Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe - "Battle of the Planet"
 The World Championship Light Heavy weight boxing match between Bernard Hopkins and Joe Calzaghe is fast approaching, at the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday, April 19. Bernard is now 43 years old, Joe is 37(?) and at the top of his game. The match-up will air live on HBO's World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET / 6:45 p.m. PT.
 Old Poppy Hopkins is standing at the gate of America waiting for Joe to bring the key to try and open the door. Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins is listed as the +225 underdog as oddsmakers are not giving all that much credit to the light heavyweight champion.
Hopkins has 48 professional wins against just four losses and has been a great champion, but youth is not on his side anymore. Calzaghe is 44-0 in his professional career with 32 wins coming by way of knockout. As expected, Joe Cortez has been appointed as the referee for the upcoming 'super-fight'.
In June of 2006, Hopkins defeated light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver by unanimous decision to take over the title. Hopkins returned to the ring in July 2007 to face former light heavyweight champ Ronald “Winky” Wright, Hopkins won another unanimous decision to keep his title. Now he will take on Joe Calzaghe of Wales who is listed as the -275 favorite. Joe Calzaghe is the WBO, WBA, and WBS super middleweight champion. Even though he is stepping up to fight in a higher weight class, oddsmakers clearly feel the, recently turned, 43 year-old Hopkins is at the end of his rope.
Joe Calzaghe has conquered every obstacle put in front of him over the last 14 years and with no more challenges left for him at super middleweight, this was the only thing for him to do is move up in weight.
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) has never tasted defeat in his pro career and has held the world super middleweight title since he defeated Chris Eubank in 1997 for the World Boxing Organization Championship. Twenty-one consecutive title defenses followed that victory fourth-best on boxing's all-time list -- and 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.
Hopkins-Calzaghe is only the second time two reigning Ring Magazine champions have fought since the new championship policy was established in April 2002 (the first contest happened on December 8, 2007 when Floyd Mayweather met Ricky Hatton for Mayweather's Ring Magazine Welterweight World Championship.
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Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe Results
 Hopkins Wins
After 11 years of being on the outside looking in, Joe Calzaghe can call the shots.
He delivered his share of them Saturday night, landing more punches against Bernard Hopkins than any other fighter in the future Hall of Famer's career, as Calzaghe (45-0, 32 knockouts) overcame a first-round knockdown to score a split-decision victory in Las Vegas.
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