Calzaghe: "I wont repeat Hatton mistakes! "

[Violent Demise]

He has promised not to make the same mistakes as Ricky Hatton in his Las Vegas super-fight with Bernard Hopkins.

Calzaghe is continuing to train in familiar surroundings in Wales before jetting out to the United States a fortnight before the April 19 showdown.

Excitement is building both here and in the States over Calzaghe�s American adventure, but the Welshman insists that keeping his cool in the Nevada desert will be the key to victory.

And that is something Hatton spectacularly failed to do ahead of his ill-fated December date with Floyd Mayweather, the Mancunian clearly too hyped up at the weigh-in before thousands of his travelling fans.

�Perhaps it got to Hatton a bit but you�ve got to keep your discipline and stay cool, calm and collected,� said Calzaghe....

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No Joe of course you wont make the same mistakes as Ricky , as Hatton fought the P4P best in his Prime , and you are fighting a 43 year old who is past his prime, thats actually why Hatton lost , not because he trained in unfamilier sorroundings !!!! PLEASE be careful Joe , that Bernard's wheel chair doesnt run over your foot during the fight.

take some rep for that AHAHAHAHAHA

Where's my sig, boy?

[superheavyrhun]

I agree with the points made about Calzaghe's opponent not being the massive favourite that Mayweather was, but Hopkins is still ranked in more p4p top 10's in the world, and the fact is Hopkins was the opponent that was demanded by very many people on this forum (many saying Calzaghe wouldn't take the fight cause he's a coward), and now Hopkins being dismissed as too old and a shadow of his former self by some?

Calzaghe wouldn't get respect from some people if he had a four on one fight with Klitshko, Peter, Haye and the Big Show and knocked all of them out.

Nobody is saying Hopkins isnt a fine fighter even at 43 , i was saying he is not the fighter he once was , and if anybody thinks he is then they are deluding themselves.
As for Hatton ,he fought the P4P king and lost , Calzaghe is not fighting the P4P king so the comparisons are totally stupid.

You know the point I was making though.....you'll very rarely see a p4p list without Hopkins in it...even at 43, but Mayweather is a different class to anyone else in the p4p list so no it isn't a straight comparison.

[leftylee]

No Joe of course you wont make the same mistakes as Ricky , as Hatton fought the P4P best in his Prime , and you are fighting a 43 year old who is past his prime, thats actually why Hatton lost , not because he trained in unfamilier sorroundings !!!! PLEASE be careful Joe , that Bernard's wheel chair doesnt run over your foot during the fight.

take some rep for that AHAHAHAHAHA

Where's my sig, boy?

I'll talk to u on Thursday I said which is 2morrow.

[superheavyrhun]

take some rep for that AHAHAHAHAHA

Where's my sig, boy?

I'll talk to u on Thursday I said which is 2morrow.

How come? Gonna try and back out of a sig bet lee? That's terribly bad form y'know .

[Fenster]

Where's my sig, boy?

I'll talk to u on Thursday I said which is 2morrow.

How come? Gonna try and back out of a sig bet lee? That's terribly bad form y'know .

Hey that reminds me

Didn't you challenge me to an Enzo-Haye sig bet?

[superheavyrhun]

How come? Gonna try and back out of a sig bet lee? That's terribly bad form y'know .

Hey that reminds me

Didn't you challenge me to an Enzo-Haye sig bet?

Probably...if you find the thread i said it you can have my sig as your playground for however long we agreed on....make it quick though, if BHop beats Calzaghe....then VD has got my sig space .

[leftylee]

Where's my sig, boy?

I'll talk to u on Thursday I said which is 2morrow.

How come? Gonna try and back out of a sig bet lee? That's terribly bad form y'know .

I ain't backing out at anything an never will. end of!!!

[Fenster]

How come? Gonna try and back out of a sig bet lee? That's terribly bad form y'know .

Hey that reminds me

Didn't you challenge me to an Enzo-Haye sig bet?

Probably...if you find the thread i said it you can have my sig as your playground for however long we agreed on....make it quick though, if BHop beats Calzaghe....then VD has got my sig space .

nah.. you're alright. Plus I like Enzo so no point in gloating.

Promise to make VD's unbearably humiliating when Calzaghe wins though

[p4pking]

Im still surprised that Hopkins signed up for this. I can only assume its for the final paycheck. Calzaghe is gonna make him look old, lazy and slow. Hopkins was faded against Winky IMO and looked less than stellar in his final fights at MW. Calzaghe is still throwing 1000 punches at 36 and not looking too bad for it...

