calzaghe vs kessler, cardiff

Gmac

if joe beats kessler there is talks of hopkins, anyone think this will happen or is there anyone else there for joes final fight - and would it happen in vegas!!

i have tickets for the kessler fight but cant get any hotels with rooms available for this date anyone know of anywhere around the cardiff city outskirts that might have some available.

nacho libre

yeah, he wants to fight Hopkins next January or Feburary in Wales.

theone

I think it's too late for hopkins would of loved to see those two fight when they were in their primes.

I think Calzaghe will beat kessler and other than hopkins theres not much else out there for joe so i guess it's him.

jayroyal

going to this fight myself took me ages to get digs i think your best bet is newport about 12 miles forom cardiff there is a travelodge and b and bs out by there so check them out on google lets just home it ain't tooo cold at 1 am in the morning eh

Blk150

Frank bruno was the man:D

Blk150

Hows that for a first post;)

cowzerp

Blk150 wrote:

Hows that for a first post;)

TERRIBLE

Bernard Hopkins

lol ....... had a bit of a giggle @ that myself !!

walshb

The fight is Nov 3rd.
Who are showing this fight?

theone

it's on setanta afaik same night as haye vs mormeck i think

Big Ears

It's on Setanta the week before Haye v Mormeck .

Undercard has Enzo Maccarinelli v Ezra Sellters/unknwon(word is Sellers might have pulled out-WBO Cruiserweight title .

Gavin Rees v ?-WBA Light-Welterweight title
Bradley Pryce v ?-Light-Middleweight Commonwealth title
Matt Skelton v ?-10 rounds Heavyweight

aswell as two Danish prospects Thomas Polvsen and Anders Hugger and English hope Jamie Cox .

JoeyJJ

Joe on points and hopefully he won't break his hand again. Would love to see Joe get his superfight but who is out there for him?

Maybe go way up and fight Enzo for the craic if he can't get anyone else. Welsh superfight.

theone

should be a good fight think joe will win it,be nice to see rees fight,skelton going to do the heavyweight division proud again i see

Haye to beat mormeck and haye to move up,hopefully an exciting heavyweight fighter it needs a shot in the arm the lighter weights are king nowadays.

kravist

jayroyal wrote: »

going to this fight myself took me ages to get digs i think your best bet is newport about 12 miles forom cardiff there is a travelodge and b and bs out by there so check them out on google lets just home it ain't tooo cold at 1 am in the morning eh

Yeah.Newport is a good option, a few good bars too. There's even an Irish Club if you were interested!

Sgt Slaughter

Is there nobody of the opinion that Kessler has a very good chance of beating Calzaghe?

Bernard Hopkins

yeah,....... Kessler by TKO : 4/1 ladbrokes.

I wont remorgage the gaff or anything,... but i do believe Kessler has a great chance , against the piff,paff,pattering Joe Calzaghe and his over-hyped media coverage, with his dodgy hand , zimmer-frame and colostomy bag.

Big Ears

Kessler is a very good fighter , a true elite who wouldn't be an easy fight for anyone(except maybe Jones) from 160-175 in the history of the sport .

But I have to admit I believe the hype as regards Calzaghe , the speed of both foot and hand , reflexes , punch output(slap output;)) are something special at the weight and I think he will have too much for the Dane .

Calzaghe fights best on the big occasions , Lacy and Eubank(which at the time was a great performance from a young pro) and this is another one of those big occasions .What I love about Calzaghe is he suffers from Nigel Benn syndrome , if a guy catches him with a good shot or even worse hurts him he'll go into a frenzy .

I reckon this goes the distance and I think Calzaghe wins a close enough fight 8-4/7-5 but in no way controversial .

Bute , Mudine , Froch , Inkin , Braehmer probably can't wait for the outcome of this fight , either one of them gets the big shot afterwards or the titles fragment and a few of them get shots at a title .

nacho libre

I fear Kessler will stop Calzaghe inside 5 rounds.

danyosan

I'm going to this fight as well. I've got a question that you guys might help me with.

