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Calzaghe-Kessler fight time moved
We've known the Joe Calzaghe-Mikkel Kessler was set for November 3rd for a while now. New info released via press release this week gave interesting information. The fight will take place place at 1:00 AM local time in Cardiff, Wales, to allow the fight to air live on HBO at 9pm EST.
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LONDON – Promoter Frank Warren announced today that the biggest non-heavyweight world title unification fight since the Sugar Ray Leonard-Tommy Hearns welterweight rumble of 1981, pitting undefeated super middleweight champions Joe Calzaghe (43-0, 32 KOs), from Newbridge, Wales, and Mikkel Kessler (39-0, 29 KOs), from Copenhagen, Denmark, would be moved to later in the evening to accommodate U.S. boxing fans. Promoted by Frank Warren, in association with International Entertainment, the Calzaghe-Kessler world title unification fight will now be broadcast live in primetime in the U.S. at 9:00 p.m. ET and 6:00 p.m. PT on HBO World Championship Boxing. The fight will take place Saturday, November 3, at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales (1 a.m. local time), which will be scaled for an indoor-record of 60,000-plus spectators. Over 30,000 seats have already been sold.... continue reading
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Interesting move and I wonder how it will be received in the European boxing community.
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10-30-2007, 01:42 PM
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I'm not happy,but at least it might give Calzaghe some more exposure. I'm in two minds whether I should pay for it now.
I hope they both have readjusted their body clocks. Fighting at 1 am is usually reserved for brawls outside kebab shops over here.
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10-30-2007, 03:05 PM
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That's interesting...thanks for the heads up.
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11-01-2007, 09:20 AM
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I'm not happy,but at least it might give Calzaghe some more exposure. I'm in two minds whether I should pay for it now. \
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I know that it is free in the U.S. on HBO, surely they are not making the U.K. people pay for it..... |
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11-01-2007, 01:53 PM
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That hurts my feelings even more,lol. Yes we have to pay for it unfortunately.
It's on a channel called Setanta, £5 a month and i think it's £10 sign up fee. I'm guessing they are so desperate for the Americans to see Calzaghe fight that they are showing it for free.
He better win, or else all that effort will be for nothing.
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Koscheck: "St. Pierre doesn’t have a big heart or a good chin"
GSP: “I think he hasn’t seen my fight with B.J. Penn.”
gazbrook "I saw your fight with Matt Serra though,what a great chin,ha ha ha."
"My breathing techniques make me impervious to chokes." -Joe Son before getting choked out in his first UFC match.
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11-01-2007, 07:45 PM
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Yes I know the Dollar is all important in the world of Boxing-Come to think of it MMA as well but come on guys !
I remember being able to watch Big UK boxing matches in pubs with all my mates-Some great fights Benn Eubank etc-In fact most big fights in the early nineties that I did not go to I watched with my pals in the pub!
Sorry just remeniscing!(and badly spelling!)
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11-02-2007, 08:31 AM
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That hurts my feelings even more,lol. Yes we have to pay for it unfortunately.
It's on a channel called Setanta, £5 a month and i think it's £10 sign up fee. I'm guessing they are so desperate for the Americans to see Calzaghe fight that they are showing it for free.
He better win, or else all that effort will be for nothing.
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Really? Sweet Ive got Setanta til the 10th Nov from when I had to sign up for UFC75!
I feel bad for the fighters having to wait til 1am to fight! Do you think they'll try and live in Eastern American time for a week or so before the fight, so their bodies think they're boxing at the usual 9pm-ish time? |
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11-03-2007, 09:25 PM
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Good job Joe,now the unified champ. A convincing points victory,where he was a better boxer on the night. His chin was tested on several occasions and I was a bit concerned in the last round. Two judges put him 4 points ahead and one put him 6 ahead. Next Bernard Hopkins?
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Koscheck: "St. Pierre doesn’t have a big heart or a good chin"
GSP: “I think he hasn’t seen my fight with B.J. Penn.”
gazbrook "I saw your fight with Matt Serra though,what a great chin,ha ha ha."
"My breathing techniques make me impervious to chokes." -Joe Son before getting choked out in his first UFC match.
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11-04-2007, 10:13 AM
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Calzaghe is the man. Hopefully Hatton can do the same to Mayweather (but win by KO)
He wants Bernard Hopkins next.
From BBC ( BBC SPORT | Boxing | Calzaghe targets two-weight glory)
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Calzaghe's promoter Frank Warren said: "Joe will go to the States. He will fight Mr Hopkins in his home town. He will go to Philadelphia to fight him. He will fight him anywhere to get this on.
"Bernard Hopkins is a great fighter and a great athlete," added Warren.
"But go back and think of the great fighters, the Ray Leonards, the Tommy Hearns', the Marvin Haglers. They fought everybody. They didn't duck.
"If Bernard Hopkins is the warrior he says he is then make the fight, make that fight with Joe Calzaghe."
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11-04-2007, 10:27 AM
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11-05-2007, 03:49 AM
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Hmm..nobody is making a spoiler thread?
Heres a post-fight report from Boxing Times
Good stuff.
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