By James Slater, Eastside Boxing
Ask some fighters, or fight experts, and they will tell you that as soon as a boxer starts to even talk openly about retiring, he is already halfway towards quitting the ring. Fans of Amir Khan, the reigning WBA light-welterweight champion, had better hope this is not true in the case of the 23-year-old..
Yet while Khan is only 23 and a mere 23 fights into his pro career, he has been talking already about how and when he plans to quit the ring. Speaking with popular British newspaper The News of The World yesterday, Khan said he will call it a day at the age of 28, in the year 2015. However, the former Olympian also made it clear how he wants to take on the best fighters his 140-pound weight class has to offer before he's through - and that, according to the Bolton man, means fights against Floyud Mayweather Junior and Manny Pacquiao.
"In the next four years I will have all my big fights, so in five years time I will be gone," Khan said to the paper. "When I hit my peak I will be fighting men like Floyd Mayweather Junior and Manny Pacquiao. They will be my last few fights. There are so many big fights in my division, but my body will tell me when to call it a day."
Khan, who faces the slick Paulie Malignaggi on May 15th, in what will be his U.S debut and second defence of his WBA 140-pound belt, may well be out of luck if he really believes he will be facing either Mayweather or Pacquiao in 2014 or 2015. Mayweather, still unbeaten at 40-0, is 33 years-old now, and will almost certainly be retired himself long before 2014. While Pacquiao, who has ambitions, as we know, of a political nature, is currently aged 31 and will also surely be retired and in The Hall of Fame long before Khan hits his peak.
It's strange that Khan is even talking about when he will call it a day, because, despite his not inconsiderable accomplishments, he has not made his mark on the world scene quite yet, nor has he convinced the critics he is the real deal. Shouldn't Khan be focused on proving how good he is instead of mapping out his retirement plan? Then again, fellow Brit and WBA heavyweight champ David Haye has also made it clear how he has made up his mind about when he will retire; so maybe modern day fighters are simply better equipped than their predecessors when it comes to planning their later years.
Still, Khan should certainly be worrying more about Malignaggi and less about his exit from the sport. For if "King Khan" is looking past "The Magic Man" and if he loses as a result, his exit from the upper echelons of the sport could come much sooner than he thinks!
Source: eastsideboxing.com
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Senin, 26 April 2010
No Khan Do: Amir wants Pacquiao, Mayweather -- Examiner
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com
Maybe I botched the story line here.
Maybe I got it all wrong because I thought it was Ricky Hatton who was going into standup comedy and not Amir Khan.
But, right now, it's Khan who is making with the jokes.
Both Coach Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao must be having a good heehaw, meaning a right old guffaw along the lines of a kneeslapper, concerning the "future book" as dreamed up by young Khan.
Speaking with the bravado and impetousness of youth, Kid Khan has proclaimed that he will retire from the ring within five years and that, on the tail end of his enriching career, he will fight "guys like Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr."
Keep in mind Kid Khan will only turn age 24 in December, 10 days before Pacman turns 32.
I think the key words, the important phrase, here is "guys like..."
Five years from now would make Money May Shane Mosley's current age, which is 38, and I would dollars to boxes of balut that Mayweather is not fighting then unless it's an ongoing altercation with the Infernal Internal Revnue Service which makes him do so.
At his current clip, though, Mayweather's tax and other debts should be retired before he hangs up the gloves and moves on to become a fulltime shamster in pro wrestling, Roller Derby or the rap music demimonde.
As for Pacman, who in their right mind thinks he will be scrapping for dollars at age 36?
At some point, his Ayling Dionesia's maternal voice or that of Good Wife Jinkee will lay down the law and Megamanny will become a fulltime promoter or politician/promoter and real estate magnate.
Notice I said magnate and not maggot, my friends.
Perhaps Khan needs a sitdown session with the foggy crystal ball of the damn alluring Madam Auring on the prognostication table between he and the Pinay forecaster.
Chances are he fights neither Pacman nor Flighty Floydster.
But you have to like his stated goals, much like the novice mountain climber who cites the Matterhorn or Kilaminjaro as heighs he wants to reach.
No doubt Khan-Pacman would be a big moolah match.
But what about the plight of Roach and conditioning guru Alex Ariza.
This is a bit more complex than when stablemates Jimmy Ellis and Muhammad Ali threw down in the Eighth Wonder of the World, the Houston Astrodome.
