the truth about bhop and calzaghe...

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by keure, Aug 25, 2009.


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  1. keure

    keure Active Member Full Member

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    the bottom line is this, bhop made absolutely zero effort to fight calzaghe while they were both in there prime. Bhop fans will tell you till the end of time that joe fought bhop when he was past his best, well quite frankly so was joe. Joe is the reason why bhop skipped supermiddle and went straight to light heavy, because he knew he had a better chancde against tarver than he did against calzaghe. Bhop would have made far more money traveling to england to fight joe than fighting tarver in the states. Then when they finally did fight it was because joe wanted it, not bhop. I dont care what anyone says you cannot win a fight landing 2 or 3 punches a round and that has been hopkins mfor the last 8 or 9 years. Anyone who scored that fight for hopkins is blind, it was a clear 115 112 fight for joe. I dont care if the punch's that were landed werent menacing shots, he landed more shots on hopkins than any fighter ever, including jones. the same past his prime hopkins went on to dominate, while looking better than ever against pavlik. Hopkins arguably was fighting better at this point in his career than at any other time, you cant say the same for joe with his bad hand problems. Im just sick of people who have prolly never even been a fight yet alone a boxing match getting on here and diminishing joes accomplishment against hopkins. Hopkins entering that fight was pound for pound top 3 on everyones list, but all of the sudden when joe clearly beats him, he was past it.
     
    keure, Aug 25, 2009
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  2. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    CLEAN EFFECTIVE PUNCHING:
    I don't consider what ever it was Joe did as punching, it sure was not effective, and the less said about it's cleanliness the better.

    B-Hop landed clean effective punches, planted Joe on his butt in the 1st, and deserved the decision.
     
    Jennifer Love Hewitt, Aug 25, 2009
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  3. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    the bottom line is that Hopkins is a greater fighter than Calzaghe.
     
    PH|LLA, Aug 25, 2009
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  4. H .

    H . Boxing Junkie banned

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    both in their prime? should've known this was a joke thread
     
    H ., Aug 25, 2009
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  5. zarman

    zarman Guest

    yes calzaghe clearly won, yes hopkins didn't want the fight with him earlier, yes hopkins is still probably just as good as he was at MW. can we close this thread now!
     
    zarman, Aug 25, 2009
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  6. JuanMa

    JuanMa business as usual Full Member

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    "The bottom line.. The bottom line that's weasel word's "My god!" a business man talks like that, "What the hell kinda word is that!"... Paul you don't know the streets you never have "John Gotti clipped your soldier because your scumbag soldier deserved it...
     
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  7. rickx1

    rickx1 Legend Full Member

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    Calzaghe will always be greater than bhop.
     
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  8. Maelstrom

    Maelstrom Guest

    :rofl
     
    Maelstrom, Aug 25, 2009
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  9. Maelstrom

    Maelstrom Guest

    :yep
     
    Maelstrom, Aug 25, 2009
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  10. unrealda2nd

    unrealda2nd Member Full Member

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    lol yea right... his resume gets tainted every month... jeff lacy has been made to look like just what he was a one dimensional slugger... kessler is up next...
     
    unrealda2nd, Aug 25, 2009
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  11. BENNY BLANCO

    BENNY BLANCO R.I.P. Brooklyn1550 Full Member

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    Even if Hopkins would have fought Calzaghe back in 2002 or before Calzaghe got his name known with the Lacy win, Hopkins would'nt have gotten credit for beating him because outside of the UK nobody did'nt know who Calzaghe was at the time.
     
    BENNY BLANCO, Aug 25, 2009
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  12. CarlesX7

    CarlesX7 Shit got real! Full Member

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    Damnit, too many people telling "the truth" about Hopkins and Calzaghe.

    Please stop.
     
    CarlesX7, Aug 25, 2009
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  13. Grinder

    Grinder Dude, don't call me Dude Full Member

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    Raise yourself off Hopkins' nob for a second. X did everything in his power to turn a boxing match into anything but. JC kept ad******g and Hopkins just had no answer, because his dirty tactics usually work.

    Watch the headbutts Hopkins lands on Winky. No wonder Winky was so frustrated at the end of the fight.

    Sure, it was a close fight, but Hopkins did not deserve to win and he is nowhere near as good a boxer as JC IMO.
     
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  14. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hopkins won on my card.
     
    Marnoff, Aug 25, 2009
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  15. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Where was that picture taken in your avatar? I've been to those events before.
     
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