Why should Calzaghe have the privilege

[bzkfn]

I don't think the fans overrate Hopkins, but I think he overrates himself. He thinks he's a massive draw and can make demands that are just plain stupid.

[SEANIE]

of fighting all his professional fights in Great Britain? Why can't he come over to the USA to fight Hopkins? Isn't Hopkins the more accomplished of the two?

hopkins is overated. Ive said this before for 10 years he fought welterweights and second rate middleweights and lost to taylor, who is useless.

SC also if Joe Calzaghe gets credit for ruling his division Hopkins deserves the same recongnition.

Hopkins only ruled cos the likes of Toney, Jones and Mccallum werent there. he lost to Jones and the other two would have beaten him. even nunn would beat him. CALZAGHE has beaten everyone hes faced he's never lost a pro bout. and to be honest There is no boxer from middleweight to light heavyweight who can beat him. he would destroy hopkins. The fight is a mismatch.

[bzkfn]

of fighting all his professional fights in Great Britain? Why can't he come over to the USA to fight Hopkins? Isn't Hopkins the more accomplished of the two?

hopkins is overated. Ive said this before for 10 years he fought welterweights and second rate middleweights and lost to taylor, who is useless.

SC also if Joe Calzaghe gets credit for ruling his division Hopkins deserves the same recongnition.

Hopkins only ruled cos the likes of Toney, Jones and Mccallum werent there. he lost to Jones and the other two would have beaten him. even nunn would beat him. CALZAGHE has beaten everyone hes faced he's never lost a pro bout. and to be honest There is no boxer from middleweight to light heavyweight who can beat him. he would destroy hopkins. The fight is a mismatch.

You get alot of sadclicks because you put your opinions across as fact. Tis a shame because I actually see what you're trying to say, it just doesn't come across very well.

[ACEA]

The guy is in no way over rated hes 40+ put on a good show against a rising star twice (Taylor) and beat the man @ lightheavy with ease. He has got a lot of names on his resume (Tito,DLH,Winky,Tarver)
he deserves props for what hes done and JC wouldnt out class him hell if he leaves his chin out like in the Pavlik fight Hopkins could probibly KO him. The only reason i favour JC over Hopkins is workrate.

[SEANIE]

of fighting all his professional fights in Great Britain? Why can't he come over to the USA to fight Hopkins? Isn't Hopkins the more accomplished of the two?

hopkins is overated. Ive said this before for 10 years he fought welterweights and second rate middleweights and lost to taylor, who is useless.

SC also if Joe Calzaghe gets credit for ruling his division Hopkins deserves the same recongnition.

Hopkins only ruled cos the likes of Toney, Jones and Mccallum werent there. he lost to Jones and the other two would have beaten him. even nunn would beat him. CALZAGHE has beaten everyone hes faced he's never lost a pro bout. and to be honest There is no boxer from middleweight to light heavyweight who can beat him. he would destroy hopkins. The fight is a mismatch.

You get alot of sadclicks because you put your opinions across as fact. Tis a shame because I actually see what you're trying to say, it just doesn't come across very well.

i'll need to improve my grammar, but CALZAGHE does what needs to be done. people criticise him and say who did he beat? He beat three unbeaten challengers and not just beat them but outclassed them. And these were not fat welterweights they were genuine 168lbers, but when he beats them people say oh they were overhyped. Its like hopkins can beat the likes of Segundo Mercado, Steve Frank, William Bo James (who had lost 3 of his previous 8 bouts and only won two of his next seven bouts before retiring), Simon Brown who was shot, overweight and lost his next 5 bouts, Felix Trinidad ok Trinidad was a great boxer, but that was as a welterweight and light middle and the same can be said about Dela hoya.

Calzaghe never ducked anyone and beat some great opponents. Hopkins couldnt even beat Bika, Bika would destroy him as would most world class boxers at 168 or 175

[bzkfn]

of fighting all his professional fights in Great Britain? Why can't he come over to the USA to fight Hopkins? Isn't Hopkins the more accomplished of the two?

hopkins is overated. Ive said this before for 10 years he fought welterweights and second rate middleweights and lost to taylor, who is useless.

