HOPKINS RESPONDS TO CALZAGHE
"ALL THOSE WORDS ARE JUST LIKE HIS PUNCHES;
NOTHING ON THEM AND NO DAMAGE DONE"
For
Immediate Release
Light Heavyweight
fight to take place in the PH Ring on April
19
LOS ANGELES. March 20, 2008
. . . Light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins
took the news of Joe Calzaghe's rebuttal to
his training team statement as a sure sign of
panic.
"This poor guy used
up all the air in his boxing gym to spew a bunch
of nonsense about nothing really. I said what
I had to say in one breathe. He knows what he
is up against on April 19 and that's all that
has to be said. All those words are just like
his punches-nothing on them and no damage done."
Hopkins vs. Calzaghe "Battle
of the Planet," is presented by Golden
Boy Promotions, Frank Warren's Sports Network
and the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
The match-up will air live from the Planet Hollywood
Ring on HBO's World Championship Boxing beginning
at 9:45 p.m. ET / 6:45 p.m. PT.
Remaining tickets are priced
at $1500, $1200, $750, $450, $350 and $250 and
may be purchased by calling 866-USFIGHT or online
at planethollywood.com.
One of the greatest middleweights
of all-time, Bernard "The Executioner"
Hopkins (48-4-1, 32 KOs) owned the middleweight
title for over ten years before moving up to
the light heavyweight division in 2006, and
immediately won The Ring Magazine World Championship
with a dominating 12 round decision win over
Antonio Tarver. In his last fight, on July 21,
2007, Hopkins continued his amazing run at the
age of 42, outpointing Winky Wright. Now it's
on to Calzaghe.
Unquestionably one
of the greatest super middleweights in boxing
history and currently The Ring Magazine Super
Middleweight World Champion, Newbridge, Wales'
Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KOs) and has 21 consecutive
title defenses followed his victory over Chris
Eubanks in 1997. After big wins over undefeated
champions Jeff Lacy in 2006 and Mikkel Kessler
in 2007 in which he added the International
Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Association
(WBA) and World Boxing Council (WBC) championship
belts to his collection, he now seek a bigger
challenge at 175 pounds where Hopkins awaits.