Ali's team stayed intact for that intramural scrum except that chief strategist Angelo Dundee, trainer for both but also Elllis' manager, abandoned Muhammad for that one bout. You might say Dundee beat Dundee that night (I was there along with a hatless Bery Sugar) as Ali did not strain in stopping his hometown (Louisville) crony.
Dundee shed his "Jimmy Ellis" sweater and was back in both their corners for successive bouts against the outside world.
Roach and, to a lesser extent Ariza, cannot switch teams so freely.
I don't think either man would do that even with a script in place.
Now if Khan goes out and hires a new trainer and a new conditioning coach, the wheels might be greased for such a showdown in the ring.
The Khan who figures to beat Yo Paulie Malignaggi May 15 is no real threat to Mayweather or Pacman if we keep our analysis in the "now" rather than in future years.
At 31 and 33, they are Prime Time Players looking down on lesser lights.
So let's admire the 23 year old Khan's mighty ambitions and laugh up our sleeves.
If nothing else, his declaration makes it clear he does not feel threatened in the least by Malignaggi.
Khan wants to chop down the Redwoods, the biggest trees, and thinks he will trample Malignaggi like a slight and insignificant bush.
I guess he figures he will outdo how countryman Ricky Hatton handled the Brooklyn boxer.
Continued success keeps Khan in the Pacquiao-Mayweather orbit, sure.
But he's a tiny star compared to their interplanetary status.
That's why he qualified himself. That's why he referred to "guys like..."
Smart thinking, kid, smart thinking.
Khan wants fights against Mayweather AND Pacquiao.
People in Hell want ice water also.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
Source: examiner.com
Maybe I botched the story line here.
Maybe I got it all wrong because I thought it was Ricky Hatton who was going into standup comedy and not Amir Khan.
But, right now, it's Khan who is making with the jokes.
Both Coach Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao must be having a good heehaw, meaning a right old guffaw along the lines of a kneeslapper, concerning the "future book" as dreamed up by young Khan.
Speaking with the bravado and impetousness of youth, Kid Khan has proclaimed that he will retire from the ring within five years and that, on the tail end of his enriching career, he will fight "guys like Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr."
Keep in mind Kid Khan will only turn age 24 in December, 10 days before Pacman turns 32.
I think the key words, the important phrase, here is "guys like..."
Five years from now would make Money May Shane Mosley's current age, which is 38, and I would dollars to boxes of balut that Mayweather is not fighting then unless it's an ongoing altercation with the Infernal Internal Revnue Service which makes him do so.
At his current clip, though, Mayweather's tax and other debts should be retired before he hangs up the gloves and moves on to become a fulltime shamster in pro wrestling, Roller Derby or the rap music demimonde.
As for Pacman, who in their right mind thinks he will be scrapping for dollars at age 36?
At some point, his Ayling Dionesia's maternal voice or that of Good Wife Jinkee will lay down the law and Megamanny will become a fulltime promoter or politician/promoter and real estate magnate.
Notice I said magnate and not maggot, my friends.
Perhaps Khan needs a sitdown session with the foggy crystal ball of the damn alluring Madam Auring on the prognostication table between he and the Pinay forecaster.
Chances are he fights neither Pacman nor Flighty Floydster.
But you have to like his stated goals, much like the novice mountain climber who cites the Matterhorn or Kilaminjaro as heighs he wants to reach.
No doubt Khan-Pacman would be a big moolah match.
But what about the plight of Roach and conditioning guru Alex Ariza.
This is a bit more complex than when stablemates Jimmy Ellis and Muhammad Ali threw down in the Eighth Wonder of the World, the Houston Astrodome.
Ali's team stayed intact for that intramural scrum except that chief strategist Angelo Dundee, trainer for both but also Elllis' manager, abandoned Muhammad for that one bout. You might say Dundee beat Dundee that night (I was there along with a hatless Bery Sugar) as Ali did not strain in stopping his hometown (Louisville) crony.
Dundee shed his "Jimmy Ellis" sweater and was back in both their corners for successive bouts against the outside world.
Roach and, to a lesser extent Ariza, cannot switch teams so freely.
I don't think either man would do that even with a script in place.
Now if Khan goes out and hires a new trainer and a new conditioning coach, the wheels might be greased for such a showdown in the ring.
The Khan who figures to beat Yo Paulie Malignaggi May 15 is no real threat to Mayweather or Pacman if we keep our analysis in the "now" rather than in future years.
At 31 and 33, they are Prime Time Players looking down on lesser lights.
