Undefeated British boxer’s first U.S. fight to be in Vegas

The New York Times

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008 | 3:45 p.m.

Words between boxers before a fight tend not to be kind. There was no exception when American boxer Bernard Hopkins told Joe Calzaghe, undefeated British boxer, that he should be ready to embrace death when they meet in the ring to battle for the light-heavyweight world title.

The fight, which will be Calzaghe's first on U.S. soil, will take place at the Thomas & Mach Center on April 19, 2008.