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stujones wrote:Kilburn I agree. While I never liked the match - I thought Magee was as worthy as Salem. I cannot believe that now the WBO have refused to sanction this match - its been agreed for over a month.

Can't blame anyone other than the WBO.

Mageee was never rated by the WBO, so I cant see how it can be their fault.

British boxing, eh?

Luckily I gave up any interest at all in Joe Calzaghe and his waste of a career 5 years ago or this might have pissed me off. fornicating farce

BubiScholz wrote:

J wrote:bubi come on mate viet hasnt improved that much. He isnt good enough to take out calzaghe faded or not.

Another twist in the farcical later career of Joe sadly really.

if ever a fighter had the skills but never took the opportunities it was he.

hopefully his hand is now forced to take the bigger matchups.

bet frank is seething tho, what are they gonna do be intresting if a non title affair goes ahead, also for magee, dont like him but he didnt deserve this.

Veit is of course the outsider. but look at his last fight, worldclass!
Hope keeps us alive!

haha youre worse optimist than me mate!
limo sorted for hatton fight.

Just when we thought calzaghe couldn't possibly be any more of a miserable joke, frunk's waxworks pulls this gem out of the bag.

It's like they all sat down round a table and said

Frank: Right joe, in line with sport's network tradition we must go to new lengths to maintain our status in boxing as #1 farce.

Joe: How about I fight Brian Magee.

Frank: It's brilliant! But we can do better...

Joe: How about we sign a rematch with a guy I already badly knocked out, BEFORE fighting magee, while you publicly state that I'm looking for a big, easy, lazy, payday.

Frank: Good... good, but we can do more to rip people off, I think...

Joe: How about we call off the fight altogether.

Frank: Brilliant! But at what stage?

Joe: Well, we could call it off, a couple of days before the fight.

Frank: Joe, where would I be without you.

ALLEGEDLY

The Germans are saying they didn't call it off. I heard Joe was having trouble with the weight. Better cancelling I suppose than losing your title fornicate the public in other words.

Warren would have known this rule already.

The purse bid was won 10 days ago, so on the 7th he would have known there was a problem....

a few interesting points:

a) Calzaghe is gonna make a career high purse against Veit
b) It could have been a non title fight if Calzaghe wanted it to be

knockout wrote: b) It could have been a non title fight if Calzaghe wanted it to be

Magee turned down the terms for a non title fight.

Funny how this was only announced the day before the fight. Their are going to be people going who have not heard the news and are going to be very pissed when they turn up and find E. Magee's comeback as the main event.

Can Sports Network honestly say that they didn't think this might happen and get it sorted and announce the fight was off earlier. Are they ripping people off or are they just THAT unprofessional in their dealings that they leave things this late?

Smit wrote:

knockout wrote: b) It could have been a non title fight if Calzaghe wanted it to be

Magee turned down the terms for a non title fight.

shit money presumably.....

J wrote:

BubiScholz wrote:

J wrote:bubi come on mate viet hasnt improved that much. He isnt good enough to take out calzaghe faded or not.

Another twist in the farcical later career of Joe sadly really.

if ever a fighter had the skills but never took the opportunities it was he.

hopefully his hand is now forced to take the bigger matchups.

bet frank is seething tho, what are they gonna do be intresting if a non title affair goes ahead, also for magee, dont like him but he didnt deserve this.

Veit is of course the outsider. but look at his last fight, worldclass!
Hope keeps us alive!

haha youre worse optimist than me mate!
limo sorted for hatton fight.

Roll on June!!!!!

Riddick Blowe wrote:Just when we thought calzaghe couldn't possibly be any more of a miserable joke, frunk's waxworks pulls this gem out of the bag.

It's like they all sat down round a table and said

Frank: Right joe, in line with sport's network tradition we must go to new lengths to maintain our status in boxing as #1 farce.

Joe: How about I fight Brian Magee.

