Calzaghe and Woods negotiations under way

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  1. "He's gone!"

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    The BBC web site is running the headline "IBF Light-heavy weight champion Clinton Woods is negotiating to fight Joe Calzaghe." There's no attached story but a promise of "more soon."

    This fight could give calzaghe a title and set up hopkins a a retirement fight. Less dangerous than Dawson and it's gonna get less US interest if it goes ahead.
     
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  2. BewareofDawg

    BewareofDawg P4P Champ Full Member

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    Calzaghe is ducking Hopkins.
     
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  3. Dorfmeister

    Dorfmeister Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I should be given credit for predicting this would happen. Anyone?
     
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  4. Rumsfeld

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  5. ThePlugInBabies

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  7. djm

    djm Boxing Addict Full Member

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    After hearing PBF trumpet the "if it don't make dollars, it don't make sense" mantra ad nauseum, does it occur to anyone that an all-UK fight might do better than a Hopkins fight for Joe? I'm not really a fan of his, but it is possible this is partially a financial decision. It's not like Hopkins-Wright was a mega-fight.
     
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  8. ThePlugInBabies

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    ...and that $16mil ****? pleeeeeeease. floyd ain't even getting that for the hatton fight, are people trying to suggest b-hop-joe will make more than hatton-floyd?
     
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  9. Kostya Zoo

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    I dont even know where that came from. I definitely haven't found a reliable source that confirms it.
     
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  10. "He's gone!"

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    Hopkins mentioned the yankee stadium as a venue, would it get filled? Don't know much about Hopkins fan base and i'm not sure you'd get as many Calzaghe fans crossing the atlantic as Hatton gets.
     
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  11. Kostya Zoo

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    I know I'd come up from Philly. But I don't know anybody else who would

    Honestly, the fight might not even sell out Boardwalk Hall, nevermind Yankee Stadium. I'm almost sure Hops-Tarver didn't sell out. And Tarver was, for a while, a way bigger name in the USA than Calzaghe ever has been.
     
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  12. ThePlugInBabies

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    RJJ? :lol:
     
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  13. Bodysnatcher

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  14. ThePlugInBabies

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    what $16mil offer? mayweather is making less for fighting hatton? you think calzaghe-hopkins will rake in more money than hatton-mayweather? are you that ****ing stupid?
     
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  15. Spitfire7

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    ...or Chad Dawson.

    Woods should fight Glen Johnson instead (for the nth time:yep until a clear and dominating winner is established).
     
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