Who gave Hopkins a harder fight, Winky Wright or Joe Calzaghe?

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  1. Canibus81

    Canibus81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who do you guys think gave B_Hop a harder fight? I thought B Hop had a harder time with Winky because of winky's defense and his jab. If you look at both fights Winky made the fight hard for Hopkins in most of the early rounds, so it was back and forth action. Hopkins was dominating Calzaghe in majority of the early rounds and Joe didn't start picking up rounds till later on in the fight around the 8th(a round that could of went either way) and didn't really have a solid round till the 9th. But overall I thought winky gave B-Hop a better fight.
     
  2. tays001

    tays001 ESB ELITE SQUAD Full Member

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    Joe calzaghe hands down. B-hop lost that fight and had he had an easier time with Joe he would of at least got the SD. he clearly beat Winkey.

    JOe clearly beat B-hop
     
  3. Davo-The-Don

    Davo-The-Don Big Swinging Thang Full Member

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    bull ****

    winky fight wasn't down to the wire


    calzaghe was a clear winner in my opinion so therefore he must have given him a tougher fight.
     
  4. headhunter

    headhunter Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Which round did Hopkins start faking low blows in the winky fight?:roll:
     
  5. Canibus81

    Canibus81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The difference was winky won more early rounds than Calzaghe, so Hopkins would of loss if he didn't win those late rounds against Winky. Calzaghe loss most of those early rounds and Joe needed a knockout to win that fight against Hopkins.
     
  6. Ischbaad

    Ischbaad Active Member Full Member

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    Joe Calzaghe. He landed a lot more on Hopkins (despite Hopkin's amazing defensive ability) and his in-out movement and rapid flurries had Hopkins reluctant to throw his right hands.
     
  7. headhunter

    headhunter Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :nut
     
  8. Canibus81

    Canibus81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You can try to be funny all you want, it still doesn't change the fact Calzaghe was clearly losing that fight and needed a knockout. And as far faking low blows, didn't look like that to me, the camera definetly doesn't lie and it showed him hitting Hopkins on the cup, whether he did it purposely or not.
     
  9. Davo-The-Don

    Davo-The-Don Big Swinging Thang Full Member

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    calzaghe didn't need a knockout to win, becaue he didn't get one, yet still got the decision......
     
  10. headhunter

    headhunter Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Who won the fight?
     
  11. Shaolin Box

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    Clear winner? Check that.
     
  12. Canibus81

    Canibus81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Really? I guess if you go by compubox, than I'd agree, but from what I seen it looked like he was getting frustated because he couldn't land punches on Hopkins.
     
  13. aztec1

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  14. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Winky-Wright clearly lost and Calzaghe didn't, no matter how you scored it.
     
  15. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Um, Joe won. Winky lost.