The Joe Calzaghe v Bernard Hopkins betting for Saturday’s Light Heavyweight Championship bout in Las Vegas is not as close as the pre-match build up is suggesting. Joe Calzaghe is the clear 1/2 odds on favourite with online betting exchange Betfair heading in to the fight. A win would see the Welsh fighter register his 45th professional career win in an impressive unbeaten record dating back to 1993, ranking Calzaghe as one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world.
Calazaghe is fighting on American soil for the first time on Saturday in Las Vegas, his opponent is the current Light Heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins. The bout has become the most eagerly anticipated boxing match since Ricky Hatton took on Floyd Mayweather, also in Las Vegas, back in December. Viewing figures on both sides of the Atlantic are expected to break records as these two fighters go head to head.
Hopkins is one of the best fighters around having been middleweight Champion for over ten years before losing to Jermain Taylor in 2005. He has since claimed the Light Heavyweight title, which is up for grabs on Saturday but at 43 years of age he is coming to the end of his career and at odds of 9/4 to defeat Calzaghe, the bookies are expecting Hopkins to suffer his fifth career defeat.
In the build up to the fight, words have already been exchanged between the two fighters with Calzaghe claiming there is more fight in Mary Poppins than Bernard Hopkins, whilst Hopkins has claimed that he could "never lose to a white guy" – setting the fight up to be a thriller when the two step in the ring together at the Thomas and Mack center in Las Vegas.
Betting on the Joe Calzaghe v Bernard Hopkins fight is expected to attract massive interest and Betting Directory’s recommended betting site to place your bets on the fight is Betfair who are offering the best odds on both fighters winning as well as several other markets on the fight including which round the fight will be won in and method of victory.
Joe Calzaghe v Bernard Hopkins
Live on Setanta at 04:00 BST
Calzaghe 1/2
Hopkins 9/4
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