So let's admire the 23 year old Khan's mighty ambitions and laugh up our sleeves.
If nothing else, his declaration makes it clear he does not feel threatened in the least by Malignaggi.
Khan wants to chop down the Redwoods, the biggest trees, and thinks he will trample Malignaggi like a slight and insignificant bush.
I guess he figures he will outdo how countryman Ricky Hatton handled the Brooklyn boxer.
Continued success keeps Khan in the Pacquiao-Mayweather orbit, sure.
But he's a tiny star compared to their interplanetary status.
That's why he qualified himself. That's why he referred to "guys like..."
Smart thinking, kid, smart thinking.
Khan wants fights against Mayweather AND Pacquiao.
People in Hell want ice water also.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
Source: examiner.com
Rabu, 07 April 2010
Roach Says Khan Will Stop Malignaggi - Will Freddie's KO Prediction Come Good This Time? -- Eastside Boxing
By James Slater, Eastside Boxing
However, Roach, for once, was proved wrong back in March. Going into the big Manny Pacquiao Vs. Joshua Clottey welterweight clash, Freddie said his man - the Pac-Man - would "definitely" get the stoppage, "around the 9th-round." Instead, though, the much bigger Clottey went into his shell for pretty much the entire fight and made it to the final bell. Will Roach's latest prediction - that his WBA light-welterweight champ Amir Khan will "walk right through" Paulie Malignaggi - get the trainer back into the win column, prediction-wise?
Okay, making the predictions he does is probably nothing more than a touch of gamesmanship on the part of the owner of The Wildcard Gym, designed to unsettle the rival fighter. But it's still interesting, always, to hear what Roach has to say. Can Khan do what Freddie says he can and stop "The Magic Man" in the later rounds come May 15th?
Though Malignaggi has been stopped before - by Ricky Hatton via an 11-th round corner retirement Paulie himself was not in favour of - he has never been knocked out flat. In fact, this has never come close to happening. As such, Khan, who will be making his U.S debut, will score some impressive statement if he can become the first man to put Malignaggi down and out in New York.
And at a recent media gathering in New York, Roach explained how and why his man will do this.
"We're going to set traps for Paulie, who is not a big puncher and is not dangerous," Roach said recently. "We can take a little more risks with him because he's only knocked out five people. I think our speed and our power will overwhelm him, and that we'll definitely stop him in the later rounds.
"I think that Amir walks right through him. Ricky Hatton walked right through Malignaggi and I know that Amir is better than Hatton."
Of course Roach is correct when he says Malignaggi is no puncher, but to believe he will not be dangerous because of this could be a mistake. What about the superior edge in experience Malignaggi has over Khan? What about the toughness and the ability to outbox opponents the 29-year-old has shown many times? And is Khan really "better than Hatton?" That much is at least debatable.
In the past, a number of fighters - Miguel Cotto, Lovemore N'Dou, Herman Ngoudjo and, most recently, Juan Diaz - felt they'd be way too strong and powerful for Malignaggi, and that they also would stop him. Neither fighter did (although Cotto did win a wide decision). Surprised at the toughness of the fast-talking New Yorker, these fighters, instead of stopping Malignaggi, found themselves being outboxed, hit by fast flurries of punches and even somewhat outclassed (Cotto aside). Could this happen to Khan in May?
Though the 23-year-old from Bolton, UK is as fast as he is powerful, and though his chances of getting the stoppage win cannot be discounted, I think he will find himself being taken into the later rounds next month, with Khan being taught a few lessons along the way. Will Khan grow frustrated when he fails to land his best punches on Malignaggi? Will this frustration grow when he sees round after round pass by?
This is what I feel we will see on may 15th: a close distance fight that may not be all that great a spectacle, but a fight that is often dictated by the older, more experienced man. I'm not saying Malignaggi wins. I am saying he will not be KO'd. And Roach will be 0-2 as far as his latest predictions go!
