BERNARD HOPKINS has warned Joe Calzaghe he will do whatever it takes to win their Las Vegas showdown. Hopkins, 43, plans to punish the Welshman so badly that his father and trainer Enzo Calzaghe will be forced to throw in the towel. And the Executioner cannot wait to end Calzaghe's 44-match unbeaten streak.
He said: "I walk a fine line that others don't want to walk — I'll win by any means necessary. "Anything can happen, I fear nobody and nothing.
"You will all see something special on April 19 and I will show you all who is the best. "I said I'm going to punish Calzaghe slowly and I repeat that today.
"I ask that his father is merciful to him and pulls him out when he is getting hurt."
Despite the taunts, Calzaghe insists he is not fazed by the prospect of stepping up to light-heavyweight and fighting in America for the first time in his career.
The super-middleweight champion said: "Hopkins can be the bad guy now but I'm going to be the bad guy when we meet in Vegas. "He's good at mind games. He's cagey, he's crafty, he bends the rules a bit. But believe me, I've been through the mind games. "If Hopkins wants a war then I will give him one and meet him toe to toe. "If he wants a chess match I'll give him a chess match and out-box him. "All I'm going to say is that I will remain unbeaten."
and a good interview/article with Hopkins
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