Calzaghe was Hopkins best techinical fight, I think

You're not going to get a bigger BHop fan then me, but his output near the end of the fight was non-existent he simply didn't finish strong or even moderatly strong he finished pretty **** poor to be fair and though he was 114-113 on my card his lack of work cost him in the end. Calzaghe win = well earned on his part.

 

Completely ******ed thread.

Hopkins looked solid the first 3 rounds when he had good stamina and had the legs to move around. As in any of his fights, he was the master of controlling distance and range. He limited Calzaghe's output and landed some hard, flush right hands via the counter or the lead. But after that, it was pretty much Hopkins running and holding and faking low blows to catch a breather because Calzaghe's pace was too much for Hopkins.

Now maybe had he been 35 or so, he might've had the stamina to continue his impressive start but he didn't. So it wasn't his best tecnical fight, not even close.

 

This is why Hopkins is hard to fight his back and back and in with head at same time as throwing a punch.
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To be fair it's the reason Tyson tried to eat the ******* :rofl

 

Hopkins hit Calzaghe with some NASTY headbutts during this fight, no doubt intentional.

 

You are a first class idiot.

I never said it was illegal or that I disagreed with it, I pointed out that this plays a part in why he is hard to fight.

Are you going to disagree with manny on that then ?

 

Calzaghe beat Hopkins due to stamina and stamina alone. Don't be duped by the "Calzaghe master adjuster" line, because it simply isn't true. He was walking into the right all night and didn't adjust one bit. The only thing that won him the fight was his great work rate against Hopkin's ever decreasing work rate. That's it. Not skill. Not ability. Not speed. Work rate/stamina, and that is it. A fresher Hopkins would have comfortably beat Calzaghe and that is undeniable.

 

You have to say having seen Hopkins beat Pavlik and and draw with Pascal that Calzaghe's win , and he did win , looks a lot more impressive.

 

Hopkins was pure quality throughout the entire fight, just pure brilliance from a 43 year old man against a 36 year old. Hopkins landed the right hand at will cleanly the entire night, he visibly hurt Calzaghe many many times. Hopkins clearly landed the cleaner harder punches.

Calzaghe was lucky he didn't go down multiple times in that fight, he escaped with a very thin decision, there's no doubt in my mind he would lose a rematch.