There is no way Hopkins took this fight for the paycheck. Absolutely NO way, he'd never take a fight he didn't believe he could win. Calzaghe also doesn't represent some mega payday, plus Hopkins could have fought far lesser fighters for a good one. I think Hopkins has to see something in Calzaghe he can exploit big time. The fact is he already has no problem with southpaws, and his right hand should serve as if nothing else an equalizer to Calzaghe's workrate. It doesn't matter if Joe throws 1000 punches against Jeff Lacy or Sakio Bika, he's not going to be that active against Hopkins, I'd bet my life on it. You can't be, Hopkins is too smart to get hit with so many flurries or intimidated by workrate alone. I do agree Hop is hard pressed to win this fight, but I think no matter what happens he is going to land some great right hands that will slow Calzaghe down. I expect Bernard to adopt the role of the puncher, moreso than he has done in almost any of his fights. Hopkin's has looked to have been slipping lately, but Calzaghe has still never fought anyone nearly as crafty, and I think he is really vulnerable to straight right's, especially counter's.

An interesting post. I agree that Calzaghes workrate will be less than what we have seen in recent fights. Hopkins is cagey and difficult to land on cleanly. Calzaghe knows he needs to make it convincing with it being a fight against an old man though and will most definitely try to impress with his workrate. True, the Hopkins lead right is always a threat. Calzaghe got sloppy a couple of times against Kessler but pretty much walked on through and kept on doing his thing. I find it hard to envision Hopkins stopping Calzaghe with his right and harder to to see him being busy enough to have any chance on the cards. You say that Calzaghe has never fought anyone like Hopkins. That is true. But Hopkins has never fought someone with the attributes Calzaghe has. Calzaghe is a darn sight better than anyone on the Hopkins resume and in recent times lets not forget that Hopkins was matched for workrate by Taylor twice and we all question Taylors stamina now. Nobody can question that Joe will push Hopkins to the limits in terms of work. And at 43 there is no way he can take it at the pace Calzaghe will set.

Hopkins has made a mistake and I truly believe this will be his last pay day. He will have no option but to retire after this.

Calzaghe is a darn sight better than Roy Jones? Wow, I can't agree with that whatsoever. If you meant in recent years then it's probably a given, at least that Calzaghe will be in better form that any recent Hopkins opponent. Trinidad, Winky, and Tarver are still great names mind you, that have achieved more in the sport than Calzaghe excepting for Tarver, who was still a hot commodity when Hop fought him. You say Hopkins will have no option to retire.. Well sure, but not because of the punishment he'll take from Calzaghe alone Because he's FORTY THREE. I can't understand how all these Calzaghe fans are calling it a pre packaged excuse that when Hopkins loses people will point to his age... Well, DUH. It's not like anyone has come out and said that his age won't matter beforehand... It's not as though you have to factor in the chance that Hopkins will suddenly get old overnight, we've seen him get older and older over the last five years... However, I don't think this being Hopkins last fight should be seen as less reason to pick him to win, I mean Hopkins is absolutely too proud to take a payday just because he's too old to stick around longer.. If anything it will drive him to be better, knowing this is his last hurrah. I think combining that with the fact that Joe is probably a style that Hopkins is well suited to, makes it extremely interesting, if nothing else to see what tricks Hopkins has up his sleeve. I'm not denying for one second he can't fight at Calzaghe's pace, but if you think Hopkins plans too your being naive.

[Violent Demise]

take some rep for that AHAHAHAHAHA

Where's my sig, boy?

I'll talk to u on Thursday I said which is 2morrow.

You got your sig. Use it. It's not negotiable.

Where's my sig, boy?

I'll talk to u on Thursday I said which is 2morrow.

How come? Gonna try and back out of a sig bet lee? That's terribly bad form y'know .

I'm thinking the same thing

How come? Gonna try and back out of a sig bet lee? That's terribly bad form y'know .

Hey that reminds me

Didn't you challenge me to an Enzo-Haye sig bet?

Probably...if you find the thread i said it you can have my sig as your playground for however long we agreed on....make it quick though, if BHop beats Calzaghe....then VD has got my sig space .

Hopkins ain't losing

I'll talk to u on Thursday I said which is 2morrow.

How come? Gonna try and back out of a sig bet lee? That's terribly bad form y'know .

I ain't backing out at anything an never will. end of!!!

We'll see

Hey that reminds me

Didn't you challenge me to an Enzo-Haye sig bet?

Probably...if you find the thread i said it you can have my sig as your playground for however long we agreed on....make it quick though, if BHop beats Calzaghe....then VD has got my sig space .

nah.. you're alright. Plus I like Enzo so no point in gloating.

Promise to make VD's unbearably humiliating when Calzaghe wins though

Ha! Calzaghe ain't winning

[Dark Lord Al]

Where's my sig, boy?

I'll talk to u on Thursday I said which is 2morrow.

You got your sig. Use it. It's not negotiable.



I'm thinking the same thing



Hopkins ain't losing



We'll see

Probably...if you find the thread i said it you can have my sig as your playground for however long we agreed on....make it quick though, if BHop beats Calzaghe....then VD has got my sig space .

nah.. you're alright. Plus I like Enzo so no point in gloating.

Promise to make VD's unbearably humiliating when Calzaghe wins though

Ha! Calzaghe ain't winning

G-man i hope you are right , im backing Hopkins big style.