It states on the fight schedule that the Main event is scheduled for 1.30 am. This seems very late to me for a fight in Britain. Is this the norm but due to KO's and stoppages during the undercard the fight always ends up being earlier (approx 11/12) or is this the time the fight will be at?

Havent been to an event like this before so I'm not sure.

Hoping it isnt that late cos we were hoping to hit the pubs afterwards!!

Big Ears

danyosan wrote: »

I'm going to this fight as well. I've got a question that you guys might help me with.

It states on the fight schedule that the Main event is scheduled for 1.30 am. This seems very late to me for a fight in Britain. Is this the norm but due to KO's and stoppages during the undercard the fight always ends up being earlier (approx 11/12) or is this the time the fight will be at?

Havent been to an event like this before so I'm not sure.

Hoping it isnt that late cos we were hoping to hit the pubs afterwards!!

The fight won't start till that time , late starts like that are common enough in Britain and the reason for them is American tv .

HBO will be paying the most money for this fight so they set the time , they won't want the fight starting anytime before that as it would be way too early in the US(the fight is early enough as it is for them without starting earlier) .

Whatever happens on the 11 fight undercard(which I would try to see as much of as I can as there are some decent prospects on it even if the fights are mismatches) the main fight will start at 01:30 to suit HBO who as far as I'm aware are only showing the Calzaghe fight .

nacho libre

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7064179.stm

danyosan

Big Ears wrote: »

The fight won't start till that time , late starts like that are common enough in Britain and the reason for them is American tv .

HBO will be paying the most money for this fight so they set the time , they won't want the fight starting anytime before that as it would be way too early in the US(the fight is early enough as it is for them without starting earlier) .

Whatever happens on the 11 fight undercard(which I would try to see as much of as I can as there are some decent prospects on it even if the fights are mismatches) the main fight will start at 01:30 to suit HBO who as far as I'm aware are only showing the Calzaghe fight .

Cheers Big Ears

Thats a bit of a pisser, we had a big night out in Cardiff planned after the fight!

Don't worry about seeing the undercard, we are planning on soaking up every single minute of the event!

johnathan woss

Lads I don't have Setanta.

Do any late bars in Dublin show live boxing like this ?

Dodge

Some may have it on in the background but I wouldn't be relying on it, and I doubt you'll hear the commentary anywhere

jayroyal

whats craic lads anyone know where the weight in is on friday, and are the public allowed into it.

Big Ears

Card and running order:
Stadium gates open at 7.30pm

There will be no admittance into the Stadium after 10.30pm

Fight # 1 - 20.15pm
4 X 3 Minute Rounds Light-Heavyweight Contest
HARRY MILES V MARK PHILLIPS

Fight # 2
8 X 3 Minute Rounds Super-Middleweight Contest
NATHAN CLEVERLY V JOEY VEGAS

Fight # 3
4 X 3 Minute Rounds Light-Heavyweight Contest
TONY BELLEW V ADAM WILCOX

Fight # 4
6 X 3 Minute Rounds Super Featherweight Contest
RICKY BURNS V YOUSEF AL HAMIDI

Fight # 5
6 X 3 Minute Rounds Middleweight Contest
KERRY HOPE V ERNIE SMITH

Fight # 6 - 22.30pm
6 X 3 Minute Rounds International Middleweight Contest
THOMAS POLLSEN V LEE NOBLE

Fight # 7
8 X 3 Minute Rounds Light-Welterweight Contest
BARRIE JONES V TBA

Fight # 8
6 X 3 Minute Rounds International Cruiserweight Contest
ANDERS HUGGER V HASTINGS RASANI

Fight # 9 - 24.10pm
THE WBO WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
12 X 3 Minute Rounds at 14st 4lb
ENZO MACCARINELLI V MOHAMED AZZAOUI

Fight # 10
4 X 3 Minute Rounds Light-Welterweight Contest
JAMIE COX V DAVID KIRK

Fight # 11 - 01.25am
THE WBO, WBC AND WBA WORLD SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS
12 X 3 Minute Rounds at 12st
JOE CALZAGHE V MIKKEL KESSLER

Gmac

There will be no admittance into the Stadium after 10.30pm

Thats a disgrace with a card like that think im gonna chance going in late.

