Hopkins NEVER ducked Calzaghe, or anybody!

[SalTheButcher]

i agree

[SalTheButcher]

but its not proven that mcgwire actually cheated, is it?
he DID take substances that are banned now but i dont think they were officially banned when he did,

sosa got caught corking his bat like a moron...

and pete rose is the only one of these 4 that has to suffer

[1st rd ko]

but its not proven that mcgwire actually cheated, is it?
he DID take substances that are banned now but i dont think they were officially banned when he did,

sosa got caught corking his bat like a moron...

and pete rose is the only one of these 4 that has to suffer

anyone read the book "juiced"? poor ole mac crying before congress? hahahahahahahah. mac, sosa, and most of all bonds will be looked upon as cheaters in the end. baseball is a joke. f-ing speed is still legal in baseball, what a (bad)joke.

[BrooklyniteQueen]

When Pete Rose comes up. The response is, every player bet on baseball, he was just the only one who got caught.

[SalTheButcher]

didnt he get caught betting on some other sport, or was that his claim, that he really bet on hockey or something?

[Fenster]

Hopkins was the better fighter, if anything Joe ducked Hopkins....and Joe is one of my favourite fighters

Calzaghe was chasing Hopkins in 2002/3/4 (somewhere around that time ) Hopkins agreed to a fight for 3million quid but then doubled his price and the fight obviously fell through, apparently.

liar

Calzaghe was chasing Sven Ottke back then and spoke of and apparently was making a fight to move up to Light heavyweight and fight Glen Johnson...but he pulled out of that fight because he "broke his hand"

Here you are Starr, it took me seconds to find this, wheres the liar


By Guardian Newspapers, 7/3/2003
Hopkins' promoter Don King and Calzaghe's backer Frank Warren reached agreement for a fight last year, and the US television station Showtime was prepared to underwrite the event. But after a $3m (£1.8m) payday had been agreed, the fight fell through when Hopkins doubled his purse demands.

Joe Calzaghe, the World Boxing Organisation super-middleweight champion, is prepared to travel to the United States to face the world's No1 middleweight Bernard Hopkins in what is seen as a career-defining fight for the undefeated Welshman

"This is the fight I have wanted above all others for the last few years," he said, "and it is the one the boxing world wants."

"I have no problems taking the fight on his territory," said the 31-year-old Calzaghe. "My message to him is: 'You want it, you got it.' He can have it anywhere and any time."

Calzaghe underlined his determination to get the fight, laying down a challenge to Hopkins. "Don't find an excuse to let our fight slip away," he said. "I have taken up your challenge to face you in America, so honour your words."
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/boxing/s...991029,00.html


Calzaghe Knocked Back By Hopkins

July 22: Bernard Hopkins has again rejected the offer of a multi-million-dollar fight against the undefeated WBO super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe.

By Guardian Newspapers, 7/21/2003
Bernard Hopkins has again rejected the offer of a multi-million-dollar fight against the undefeated World Boxing Organisation super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe, and says he will next face his fellow American William Joppy instead.

Calzaghe, 31, had hoped for what he regards as a career-defining contest against Hopkins, the world's No1 middleweight, after his recent spectacular two-round victory over Byron Mitchell. But Hopkins has made it clear he will pursue Joppy, an easier option, though a date for the fight has not yet been announced.

More worryingly for Calzaghe and his promoter Frank Warren, Hopkins has indicated he might be prepared to travel to Germany in December for a showdown with Calzaghe's super-middleweight rival, the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association champion Sven Ottke.

Warren has spoken repeatedly of his desire to stage Calzaghe-Hopkins at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium and believed he had a deal for the fight last year before Hopkins priced himself out of the contest by doubling his demands.

Nevertheless Warren has been in more discussions with Hopkins's promoter Don King and says he remains optimistic the 38-year-old American will face Calzaghe after he picks up his expected victory against Joppy. But King has also spoken with Ottke's promoter Wilfred Sauerland and it seems more than likely Hopkins regards Ottke as a softer, well-paid option than the intimidating Welshman.
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/boxing/s...003211,00.html