Joe Calzaghe is white, victorius

At one point leading up to the Bernard Hopkins-Joe Calzaghe fight that took place last evening, Hopkins stated that he would "never let a white boy beat me. Never."

Hmmmm... Judges Ted Gizma (115-112) and Chuck Giampa (116-111) had it for Calzaghe while judge Adalaide Byrd had it 114-113 for Hopkins. Looks like a white boy did, in fact, beat him.



Amazing that Hopkins didn't catch more (read: any) heat for his pre-fight comment. Why is it ok for a non-white person to make a derogatory remark about white people, but if a white person said anything negative about a race, all hell breaks loose? Imagine, if you will, Calzaghe saying he would "never let a black boy beat me. Never." Yeah, that would go over well.

UPDATE: Calzaghe dropped this on Hopkins after the fight: "I whipped your ass. You had your ass kicked by the white boy." Wonderful. They're both idiots.

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