He's always like that no matter who Joe fights.......just his personality....a lot of what he says is true if you listen in between the ramblings......Hopkins is a "boring twat" when he fights and he doesnt fight like a legend...he's too cagey and dirty to be considered a legend....a great story cos of his age but legends come out to fight and avenge defeats....He has simply never done that
Wow; yeh I would say he is a little rattled. Can't wait to see his reaction when BHop pulls out the old bag of tricks . Calzaghe tko 9
Enzo has no clue... you may wish its gonna be a clean fight, but Ole Nard doesn't care. He doesn't even care about making it an entertaining fight. why? Cuz Bernard is a boxer for the connaisseur. His fans are among the most sophisticated boxing fans in the world. He knows he'll keep his fan base if he wins a tactical fight. Calzaghe fans are irrational. Calzaghe must throw thousands of punches and make it an entertaining fight, cuz if he doesn't people will turn against him. The crowd, even if its a pro-Calzaghe crowd, will favor Hopkins because it will put pressure on Calzaghe to force action and make mistakes. Bernard TKO 9.
There's also an interv iew with joe in the same building where he looks bigger and stronger around 10 pounds or so over the lightheavy limit. He indicates that he will fight tentatively for the 1st couple of rounds to see what bernard is going to do, and in the second half of the fight he thinks his youth and stamina will prevail. All this talk of joe bashing nard up and shutting him out is just promo hype. Joe plans on a smart fight w/ alot of flicker jabs to set up his arsenal. With that [plan of action joe is unbeatable. Probably not FOTY candidate, but a decisive V for calz nonetheless.
He was telling the truth though! I want Bernard to win, to shut up these Hatton turned Calzaghe fans! But frankly I dont care if he loses! Nard is dirty, when he fights... I always fall for his pre fight hype, and he repeatedly delivers boring ass, dirty fights... So I agree with Enzo, I hope Bernard puts it all on the line in this fight and comes out like he did against Tarver....looking for a knockout.