Take him to that dark place Joe !!!!!!!!!!

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No doubt Calzaghe is psyching himself up to this fight. He has been doubtful before, and almost as doubtful as when he was about to face Lacy.

If he becomes arrogant, as he did for the Bika fight, he is going to be in a dark place - mentally for years to come...

 

Here's the link to the original interview with Donald McRae:
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/boxing/story/0,,2201534,00.html

Kevin Mitchell also wrote a Calzaghe interview in the Guardian's sister paper the Observer:
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/boxing/story/0,,2200737,00.html

..and in the same paper he also did a big interview with Ricky Hatton:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,2198107,00.html

..and a comment piece on UK boxing:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sport/story/0,,2200801,00.html

Guardian newspapers seem to have gone boxing crazy.

 

Great - keep it coming, guys - always fun to psyche yourself up even more...

 

Yes, he'll wish that he was Cristian Mijares and it won't sit well while he's drinking coffee, mental hell right there.

Kessler will wish he's Mijares also, take boxing lessons from Mijares and become the best ever, maybe.

I'm knackered.

 

I don't see it as arrogant, just difficult to get up for a fight when you know you're going to win even if you perform badly and you'll see in the article that he says he isn't feeling like that for this fight and has the amount of fear required to put on a top performance.

 

Jimbo, thank you very much for those links! Great stuff...!:good

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl - I am forever thankful that you brought Mijares to my attention.

 

Well, as I see it. JC was doubtful coming into the Lacy fight. Did beyond what he had expected, and then thought he could fly, instead of keeping his feet on the ground.

I could be wrong, but it makes sense to me, and its perfectly normal for proud people.

And as such Bika caused more problems than he else could have.

 

Read the Guardian article from today for Calzaghe's take on it.


"Having been a fighter for 25 years I know how to handle the fear. The fear is there but I use it to motivate me. I've had a few stinkers over the years - fights against David Starie, Kabary Salem and Sakio Bika - where I looked terrible. But, without any fear, how do you get up for those fights? How do you prepare for a guy like Bika? No one had heard of him outside hardcore boxing circles. I won easily on points [last October] but my timing was off, my desire was missing and I was rubbish.
"That's why I went to Frank Warren and literally begged him, as my promoter, to get Kessler. I knew how badly I needed the fear back."

 

For a broadsheet the Guardian has surprisingly good boxing coverage. If you haven't read Donald McRae's book "Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing" or Mitchell's "War Baby" about the Benn v G-Man fight, take a look as both are great books.

 

:good - thanks... Seems like I am a bit right. No fear of an opponent=bit of arrogance.

 

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Fantastic ****ing show!!