Hopkins got worse as the Calzaghe fight went on.

I agree to an extend, but also the compu box stats on which you base your argument were incredibly wrong if you watch the fight in slow motion.

 

Good points

 

good quote. Calzaghe jazz and intuition left hopkins without any decent answer. Would of liked a rematch without all the hype. The fight (mainly hopkins) disappointed at the time.

 

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Calzaghe didnt want it in a rematch.

 

Calzaghe fights at a faster pace than ALL of them. It's not rocket science. Joe C had noticeably poorer skills and technique than Hopkins, but his fast pace got to a 43 year old man in the last third of the fight.

Well, what a stunning development that is.

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Lol at people saying that Calzaghe won on "ring generalship". He wasn't landing much and it's easy to give him rounds based on workrate but it wasn't that effective. This fight proves how inaccurate compubox can be and why we shouldn't take it seriously or use it for scoring. Punchstats don't tell who's winning rounds. Hopkins landed the more effective punches and Calzaghe barely landed much on him during flurries. Hopkins had his moments inside and with single shots and I was surprised by how little he was doing yet he kept the fight close. Both men looked bad that night. I love Bhop but it doesn't really matter anymore who won or didn't. I personally thought Hopkins won though Calzaghe needed that win much more than Hopkins. Both are great fighters and there's no need to put either of them down just because of this uninspiring performance. There brilliant moments elsewhere in their careers make up for the fight they had against each other.

 

Absolutly wank fight.

 

The ultimate acid-test of whether someone understands boxing or not should be whether they think Calzaghe showed good ring generalship against Hopkins. The people that think he did have crucially and criminally misunderstood how this sport works.

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Exactly. Never mind it just being a 15 rounder he is lucky Cortez was refereeing. Joe Cortez is the most corrupt referee in boxing and his cheating makes a massive difference in fights imo. For some reason Hopkins fans seem to think that Hopkins is a top 20 ATG and Calzaghe is bum basically because of Hopkins longevity. I always ask Hopkins fans this question. Who has Hopkins ever beaten that a prime Calzaghe would not beat. Look at Calzaghe's title reighn, it was longer, there are no draws in it and the quality of opposition are at least as good as Hopkins reighn. Fair enough Hopkins has a few good wins at LHW but at the end of the day Calzaghe beat him in that division. Around 75% of posters on here said that in ALL of the polls on here a week after the fight.
Calzaghe hit the nail on the head when he said that Hopkins will try to convince you he's the greatest fighter of all time if you listen to him for long enough.

 

I didn't realise you were the person who decided things like this. I would have expected this kind of thing to be decided by a group of ATG fighters/trainers, not some arse hole who has probably never even had an amature bout.

 

Silence Icefag, you've been embarrassed before when you've tried and failed to be smart, go look up the word 'amateur' in a dictionary then get back to me you illiterate ****bag.

 

Agreed. He outworked Hopkins a few rounds but there wasn't much "Ring IQ" involved, it was just aggression. Still scoring calls for aggression to be judged effectively so I question those that give Calzaghe a wide margin victory. I question why people thought Calzaghe won anyways lol but I can't complain if they had it for him by a few points. In no way did he "dominate" Hopkins like some Calzaggers on here like to make believe.

 

hopkins lost, get over it you cum guzzling tranny queen




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Go watch Hopkins fights at middle weight. He was no better at that weight. Hopkins is in a win-win situation whenever he fights now because if he wins he's the greatest thing ever and if he loses a close fight 'he would have beaten that person in his prime'. Calzaghe was 36 at the time and didn't have the stamina or power he had in his prime by then.
I was one of the few who picked Hopkins over Pavlik and Pascal, I bet on both of these fights and I basically never bet. I feel Pavlik would have given a 25 year old Hopkins a lot more trouble.

 

fragile popkins is just a cum guzzling ducker with a giant **** on his forehead :rofl



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