v Skelton
Taz Jones v (knocks head...nope, it's empty)
and Amir Khan......
if they threw in a drunk and stoned scott harrison then it could be the best British bill in lyears as far as I can remember. Any other contenders?

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I would love to see Enzo vs Haye but that would headline a card of it's own.

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Originally Posted by superheavyrhun

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Originally Posted by SecondRoundKO

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Originally Posted by wacko3205

NEW WORD ON CALZAGHE VS JOHNSON

Calzaghe-Johnson close!

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...yeKKSzoBC.html

No July 8 opponent yet for Joe Calzaghe, but former IBF light heavyweight champion Glenn Johnson is said to be "in the frame." No contracts have been signed yet. Johnson would drop down to Calzaghe's super middleweight division for the fight.

I see this as a huge disadvantage for Johnson having to drop to 168...but you gotta go where the money is.

Calzaghe by a hard fought decision...maybe even a late round TKO...depending on the state of Johnson.

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This is the stuff that makes me despise Calzaghe. His politics. Not making any excuses for Lacy's loss but he made Lacy come to England and then delayed the fight because of a broken hand, a broken hand in which he never xrays of and still made him come to England. Now he's negotiating a fight scheduled to take place 2 months from now AND demands a light heavy to drop in weight. It's such BS but Johnson will fight and he will be game, won't be enough to vanquish Calzaghe though.

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hmmmm...."despise calzaghe"....like any good old fashioned welshman....at least calzo has the decency to polarise the boxing audience....is there anyone who is just neither here nor there in their opinion of him.

And now, for the defence...
It might well be a huge disadvantage to Johnson to drop the extra poundage to get to the super middleweight level, BUT...it gives Johnson a shot at the belts, as opposed to a light heavy fight that would really be a glorified exercise to see if Joe could cut the mustard at light heavy.
If as the rumour suggests Johnson does come to super-middle, then it could be the toughest fight of Joe's career, as Lacy was meant to be according to all the top US pundits.

Oh yeah, and if no-one realises my allegiance....
COME ON CALZAGHE!!!!!!!

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It also makes way for johnson to scramble to lose 7 lbs in less then a month and a half.


And by "despise Calzaghe" I mean I'm a Lacy fan ;D

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NO HARM IN THAT M8

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Originally Posted by "PRIDE OF PROVIDENCE"

I THINK IT WILL BE THE TOUGHEST FIGHT OF HIS CAREER... I WOULD LOVE TO SEE JOHNSON WIN. NOT CUZ I DISLIKE CALZAGHE, CUZ I DONT... I THINK HE IS A GREAT CHAMPION AND SHOWMAN(AND POLARIZE WAS THE PERFECT WORD BTW) BUT JOHNSON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT SPOILER AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM MAKE A RUN OF IT WITH THE CARDS STACKED AGAINST HIM... STILL HAVE IT CALZAGHE BY UD, THOUGH ;)

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not going to happen....I have Joe Cal by KO in the 8th....I think Johnson will be too drained to fight at 168 and at his age could be similar to when RJJ cam back down in weight...

Well what on earth is that shit.... Is he going to unify at super middle then, is that his ultimate goal ??? I thought he wanted to fight Tarver... If Tarver can beat Hopkins, he would only fight Joe at 175 and only in the US, he has said that. So if Calzaghe really wanted that fight he should definetly fight Johnson at either 175 or a catch weight... Glen Johnson, imo, became a much better fighter at light heavy, whether it was coincidential with experience and momentum or not, his losses are basically all at super middle, and he has a a whole bunch, to average fighters too. Johnson would be a great fight for Calzaghe if he was allowed to come in at his natural fighting weight, and it would obviously be a good indication of how he could do against Tarver.. Now Im not even so sure, Johnson is fairly old and I don't think this will be good for him at all. What a warrior though, I mean are you kidding me.. Taking the fight against Calzaghe on short notice, dropping to his weight in his hometown, when he has just as much of a name as Calzaghe does, or at least close. Ricdiculous.. If Johnson doesn't teach Calzaghe one thing in the ring when they fight, he can certainly teach him a thing or two about courage, imo.

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Well what on earth is that S***.... Is he going to unify at super middle then, is that his ultimate goal ??? I thought he wanted to fight Tarver... If Tarver can beat Hopkins, he would only fight Joe at 175 and only in the US, he has said that. So if Calzaghe really wanted that fight he should definetly fight Johnson at either 175 or a catch weight... Glen Johnson, imo, became a much better fighter at light heavy, whether it was coincidential with experience and momentum or not, his losses are basically all at super middle, and he has a a whole bunch, to average fighters too. Johnson would be a great fight for Calzaghe if he was allowed to come in at his natural fighting weight, and it would obviously be a good indication of how he could do against Tarver.. Now Im not even so sure, Johnson is fairly old and I don't think this will be good for him at all. What a warrior though, I mean are you kidding me.. Taking the fight against Calzaghe on short notice, dropping to his weight in his hometown, when he has just as much of a name as Calzaghe does, or at least close. Ricdiculous.. If Johnson doesn't teach Calzaghe one thing in the ring when they fight, he can certainly teach him a thing or two about courage, imo.

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I agree with that statement :)

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Originally Posted by killersheep

Yeah I originally said Johnson, but if it's at 168 I agree Calzaghe
should be able to take him at that weight. Still think we'll see some phenomenal rounds

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Agreed.

Johnson, IWO, has looked very good lately.

I was pretty impressed with him against Hall, Tarver, Jones, & Jones jr. He'll give Joe some fits...but in the end...I just believe that Joe can take him out.

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No way in HELL does Joe Calzaghe stop Johnson IMO. Did you really watch the Hall fight? If so you would have a lil more faith in Johnson. Charles Brewer, whom I was a fan of, and old Charles Brewer at that, went the distance with Joe Calzaghe. Now Calzaghe nut huggers, if Joe was a hard puncher and unbeatable God like you claim, then how the hell did Brewer go the distance? The mand was a real warrior and former champ, but he was chinny as heck too. Calzaghe if he was half as great as you claim he is should have been able to take out an old Charles Brewer. ::**

KO charles brewer im sorry mate but brewer came to fight that night he took some good shot s alot of fighters would of went down from and all credit to brewer that fight but he wasnt good enough. you talk of should of's... mike tyson should of ko BD , Lennox "should of" ko mcall ..etc.. etc
at the end of the day calzaghe cant knock down everyone and anyway calzaghe doesnt even one punch power it his accumalation of relentless punches that does the damage they usually get stopped.so just research the facts before you make the judgement lol