The New York Times-20080124-Hopkins To Face Calzaghe- -Brief-

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Hopkins To Face Calzaghe; [Brief]

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Bernard Hopkins will face Joe Calzaghe in a nontitle light heavyweight fight in Las Vegas on April 19.Calzaghe (44-0), from Wales, has made 21 successful defenses and unified the world supermiddleweight titles. Although Hopkins (48-4-1) once had 19 successful defenses of the middleweight title, he has fought only twice since December 2005, when he lost to Jermaine Taylor.Hopkins surprised Antonio Tarver in his first fight at light heavyweight in June 2006. He won a decision over Winky Wright in July.