theres no doubt both these long reigning champions have prepaired for this long awaited contest, its been around 7-8 years in the making way back when hopkins was middle and calzaghe was supermiddle kings ( joe still is ). both men have always turned up in great shape although calzaghe being younger and having the more energetis style will have more in the tank. it maybe that at 43 the super hard training to get bernard in shape may catch up with him on the night ( i hope not ) i'd love hopkins to win because im a fan of his and i've never warmed to calzaghe, i just don't like him..... he should have been the greastest british boxer of the last 25 years hands down, but choose to stay in his comfortzone....even now when he finally goes to fight a big name its a 43 year old past superstar, if he wins he wants to fight a 40 year old past his use by date tarver or roy jones again a 40 year old ex force........ these fights should have happened years ago when he would have got more credit, now its a case of a long running stay away homeboy fighting guys who should be retired, just to add names to his record and ££££££££ to his bank balence

i'd love hopkins to pull it out the bag one last time but i just get the feeling he'll come up short, joe's got alot in his arsenal