SC also if Joe Calzaghe gets credit for ruling his division Hopkins deserves the same recongnition.

Hopkins only ruled cos the likes of Toney, Jones and Mccallum werent there. he lost to Jones and the other two would have beaten him. even nunn would beat him. CALZAGHE has beaten everyone hes faced he's never lost a pro bout. and to be honest There is no boxer from middleweight to light heavyweight who can beat him. he would destroy hopkins. The fight is a mismatch.

You get alot of sadclicks because you put your opinions across as fact. Tis a shame because I actually see what you're trying to say, it just doesn't come across very well.

i'll need to improve my grammar, but CALZAGHE does what needs to be done. people criticise him and say who did he beat? He beat three unbeaten challengers and not just beat them but outclassed them. And these were not fat welterweights they were genuine 168lbers, but when he beats them people say oh they were overhyped. Its like hopkins can beat the likes of Segundo Mercado, Steve Frank, William Bo James (who had lost 3 of his previous 8 bouts and only won two of his next seven bouts before retiring), Simon Brown who was shot, overweight and lost his next 5 bouts, Felix Trinidad ok Trinidad was a great boxer, but that was as a welterweight and light middle and the same can be said about Dela hoya.

Calzaghe never ducked anyone and beat some great opponents. Hopkins couldnt even beat Bika, Bika would destroy him as would most world class boxers at 168 or 175

It's not so much the grammar thing, it's things like your last paragraph. B-Hop has a fair few fans on this forum and by saying that you open yourself up to criticism. I'm not a B-Hop fan, but I respect his achievments. My issue with him is his belief that he firmly believes he has the drawing power to dictate the terms he wants. He's clearly very talented, but nowadays he's fairly boring.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Marketed properly the fight could make more money in Britain than in the US.
May i continue to ask a question...purely for arguements sake.
Why must all fighters who do not go to the Us be called stay at home fighter? How many fighters leave the US to challenge other champions?

[ICB]

of fighting all his professional fights in Great Britain? Why can't he come over to the USA to fight Hopkins? Isn't Hopkins the more accomplished of the two?

hopkins is overated. Ive said this before for 10 years he fought welterweights and second rate middleweights and lost to taylor, who is useless.

SC also if Joe Calzaghe gets credit for ruling his division Hopkins deserves the same recongnition.

Hopkins only ruled cos the likes of Toney, Jones and Mccallum werent there. he lost to Jones and the other two would have beaten him. even nunn would beat him. CALZAGHE has beaten everyone hes faced he's never lost a pro bout. and to be honest There is no boxer from middleweight to light heavyweight who can beat him. he would destroy hopkins. The fight is a mismatch.

You get alot of sadclicks because you put your opinions across as fact. Tis a shame because I actually see what you're trying to say, it just doesn't come across very well.

i'll need to improve my grammar, but CALZAGHE does what needs to be done. people criticise him and say who did he beat? He beat three unbeaten challengers and not just beat them but outclassed them. And these were not fat welterweights they were genuine 168lbers, but when he beats them people say oh they were overhyped. Its like hopkins can beat the likes of Segundo Mercado, Steve Frank, William Bo James (who had lost 3 of his previous 8 bouts and only won two of his next seven bouts before retiring), Simon Brown who was shot, overweight and lost his next 5 bouts, Felix Trinidad ok Trinidad was a great boxer, but that was as a welterweight and light middle and the same can be said about Dela hoya.

Calzaghe never ducked anyone and beat some great opponents. Hopkins couldnt even beat Bika, Bika would destroy him as would most world class boxers at 168 or 175

Its not your grammar its you just talking bollocks mate

[Tysonbruno]

Calzaghe wants the fight more than Hopkins he should go to the states

[Gandalf]

Up to this point, Calzaghe has had too much of a privileged boxing career. All his fights he had home court advantage, it is time he step off of his pedal stool, roll up his sleeves and do some real work.

What a stupid posting.

Seriously, enlighten me as to how you define real work. Moron.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Pedal Stool!!!!!!!!!! LMAO

[BigMix27]

What a stupid posting.

Seriously, enlighten me as to how you define real work. Moron.