Source: eastsideboxing.com
There is no doubt at all that ace trainer Freddie Roach 
is one of the best in the business today. There is also no denying the fact that he has at times shown an uncanny knack for predicting the round correctly when suggesting what round his fighter will win in - Roach has done this on numerous occasions; often making good with what were initially seen as outlandish predictions.
is one of the best in the business today. There is also no denying the fact that he has at times shown an uncanny knack for predicting the round correctly when suggesting what round his fighter will win in - Roach has done this on numerous occasions; often making good with what were initially seen as outlandish predictions.However, Roach, for once, was proved wrong back in March. Going into the big Manny Pacquiao Vs. Joshua Clottey welterweight clash, Freddie said his man - the Pac-Man - would "definitely" get the stoppage, "around the 9th-round." Instead, though, the much bigger Clottey went into his shell for pretty much the entire fight and made it to the final bell. Will Roach's latest prediction - that his WBA light-welterweight champ Amir Khan will "walk right through" Paulie Malignaggi - get the trainer back into the win column, prediction-wise?Okay, making the predictions he does is probably nothing more than a touch of gamesmanship on the part of the owner of The Wildcard Gym, designed to unsettle the rival fighter. But it's still interesting, always, to hear what Roach has to say. Can Khan do what Freddie says he can and stop "The Magic Man" in the later rounds come May 15th?
Though Malignaggi has been stopped before - by Ricky Hatton via an 11-th round corner retirement Paulie himself was not in favour of - he has never been knocked out flat. In fact, this has never come close to happening. As such, Khan, who will be making his U.S debut, will score some impressive statement if he can become the first man to put Malignaggi down and out in New York.
And at a recent media gathering in New York, Roach explained how and why his man will do this.
"We're going to set traps for Paulie, who is not a big puncher and is not dangerous," Roach said recently. "We can take a little more risks with him because he's only knocked out five people. I think our speed and our power will overwhelm him, and that we'll definitely stop him in the later rounds.
"I think that Amir walks right through him. Ricky Hatton walked right through Malignaggi and I know that Amir is better than Hatton."
Of course Roach is correct when he says Malignaggi is no puncher, but to believe he will not be dangerous because of this could be a mistake. What about the superior edge in experience Malignaggi has over Khan? What about the toughness and the ability to outbox opponents the 29-year-old has shown many times? And is Khan really "better than Hatton?" That much is at least debatable.
In the past, a number of fighters - Miguel Cotto, Lovemore N'Dou, Herman Ngoudjo and, most recently, Juan Diaz - felt they'd be way too strong and powerful for Malignaggi, and that they also would stop him. Neither fighter did (although Cotto did win a wide decision). Surprised at the toughness of the fast-talking New Yorker, these fighters, instead of stopping Malignaggi, found themselves being outboxed, hit by fast flurries of punches and even somewhat outclassed (Cotto aside). Could this happen to Khan in May?
Though the 23-year-old from Bolton, UK is as fast as he is powerful, and though his chances of getting the stoppage win cannot be discounted, I think he will find himself being taken into the later rounds next month, with Khan being taught a few lessons along the way. Will Khan grow frustrated when he fails to land his best punches on Malignaggi? Will this frustration grow when he sees round after round pass by?
This is what I feel we will see on may 15th: a close distance fight that may not be all that great a spectacle, but a fight that is often dictated by the older, more experienced man. I'm not saying Malignaggi wins. I am saying he will not be KO'd. And Roach will be 0-2 as far as his latest predictions go!
Source: eastsideboxing.com
Anthony Mundine links with top US trainer Freddie Roach at famous Wildcard Gym -- Daily Telegraph
By Josh Massoud and James Phelps, The Daily Telegraph
Since his scrappy points win over Robert Medley in January, The Man has been laid low by a painful groin problem that's required surgery.
But we can reveal Mundine is booked on a flight to Los Angeles this weekend, bound for Roach's famous Wildcard Gym where boxers including Manny Pacquiao, Oscar de la Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr have all become champions.
With trademark black-rimmed glasses and spiky hair, Roach is one of the most charismatic figures in world boxing and is a four-time winner of the Trainer of the Year Award. The Parkinsons' disease sufferer previously worked with actor Mickey Rourke and his current stable includes Pacquiao and British WBA light welterweight champ Amir Khan.
Mundine has previously trained in the USA with Roy Jones Sr. It's not certain how long he will stay abroad, but it's understood The Man is still some way from a return to the ring after cancelling a planned fight in May.
He's scheduled to take on The Contender winner Garth Wood in December.
***
IT'S little wonder Parramatta Eels CEO Paul Osborne survived for years as a politician, because he sure knows how to say a lot without giving anything away.
We last night contacted Osborne about yesterday's item regarding his club's interest in off-contract Cowboys star Johnathan Thurston, and the former ACT parliamentarian boxed very clever when asked if he'd spoken to the player's manager Sam Ayoub.
"I speak to Sam all the time, but I don't think much will come of it," Osborne said. "He's staying with the Cowboys, isn't he?"