Frank: It's brilliant! But we can do better...

Joe: How about we sign a rematch with a guy I already badly knocked out, BEFORE fighting magee, while you publicly state that I'm looking for a big, easy, lazy, payday.

Frank: Good... good, but we can do more to rip people off, I think...

Joe: How about we call off the fight altogether.

Frank: Brilliant! But at what stage?

Joe: Well, we could call it off, a couple of days before the fight.

Frank: Joe, where would I be without you.

ALLEGEDLY

Im beggining to have a feeling Hatton-Zoo may be called off too

knockout wrote:Warren would have known this rule already.

The purse bid was won 10 days ago, so on the 7th he would have known there was a problem....

a few interesting points:

a) Calzaghe is gonna make a career high purse against Veit
b) It could have been a non title fight if Calzaghe wanted it to be

to a) Mr. Allegedly and his frontman could learn from Europe´s best Promoter. If Calzone would be german he had about more than 20 million euros more on his bank account....

to b) completely wrong considering the official statements. Universum is desperately looking for a german world champion. they have none at the moment.

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:Im beggining to have a feeling Hatton-Zoo may be called off too

there will be murders if that happens.

i nearly wrote off big hall shows after last junes farce with jc and hatton.
if it happens again i may well fornicate it all off and become an armchair fan / only go to the york hall.

fortunately i dont see it happening.

J wrote:

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:Im beggining to have a feeling Hatton-Zoo may be called off too

there will be murders if that happens.

i nearly wrote off big hall shows after last junes farce with jc and hatton.
if it happens again i may well fornicate it all off and become an armchair fan / only go to the york hall.

fortunately i dont see it happening.

J, should I bring my Kalashnikov with me?

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:Im beggining to have a feeling Hatton-Zoo may be called off too

Of course it will.

I have said it for months. Wait and see, Hatton won't fight Tszyu.

I will expect a few apologies and 500 quid very soon!

BubiScholz wrote:
J, should I bring my Kalashnikov with me?

dont worry, you will be able to pick one up in manchester for a good price

haha it wont happen fight will ahead despite what some say.
theres just too much riding on it mate.

i dont do guns never will, tho ive been threatened with one once, needless to say i got out of that circle of "friends" when i was younger!

gotta love london hey!

lirva33 wrote:

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:Im beggining to have a feeling Hatton-Zoo may be called off too

Of course it will.

I have said it for months. Wait and see, Hatton won't fight Tszyu.

I will expect a few apologies and 500 quid very soon!

Lirva your going to disapear off the board after this fight and no one will be any richer

richness isnt always measured in cash phenom!
just joshing lirva

J wrote:haha it wont happen fight will ahead despite what some say.
theres just too much riding on it mate.

i dont do guns never will, tho ive been threatened with one once, needless to say i got out of that circle of "friends" when i was younger!

gotta love london hey!

Roll on June!!!!!! Fight will happen!

Morr1son wrote:WBO wouldn't sanction the fight and calzaghe has been ordered to fight veit on may 7th

Pathetic.

The WBO is a waste of time title.

Its not the belt its the fighters.

Joe needs to drop them and fight on. WBO needs fighters more than they need that paper weight!

ABA Boxing wrote:The WBO is a waste of time title.

Its not the belt its the fighters.

Joe needs to drop them and fight on. WBO needs fighters more than they need that paper weight!

Spot on.

Joe should of told the WBO where to go, fought Magee then moved up to 175lbs for a fight with Woods or Johnson etc.

Whats the point of holding a belt if it resticts your career.

without the belt, Calzaghe wouldn't be able to notch up defences so that when he retires he can say that he defended title x amount of times.

Also, the TV companies wouldn't be interested in him unless he had a belt, and Calzaghe knows that a fight against Johnson or even Woods is no formality. Both fighters are better than anyone Calzaghe has faced since Eubank, or maybe Reid was about the same level back then.