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According to the excellent Britishboxing.net Joe Calzaghe will defend at the Telewest Arena on March 18th - vs TBA.

More interestingly, Graham Earl will defend his British crown against Commonwealth champ Kevin Bennett. Good match - I think Earl takes clear decision in a competitive contest.

Any thoughts?

Do you think thats enough time to prepair. Do you think the is any chance of a top class opponent at least Mundin.

Not sure whether his pull-out from Feb show was due to "lack of time to prepare" or "Christ, we haven't managed to get a half-decent challenger".

Guess would be that Scott Pemberton or Antun Echols will get a shot.

I'd love to see Joe fight Mundine but can't see it happening any time soon, I think he's going for revenge againts Siaca.

on the same night as arthur - docherty? well that fight isnt happening then

Hadn't thought about that - have Matchroom still got a deal with Sky ? Think they won purse bids(?). Arthur was complaining about choice of venue when last interviewed....

magnus wrote:"Christ, we haven't managed to get a half-decent challenger".

When have they ever worried about that? Calzaghe's record is riddled with nobodies...

Why wouldn't Arthur/Docherty happen just because it's on the same night?

Phillips/Bennett was on the same night as the Skelton bill

Kev

Anyway fuk Calzaghe his career is a total waste of time and I'm not all interested anymore.

Who's to say he'll fight in march? More chance of him pulling out that not these days.

If he's demotivated it's nobodies fault but his own for putting up with the bullshit matches Sports Network have been putting on for him and resigning with them time after time. The guy's a wanka.

Kevin wrote:Why wouldn't Arthur/Docherty happen just because it's on the same night?

I assume he thoght they were both Sports Network promotions - cant recall them promoting twice in one night.

Any chance that FW has purposely done this to try and scupper the Arthur v Docherty fight that he didnt win purse bids for. Esp if Arthur is said to be unhappy....

magnus wrote:According to the excellent Britishboxing.net Joe Calzaghe will defend at the Telewest Arena on March 18th - vs TBA.

More interestingly, Graham Earl will defend his British crown against Commonwealth champ Kevin Bennett. Good match - I think Earl takes clear decision in a competitive contest.

Any thoughts?

Newcastle Eagles Vs Birmingham Bullets basketball is scheduled for that day

Maybe Joe is gonna do a bit of cheerleading?

maybe hes going to do a roy jones. play basket ball during the day, fight at night.

The Eagles seem to play there most Fridays, but have some Saturday games, so I guess they will just move to the Saturday that week

Could be worse Winnie the Pooh is on a couple of weeks before and also Blue are singing there

Kev

Kevin wrote:Could be worse Winnie the Pooh is on a couple of weeks before and also Blue are singing there

Kev

Maybe Joe could be the new frontman for Busted.

Maybe jo is fighting Winnie the Pooh! would be the hardest fight he's ever been in.

If it's Pemberton, I'd predict a premature stoppage win for Calzaghe.

Kevin wrote:Why wouldn't Arthur/Docherty happen just because it's on the same night?

Phillips/Bennett was on the same night as the Skelton bill

Kev

True, but the Hartlepool show wasn't shown on TV that night, can't see Arthur/Docherty not being shown.

What is the status of Matchroom's contract with Sky?

magnus wrote:According to the excellent Britishboxing.net Joe Calzaghe will defend at the Telewest Arena on March 18th - vs TBA.

More interestingly, Graham Earl will defend his British crown against Commonwealth champ Kevin Bennett. Good match - I think Earl takes clear decision in a competitive contest.

Any thoughts?

Will that fight be televised?

I would imagine that Earl vs Bennet will be shown as chief support to the Calzaghe fight (as it's a SN show and they have an ongoing contrcat with SKY).

The confusion stems from the scheduled Arthur vs Docherty fight being scheduled for the same night. In an ideal world all three fights would be shown on TV the same night - but I can't see that happening.

Sky have been giving Arthur the big sell he will be on TV I would have thought.

. In an ideal world all three fights would be shown on TV the same night - but I can't see that happening.[/quote]

maybe make up a wee £14.99 pay per view wouldnt put it past them

Do you think that Khan featuring on the bill may have been a factor in Calzaghe's withdrawal.