All we know is that, despite Osborne's hot shoe shuffle, Parramatta are dancing closer to making Thurston an offer to rival North Queensland's $1.8 million, three-year bid.
***
GREG Waddell - the teenage sensation who inked a $100,000-a-season deal with Penrith while still in school uniform - will return to rugby league this weekend.
Regarded as one of the best up-and-coming backs in rugby league, the product of St Dominic's College in Kingswood is expected to play Toyota Cup after a horror two years plagued by injury.
In 2008 Waddell busted his knee and returned only to injure his arm.
Source: dailytelegraph.com.au
ANTHONY Mundine
will hit America next week to link with world-renowned trainer Freddie Roach in a bid to shake off cobwebs from a three-month injury lay-off.
will hit America next week to link with world-renowned trainer Freddie Roach in a bid to shake off cobwebs from a three-month injury lay-off. Since his scrappy points win over Robert Medley in January, The Man has been laid low by a painful groin problem that's required surgery.
But we can reveal Mundine is booked on a flight to Los Angeles this weekend, bound for Roach's famous Wildcard Gym where boxers including Manny Pacquiao, Oscar de la Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr have all become champions.With trademark black-rimmed glasses and spiky hair, Roach is one of the most charismatic figures in world boxing and is a four-time winner of the Trainer of the Year Award. The Parkinsons' disease sufferer previously worked with actor Mickey Rourke and his current stable includes Pacquiao and British WBA light welterweight champ Amir Khan.
Mundine has previously trained in the USA with Roy Jones Sr. It's not certain how long he will stay abroad, but it's understood The Man is still some way from a return to the ring after cancelling a planned fight in May.
He's scheduled to take on The Contender winner Garth Wood in December.
***
IT'S little wonder Parramatta Eels CEO Paul Osborne survived for years as a politician, because he sure knows how to say a lot without giving anything away.
We last night contacted Osborne about yesterday's item regarding his club's interest in off-contract Cowboys star Johnathan Thurston, and the former ACT parliamentarian boxed very clever when asked if he'd spoken to the player's manager Sam Ayoub.
"I speak to Sam all the time, but I don't think much will come of it," Osborne said. "He's staying with the Cowboys, isn't he?"
All we know is that, despite Osborne's hot shoe shuffle, Parramatta are dancing closer to making Thurston an offer to rival North Queensland's $1.8 million, three-year bid.
***
GREG Waddell - the teenage sensation who inked a $100,000-a-season deal with Penrith while still in school uniform - will return to rugby league this weekend.
Regarded as one of the best up-and-coming backs in rugby league, the product of St Dominic's College in Kingswood is expected to play Toyota Cup after a horror two years plagued by injury.
In 2008 Waddell busted his knee and returned only to injure his arm.
Source: dailytelegraph.com.au
Minggu, 28 Maret 2010
Joe Calzaghe Apologises For Cocaine Use; Criticises Newspaper's Reporting Tactics -- Eastside Boxing
By James Slater, Eastside Boxing
As is currently being reported all over the internet, former two-weight world champion and all-time great Joe Calzaghe
has admitted to how he has taken cocaine since retiring from the ring with an unbeaten 46-0 record. Huge U.K newspaper The News of The World, in an exclusive that has stunned the Welshman's fans, today revealed how the former super-middleweight and light-heavyweight champion has used the drug since retiring after his November 2008 win over Roy Jones Jr..
The paper also reports how the 38-year-old has "bad-mouthed" fellow boxers such as Ricky Hatton, Amir Khan and Naseem Hamed (however, as you will see when reading on, the allegations about Joe "laying into" other fighters are pretty much a case of over blowing the facts).
Talking on his official website, Calzaghe has apologised for, and is regretful of, his "occasional" use of cocaine. Joe also is critical of the way The News of The World "secretly" filmed him in order to get their story.
According to the BBC, Calzaghe speaks of how some of the things he said whilst being in the company of the undercover reporters were "not meant seriously." Feeling he has been the victim of underhanded tactics by the paper he may be, but Calzaghe is also full for regret for the way he has set a bad example.
"I very much regret my occasional use of cocaine in what have sometimes been the long days since my retirement from the ring," Calzaghe said. "I am fully aware of the bad example it sets to other people and I apologise. It is not a major problem in my life but it is something I am actively addressing.
"Many of the other conversations reported to have taken place simply involve men joshing or shooting the breeze over a drink. While some statements are untrue or exaggerations I am, naturally, sorry for any embarrassment their publication may cause to entirely blameless third parties."
