Supercalzaghefragilisticexpialidocious
The war of words is starting to build ahead of the Joe Calzaghe vs Bernard Hopkins clash at the Thomas & Mack Center, Les Vegas. Hopkins originally claimed he would “never lose to a white guy”, but now the verbal exchange surrounds the unlikely figure of Mary Poppins.
Before the match was made Calzaghe likened the American to Poppins in a press release, saying:
Bernard Hopkins should be called Mary Hopkins, in fact, there is more fight in Mary Poppins. Every time he says my name it’s: Supercalzaghefragilisticexpialidocious.
Hopkins has now come out with an impassioned defense of the character from PL James’ children’s books, saying:
He called me Old Poppy Hopkins, or Mary Hopkins, but she was a very, very powerful lady.
He can’t have been calling me a female, because he called me Poppy, and if you know the history of Mary Poppins… She was a powerful lady who had magical powers with that umbrella.
Mary Poppins was one of my favourite bedtime stories when I was small, and if anyone knows the history of Mary Poppins it’s nothing to laugh at.
Come 19 April, I’m going to be glad I was called Mary Poppins.
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April 11th, 2008 at 6:11 am
OK Hopkins needs lessons on talking trash, that was aweful.
April 14th, 2008 at 5:44 am
Obviously being from the UK, this one fight I really want Calzaghe to win. Been following his career and some of the things Hopkins has siad about Calzaghe is disgraceful especially about the white boy stuff.
April 14th, 2008 at 6:09 am
Yes, I’ll be rooting for Joe! He has a great unbeaten record and I hope he continue the streak. The “trash talk” is just typical of any big fight - quite comical really isn’t it?
–Steve
May 25th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I saw the fight… Joe almost got Beat…. I wasn’t too impressed with that, to be honest!