NEW WORD ON CALZAGHE VS JOHNSON

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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.

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.

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!!!!!!!

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