Kessler and Lacy are his two big names. These two guys wanted to prove themselves, therefore they went and sought out the best in their division, even in a foreign country, where the best had home court advantage.

Calzaghe on the other hand during his reign knew that his challenges weren't the up and coming boxers but the established boxers around his weight division. Boxers like Ry Jones, Hopkins, Tarver, Johnson, Hill etc. Calzaghe never was hungry to challenge these fighters to the point of calling them out and going to these fighters home country.

Now that Calzaghe is about to wrap up his career, he still wants the privilege of completing his career without getting off his stool and climbing the mount of direct challenges. This is why I have to ask why should he have the privileged of being hailed as great by not taking up the leadershipi roll of challenging his contemporaries to prove himself, even to the point of going to his contemporaries home and dethroning them.

Heck, even Zab Judah fought Corey Spinks in St. Lious, and Hatton is about to fight Foyd in Vegas (Floyd's home town). These fighters know that true glory comes through sacrifice. Hopkins fought Trinidad in MSG (knowing fully well that NYC is Puerto Rico Jr.)

Now this is not an indictment of the skills of Calzaghe. I believe he will take Hopkins. But I don't believe that he should have home field advantage in this one. He is a cuddled champion and a cuddled fighter.

[Tysonbruno]

What a stupid posting.

Seriously, enlighten me as to how you define real work. Moron.

Kessler and Lacy are his two big names. These two guys wanted to prove themselves, therefore they went and sought out the best in their division, even in a foreign country, where the best had home court advantage.

Calzaghe on the other hand during his reign knew that his challenges weren't the up and coming boxers but the established boxers around his weight division. Boxers like Ry Jones, Hopkins, Tarver, Johnson, Hill etc. Calzaghe never was hungry to challenge these fighters to the point of calling them out and going to these fighters home country.

Now that Calzaghe is about to wrap up his career, he still wants the privilege of completing his career without getting off his stool and climbing the mount of direct challenges. This is why I have to ask why should he have the privileged of being hailed as great by not taking up the leadershipi roll of challenging his contemporaries to prove himself, even to the point of going to his contemporaries home and dethroning them.

Heck, even Zab Judah fought Corey Spinks in St. Lious, and Hatton is about to fight Foyd in Vegas (Floyd's home town). These fighters know that true glory comes through sacrifice. Hopkins fought Trinidad in MSG (knowing fully well that NYC is Puerto Rico Jr.)

Now this is not an indictment of the skills of Calzaghe. I believe he will take Hopkins. But I don't believe that he should have home field advantage in this one. He is a cuddled champion and a cuddled fighter.

Good post have a CC off me

[AdamGB]

Why do all of the big fights have to be in the USA? Champion of the WORLD means just that. Not just champion of the USA. These Yanks are so full of themselves it's pathetic. The same people make a world series every year which does not include the world at all. Get over yourselves Americans. If anything, they should have the fight in some poor country like Ali/Foreman did. Peter Manfredo Jr. had the balls to travel abroad and Hopkins doesn't? What is up with that?

Ain't that like saying Audley Harrison had the balls to come to the US but not Calzaghe?

I'm pretty sure Calzaghe has the balls to go to the US and fight Garbage men too...

[eagle]

of fighting all his professional fights in Great Britain? Why can't he come over to the USA to fight Hopkins? Isn't Hopkins the more accomplished of the two?

hopkins is overated. Ive said this before for 10 years he fought welterweights and second rate middleweights and lost to taylor, who is useless.

SC also if Joe Calzaghe gets credit for ruling his division Hopkins deserves the same recongnition.

Hopkins only ruled cos the likes of Toney, Jones and Mccallum werent there. he lost to Jones and the other two would have beaten him. even nunn would beat him. CALZAGHE has beaten everyone hes faced he's never lost a pro bout. and to be honest There is no boxer from middleweight to light heavyweight who can beat him. he would destroy hopkins. The fight is a mismatch.

You could argue that Calzaghe only ruled because Jones, Toney and Mccallum wrent there..... If Jones had fought Joe when Joe first got his belt it would have been all over for Joe there and then.