THE WAR OF WORDS HEATS UP BETWEEN CALZAGHE AND HOPKINS

by T, The Angry T

Joe Calzaghe isn't pulling any verbal punches before his fight with Bernard Hopkins, Saturday night in Vegas:

"He's been beaten four times, which is four times more than I have, so I don't give a s*** what he says.

"He can talk b******s all he likes — let's see what happens in the fight.

"My dad Enzo is a good caller of fights and he's told me that if I fight like I usually do, I'll beat the s*** out of Hopkins."

Now that is some decent trash talk, but it isn't world class. Typically, boxers spew the best trash talk of any of the major sports (besides professional wrestling of course). In honor of Joe's disrespect of the Executioner, I put together my Top 10 favorite trash talk quotes from some of my favorite pugilists.>

10. Mike Tyson, on fighting Lennox Lewis: "My main objective is to be professional, but to kill him.

9. Muhammad Ali, on an upcoming fight with Floyd Patterson: "I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on."

8. Mike Tyson, on an upcoming fight with Lennox Lewis,"Lennox Lewis, I'm coming for you man. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!"

7. On Razor Ruddock: "You're sweet. I'm going to make sure you kiss me good with those big lips. I'm gonna make you my girlfriend."

6. Jake Lamotta, on Sugar Ray Robinson, "I fought Sugar [Ray Robinson] so many times that I'm lucky I didn't get diabetes"

5. Ali, on Joe Frazier, "If Joe Frazier even dreams of whuppin' me he better wake up and apologize."

4. Ali on his 1971 fight with Frazier,"Frazier's got two chances. Slim, and none. And Slim just left town"

3. Floyd Mayweather, on his fight with Hatton, "Ricky Hatton ain't nothing but a fat man. I'm going to punch him in his beer belly when I see him."

2. Antonio Tarver to Roy Jones Jr., as they touched gloves in the center of the ring, "Got any more excuses tonight Roy."

1. Mike Tyson to a reporter at a weigh-in, "You can't last 2 minutes in my world. Look at you now, scared like a little white pu**y,scared of the real man, I'll f*** you 'til you love me, fa**ot"

Very eloquent Mike.

Here are a couple more of my favorites from Mike:

"I really dig Hannibal. Hannibal had real guts. He rode elephants into Cartilage."

"I can sell out Madison Square Garden masturbating."

My money is on Calzaghe, even though I love Hopkins, and the fact he was in prison for five years. When he was on the Jim Rome show a few years back he taught me how to make a ham sandwich on a prison radiator. I can't tell you how invaluable that info will be to me over the next 2-5 years. He is like a father to me, but he will lose to Calzaghe. God save the queen.