As to the "Bad-mouthing" Calzaghe gave Hatton, Khan and Hamed; this aspect of the paper's report is, in my opinion, nothing more than a cheap shot. The "bad" things Joe said about his fellow boxers are as follows:
"The main thing is your health. Look at Ricky Hatton for instance. You know he was knocked out really badly the last fight, knocked out two fights ago, and the reality is he's done himself a lot of damage. Regardless of when he fights again, and he says he's going to fight, he's been knocked out by a nobody hasn't he, because his punch resistance has gone as far as I'm concerned."
You can see that, aside from being off-the-mark when he refers to either Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr as being a "nobody", that Calzaghe has said nothing about Hatton that has not been said by many other people in the recent past.
On Naseem Hamed:
"Naseem, he's living in London now. Obviously he had that episode didn't he, where he went to prison (for leaving the scene of a car crash). He's quite big, he's only like five foot two. He's quite a size now."
Again, no earth shattering revelations here.
On Amir Khan:
"He's not exceptional. If he fights against a tall guy he'll be knocked out again. He can't fight a puncher."
Wow! Isn't this the same thing a number of fight fans and experts have said a number of times in recent months?
Okay, Calzaghe's cocaine use is a shocker, and his image will definitely take a blow. But why must the newspaper try to make Calzaghe out to be a man who has "laid into" his fellow boxers, when clearly he hasn't.
Source: eastsideboxing.com
As is currently being reported all over the internet, former two-weight world champion and all-time great Joe Calzaghe has admitted to how he has taken cocaine since retiring from the ring with an unbeaten 46-0 record. Huge U.K newspaper The News of The World, in an exclusive that has stunned the Welshman's fans, today revealed how the former super-middleweight and light-heavyweight champion has used the drug since retiring after his November 2008 win over Roy Jones Jr..The paper also reports how the 38-year-old has "bad-mouthed" fellow boxers such as Ricky Hatton, Amir Khan and Naseem Hamed (however, as you will see when reading on, the allegations about Joe "laying into" other fighters are pretty much a case of over blowing the facts).
Talking on his official website, Calzaghe has apologised for, and is regretful of, his "occasional" use of cocaine. Joe also is critical of the way The News of The World "secretly" filmed him in order to get their story.
According to the BBC, Calzaghe speaks of how some of the things he said whilst being in the company of the undercover reporters were "not meant seriously." Feeling he has been the victim of underhanded tactics by the paper he may be, but Calzaghe is also full for regret for the way he has set a bad example.
"I very much regret my occasional use of cocaine in what have sometimes been the long days since my retirement from the ring," Calzaghe said. "I am fully aware of the bad example it sets to other people and I apologise. It is not a major problem in my life but it is something I am actively addressing.
"Many of the other conversations reported to have taken place simply involve men joshing or shooting the breeze over a drink. While some statements are untrue or exaggerations I am, naturally, sorry for any embarrassment their publication may cause to entirely blameless third parties."
As to the "Bad-mouthing" Calzaghe gave Hatton, Khan and Hamed; this aspect of the paper's report is, in my opinion, nothing more than a cheap shot. The "bad" things Joe said about his fellow boxers are as follows:
"The main thing is your health. Look at Ricky Hatton for instance. You know he was knocked out really badly the last fight, knocked out two fights ago, and the reality is he's done himself a lot of damage. Regardless of when he fights again, and he says he's going to fight, he's been knocked out by a nobody hasn't he, because his punch resistance has gone as far as I'm concerned."
You can see that, aside from being off-the-mark when he refers to either Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr as being a "nobody", that Calzaghe has said nothing about Hatton that has not been said by many other people in the recent past.
On Naseem Hamed:
"Naseem, he's living in London now. Obviously he had that episode didn't he, where he went to prison (for leaving the scene of a car crash). He's quite big, he's only like five foot two. He's quite a size now."
Again, no earth shattering revelations here.
On Amir Khan:
"He's not exceptional. If he fights against a tall guy he'll be knocked out again. He can't fight a puncher."
Wow! Isn't this the same thing a number of fight fans and experts have said a number of times in recent months?
Okay, Calzaghe's cocaine use is a shocker, and his image will definitely take a blow. But why must the newspaper try to make Calzaghe out to be a man who has "laid into" his fellow boxers, when clearly he hasn't.
Source: eastsideboxing.com
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