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Posted: 23 May 2006, 12:56
by Paul Powler
NEWS JUST IN!!!! Calzaghe all systems go to face Terry Norris on July 8!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Posted: 23 May 2006, 13:29
by hitman_hatton1
Paul Powler wrote:NEWS JUST IN!!!! Calzaghe all systems go to face Terry Norris on July 8!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
even now he'd be better than evans ashira i suppose.
norris was terrific in his day, loved his fighting style.
Posted: 23 May 2006, 14:50
by glahn
Posted: 23 May 2006, 15:32
by Paul Powler
Nah, Mr Rosi must be half decent if he took Phillips distance twice... may ask too much money...Just cancelled my hotel room in Cardiff... no way is this bill happening... TicketMaster still selling tix for MEN on July 15 but no headliner annouced for that show... Jamie Hearn isn't topping the bill so I think Calzaghe v ??? and Skelton v Williams II goes to MEN by the end of the week...
Posted: 23 May 2006, 15:42
by Spud
Mr Warren ... who is Joe Calzaghe fighting on 8 Jul 06??
Posted: 23 May 2006, 16:52
by mattyp151
hitman_hatton1 wrote:Paul Powler wrote:NEWS JUST IN!!!! Calzaghe all systems go to face Terry Norris on July 8!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
even now he'd be better than evans ashira i suppose.
norris was terrific in his day, loved his fighting style.
Too bad his day was about 8 years ago.
Posted: 23 May 2006, 17:03
by Paul Powler
<b> I STARTED THIS THRED ON SATURDAY AND THINGS WERE PATHETHIC THEN ... IT IS NOW NEARLY WEDNESDAY... THIS IS THE BIGGEST FARCE IN YEARS....
Posted: 23 May 2006, 17:04
by pundit
Paul Powler wrote:<b> I STARTED THIS THRED ON SATURDAY AND THINGS WERE PATHETHIC THEN ... IT IS NOW NEARLY WEDNESDAY... THIS IS THE BIGGEST FARCE IN YEARS....
Oh no, this is totally normal F. Warren management.
Any fighter they come up with now won't have sufficient time to prepare.
But again, I grant JC this one if the next fight in fall is really good - meaning: against one out of Kessler, Beyer, Mundine, Woods, Erdei, Adamek, Tarver, G.Johnson, Briggs. My personal wish list is (1) Kessler (2) Woods (3) Adamek.
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Posted: 23 May 2006, 19:47
by Max Molyneux
Oh yeah wasn't Kessler saying he'd fight Beyer for basically next to nothing, yet he overprices himself for Calzaghe!
Thats duckin talk to me.
Posted: 23 May 2006, 20:01
by Paul Powler
Posted: 23 May 2006, 20:11
by Max Molyneux
Well Warren is the one dealing with him and Kessler or Team Palle have not denied Warren's claim now have they?
Kessler wanted lots to fight Lacy too before Calzaghe beat him too!
Posted: 23 May 2006, 23:46
by Deram
jamesmcdonnell wrote:According to whom? Team Palle? I don't think Kessler is that keen on facing Calzaghe or he wouldn't be asking for £1.5 million a figure he must know he ain't going to get. It's the oldest trick in the book, call someone out, then demand more money than you know is on the table.
A fight with Kessler wouldn't be as big a sell as his fight with Lacy, who was already pretty big box office in America. It's also far easier to sell a fight against a Yank than a Dane, who in reality nobody has heard of.
Before the Lacy fight, I was calling for Calzaghe to fight Kessler, but now he's got the belt from Lacy, it's less important. It would be a good fight for boxing afficianados, but for the wider masses, a fight of lesser magnitude than the Lacy win.
Kessler wanted 1.5 to go to England and Calzaghe would get 1.5 to go to Copenhagen. That was the deal, and that cannot be any more fair. If Jope doesn't take that, then that is on him.
another thing is that - and this is a key question! - howcome Joe Calzaghe has NEVER ... EVER given Kessler and offer (well, he did actualyl give him an offer when Kess was injured for $50.000, but most people can see that that is ridiculous for a unification fight.)
