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Paul Powler wrote:Yusef Mack got well beaten last night on ESPN2... so he's off Calzaghe's radar and allegedly allegedly is now looking - yet again - for some - ANYONE - to have poor Joe beat up on on July 8... Warren ripped the piss out of Hobson and Hatton for not having an opponent 9 weeks out and yet here we are SEVEN WEEKS out and Joe's got no opponent... f-ing joke!... FW ripped on Collazo as an opponent for Hitman... but who wants to bet that whoever Joe fights won't be anywhere near the level of Collazo, won't be a world champion and won't even be competitive...????

ALSO... Joe isn't even listed on HBO's website... interesting... could it be that because of this farce with the July 8 opponent HBO won't even be showing the event??!?!?! Where is BoxingChat to inform us just how great Frank W is and how shit Hearn, Hennessey and everyone else is?!?!! LOL!

KO Artist wrote:

Paul Powler wrote:Yusef Mack got well beaten last night on ESPN2... so he's off Calzaghe's radar and allegedly allegedly allegedly is now looking - yet again - for some - ANYONE - to have poor Joe beat up on on July 8... Warren ripped the piss out of Hobson and Hatton for not having an opponent 9 weeks out and yet here we are SEVEN WEEKS out and Joe's got no opponent... f-ing joke!... FW ripped on Collazo as an opponent for Hitman... but who wants to bet that whoever Joe fights won't be anywhere near the level of Collazo, won't be a world champion and won't even be competitive...????

ALSO... Joe isn't even listed on HBO's website... interesting... could it be that because of this farce with the July 8 opponent HBO won't even be showing the event??!?!?! Where is BoxingChat to inform us just how great Frank W is and how shit Hearn, Hennessey and everyone else is?!?!! LOL!

Collazo wanst the world champion, he was merely a belt holder, and ranked as low as 7 by some experts.

He gave Hatton all he could handle and then some.
People have made excuses for Hatton saying he isnt big enough. Yet, in the ring, he was the heavier man.


I dont thinkWarren or Calzaghe are too bothered about the delay in naming an opponent. After all whatever happens it will be live on ITV1 with millions watching.

Hatton should go back to 140 and fight castillo, Corrales and Witter too.

Mayweather whilst smaller than Ricky would cut him to ribbons, Margaritio would decapitate him, and, as for fighting Oscar, forget it.

Hatton is the best at 140, its a big mistake keeping him at Welterweight.

There were a lot of guys recently saying that Hatton would have stopped Lloyd Honeyghan at 147..... Please.

Paul Powler wrote:If Hatton had gone from fighting Tszyu to then beating up reigning British champion we'd all be calling him all the names under the sun and rightly so....

glahn wrote:Calzaghe and Warren have a huge problem in that there are basically no creidble challengers available for the date. I doubt that Glen Johnson is going to take the fight at such short notice unless they offer him a shitload of cash, and after that the best options available are Manfredo (who he would most likely destroy) and maybe Sam Soliman (who could give him a very tough night.)

There is pretty much no one else he can fight.

Graham Brett wrote:

glahn wrote:Calzaghe and Warren have a huge problem in that there are basically no creidble challengers available for the date. I doubt that Glen Johnson is going to take the fight at such short notice unless they offer him a shitload of cash, and after that the best options available are Manfredo (who he would most likely destroy) and maybe Sam Soliman (who could give him a very tough night.)

There is pretty much no one else he can fight.

Manfredo is a great fight for Joe, and would do well on US PPV. Manfredo is a big name in the US.

Its a big fight, big payday for Joe, with low risk

Commercially it ticks all the boxes.

who is calzaghes next opponent, im not buying a ticket to see him knock out peter manfredo in 3 rounds. i need to know! get the magic man over!
Iron Rick

Hi Rick, we are still working on Joe’s opponent, he is not fighting Peter Manfredo, I hope to make an announcement this week.

My T Sharp wrote:This was in Frank Warrens mail bag this week:

who is calzaghes next opponent, im not buying a ticket to see him knock out peter manfredo in 3 rounds. i need to know! get the magic man over!
Iron Rick

Hi Rick, we are still working on Joe’s opponent, he is not fighting Peter Manfredo, I hope to make an announcement this week.

I would go for Mundine.

silkov wrote:iT'S not really Calzaghe's fault if FW can't get him an opponent... I'm sure Joe would like to know who he's fighting as well!...

Graham Brett wrote:

glahn wrote:Calzaghe and Warren have a huge problem in that there are basically no creidble challengers available for the date. I doubt that Glen Johnson is going to take the fight at such short notice unless they offer him a shitload of cash, and after that the best options available are Manfredo (who he would most likely destroy) and maybe Sam Soliman (who could give him a very tough night.)

There is pretty much no one else he can fight.

Manfredo is a great fight for Joe, and would do well on US PPV. Manfredo is a big name in the US.

Its a big fight, big payday for Joe, with low risk

Commercially it ticks all the boxes.

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.