Hopkins preparing rude welcome for Welshman Calzaghe

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) — Unbeaten Welshman Joe Calzaghe will fight for the first time on US soil on Saturday, with Bernard Hopkins aiming to make Calzaghe wish he'd sayed home.

"Calzaghe is probably a God in Europe, but he is not a Ricky Hatton," said Hopkins, who takes on Calzaghe in a 12-round light heavyweight bout at the Thomas and Mack Center.

Calzaghe, who says he would have crossed the Pond years ago if the right fight had been made, says he is more concerned with extending his unbeaten record, becoming a two-weight world champion and cementing his ring legacy to worry about Vegas hoopla.

"It's cool seeing my name in lights, but I don't think about it much," Calzaghe said. "At the end of the day I wanted to come here because Hopkins wouldn't come to...