Boxing

Joe Calzaghe vs Bernard Hopkins

19th April On Setanta.

Cant Wait For This. Mon Calzaghe, im hoping he rips him apart.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7315175.stm

nice interview

Really looking forward to this on Saturday night. It'll be Calzaghe's toughest fight ever but I'm hoping he absolutely batters him!

Anyone know what time the fight starts? Got the lads coming round at about 8 so want to know how long we'll have to last before the fight starts!

i know what you mean mr c, me and the boys always end up starting boozing at about 7 then a fight starts at 3, only about 20% of my mates last the pace.

anyway its been a terrible year for the calzaghe camp and hopfully joe will redeem it but it will be a tough fight, i hope he retires that racist prick hopkins.

Will prob start half 2-3am, coverage starts at 10.30.

Im hoping to find a pub open into the early hours to catch this. Makes perfect sense to roll out of the club at 3 and fall into a pub to carry on through the night!

Will prob start half 2-3am, coverage starts at 10.30.

Yeah some people haqve said 2/3am others have said 4/5am. The Hatton fight didn't start til 5am so hopefully it'll be on earlier than that

defo gonna be a cracker, could go either way. hoping calzaghe smashes him, cant see it though

It’s Mayweather vs. Hatton all over again, regardless of people’s opinions on Hopkins he is a better fighter and will dispose of Calzaghe with relative ease.

It’s Mayweather vs. Hatton all over again, regardless of people’s opinions on Hopkins he is a better fighter and will dispose of Calzaghe with relative ease.

what an absolutly ridiculous comment, you are not as much as a boxing fan than you are a man u fan.....

anyone that knew anything about boxing knew that mayweather would beat hatton, it was brittish pride and hope that went over the general public brains.

anyway, hopkins is a good fighter but past his best and joe is the best, simple as, yes the humidity of the venue might go against him but he has obviously trained for it, but anyway this is a boxing match anyone could one but i think joes speed could be touch much for him then again if hopkins lands one well hes goin down, but you could say that about any of joes last 5 fights.

I reckon it'll go the distance and be close on points...

So, will there be a re-run/highlights of this on normal TV for us peasants with plain old freeview?

usually bbc show it a week later on a sunday, they did that with hatton and haye vs enzo

A week later? fuck that.

Think you can get Setanta through freeview now (you can get deals where is £5/month)

Still don't know what time the fight starts! The consensus seems to be 4am though. Going to have pace myself I think!

it will be 4 or 5, no change really surely you have watched fights abroad before?