I bet if Joe offered Kessler something slightly acceptable we would have the fight.
Why has Joe offered Lacy, Beyer, and is now looking at all kinds of inferior fighters? Give Kessler a decent offer if you dare meet him. Plain and simple.
Posted: 24 May 2006, 00:51
by Maxime
stujones wrote:Why not this guy, or is he too good?
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=223046
He has a very impressive record for a prospect - has some decent names on it - Mock, Salem, Wiggins, Thysse, Thobela, Salem, Spearman... And he looks a mean puncher - KO'ing Salem.
Bute is good but it's too early in his career.
Plus Bute is on vacation. He will go back in training camp in about 2 months for a fight on september 29th.
His team is targeting a fighter ranked in the top5 by the WBC, WBA, IBF or WBO.
Posted: 24 May 2006, 06:58
by Spud
Mr Warren ... who is Joe Calzaghe fighting on 8 Jul 06??
Posted: 24 May 2006, 07:33
by lvlarc
Apparently it's Glen Johnson, thoughts?
Posted: 24 May 2006, 07:43
by nickd
lvlarc_uk wrote:Apparently it's Glen Johnson, thoughts?
Lets hope his back holds out this time.
Posted: 24 May 2006, 07:46
by TerribleTerry
Glenn Johnson is a great match if thats the case - the jamaican might be ancient and have a lot in the' L' column but his pressure, experience and hard headed attitude will force JC to fight.
Happy Spud?
Posted: 24 May 2006, 07:57
by MightyWarrior
What?? At supermiddle, or LH? I doubt team Calzaghe are too thrilled with a short notice job against a fighter of Johnson's quality.
At this late stage I'm sure they were expecting a real stiff.
You'd guess Joe hasn't been exactly pushing the boat out in his training so far.
Posted: 24 May 2006, 07:57
by Autobarn
Maxime wrote:stujones wrote:Why not this guy, or is he too good?
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=223046
He has a very impressive record for a prospect - has some decent names on it - Mock, Salem, Wiggins, Thysse, Thobela, Salem, Spearman... And he looks a mean puncher - KO'ing Salem.
Bute is good but it's too early in his career.
Plus Bute is on vacation. He will go back in training camp in about 2 months for a fight on september 29th.
His team is targeting a fighter ranked in the top5 by the WBC, WBA, IBF or WBO.
bute? he's a composed, power punching southpaw and gave salem such a shellacing that he had to retire on his stool. the guy is awesome when he gets going. maybe not quite enough variety in his work but looks very good
bad news about kessler. he's injured & his bloody title defense is off. i'm getting pissed with the calzaghe situation. i'm going to do a pundit. fight kessler FOR fornicate'S SAKE, stop buggerng around joe
Posted: 24 May 2006, 08:02
by lvlarc
If Kessler wants to fight Calzaghe so bad why has he demanded 1.5mill yet has said publicly himself he would fight Beyer for free in Germany.
Posted: 24 May 2006, 08:09
by jamesmcdonnell
lvlarc_uk wrote:Apparently it's Glen Johnson, thoughts?
According to whom?
Posted: 24 May 2006, 08:11
by states
If it's Johnson, I will buy a hat, just so I can eat it. No sodding chance on 7 weeks notice.
Posted: 24 May 2006, 08:13
by jamesmcdonnell
Depends how hard Calzaghe has been training thus far, it's not like it's 7 days notice.
Posted: 24 May 2006, 08:13
by nickd
states wrote:If it's Johnson, I will buy a hat, just so I can eat it. No sodding chance on 7 weeks notice.
Johnson would definitely take it on 7 weeks notice, he has done way shorter notice before even since his recent rise.
Posted: 24 May 2006, 08:16
by states
Well, true. But why would he bother in this instance? Would he go down to 168? Or is Calzaghe going to step up for a non-title fight? Either way, it's not happening.