Big Ears

Gmac wrote: »

There will be no admittance into the Stadium after 10.30pm

Thats a disgrace with a card like that think im gonna chance going in late.

It's to prevent people coming in far too pissed having been on the lash before coming in . It was done for Hatton v Tszyu and Calzaghe v Lacy too and although I can see how that'd be annoying it's a right decision . We don't need fuelled up drunks(not saying you'd be one) fighting in the crowd .

I wouldn't chance it to be honest , would be such a waste if you couldn't go in .

Dodge

Can't see a problem with stopping people coming in after 10.30. when bouts start at 7.30

I'm sure there'll be plenty of places to have a drink in there...

Big Ears

Fantastic interview with Calzaghe about the fight , making weight and his career:http://sport.guardian.co.uk/boxing/story/0,,2201534,00.html
well worth the read .

walshb

Such tough sacrifices.....

IT Loser

ALright lads is it PPV or will it be enough that I already have Setanta Sports {the €18-00 package}?? Ta.

Big Ears

IT Loser wrote: »

ALright lads is it PPV or will it be enough that I already have Setanta Sports {the €18-00 package}?? Ta.

It's not ppv , a subscription to Setanta is all that's required

Won't be so happy when Mayweather v Hatton comes round , they're going to charge us the equivalent of £24.99 on Sky Box Office .

RaiseTheBlinds

Mohamed Azzaoui fights Enzo Maccarenilli tomorrow night,......

his boxrec entry :http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=096251&cat=boxer

he only fought a few weeks ago,... so he could be in reasonable shape ???

Ladbrokes offer 25/1 for Mohamed Azzaoui to win by TKO .
So he's not highly rated by the oddsmakers........ personally I love to see a fairytale upset !! I'll look forward to this one.

What a night of boxing ,.... as soon as this finishes the J.M.Marquez -Rocky Jaurez card is up , featuring -Bob the ghost v hungry contender, and the likes.

Eddie Chambers v Calvin Brock on tonight @ 4am , will turn my weekend around to gettin up late and stayin up till 6 in the morning.

Yeah , was surprised @ Calzaghe Kessler being on so late, could end up being more like 1.30 - 2 am . Just noticed the Bookies are taking bets till 1.30 am on this one.

Bernard Hopkins

Prepare yourselves for a completely LOB-SIDED commentry.

Setanta commentators seem to be so biased towards Brittish fighters.
I can understand it to a point, their job is to raise the excitement levels of the viewers !!
But ffs , the boxing analysts shouldnt have their noses up anybody's ass.
just watching the Lacy bout earlier, nuff said.

Bo Malicious

Hey,

Lads any update on the fight? Am in the middle of nowhere at the moment - would appreciate a round blow by blow if any of you are watching online and wouldnt mind.

Rooting for the Welshman!

Thanks.

Bernard Hopkins

Hey Bo , check your PM (private messages).

Where bouts are you anyway ?

JoeyJJ

I'll stick up some comments but you might get more from the beeb website. about 28 mins to start.

cooker3

There are ways to watch this without setanta if you know how..

cowzerp

Nearly there-cant wait!!

JoeyJJ

Lets get ready to rumble !!!

Bo Malicious

thanks lads...i had overlooked something.

Enjoy the fight!

yayamark

let get ready to rumble

90 big ones on calzagggyyyy at 4/9 come onnnnn!:eek::cool:

cooker3

Ring entrance now, sweet!

Jackz

Enzo won easy with those body punches. Here comes joe!

JoeyJJ

Fresh as a daisy... age not a factor come on Joe !!

JoeyJJ

Not alot in the first, Joe might take the point with a couple of jabs landed.

ooter

did anyone else hear what the Setanta Commentator said before the start of the 1st Round?
he reckons it's only 1997.......
jaysus,i wish!:D

JoeyJJ

1-1, kessler caught Joe with a nice straight after a jab.

cowzerp

Kessler looking good-enjoyed the 2nd rd, 1st was crap!!

ooter

definite slip...