Calzaghe Legacy Skyrockets Following Hopkins' Legendary Win Over Pascal

Kessler got double vision after the Ward fight.

Yeah, it was a worse version of Kessler, but how much worse in comparison to how worse Ward beat him up? I'd say that balances the equation.

Huh?

 

Well said.

 

Anyone who says otherwise is not thinking about it properly!

1). Hopkins is the best name on Calzaghe's resume.

2). Since their fight Hopkins has beaten his only decisive loss in his career (Clinton Mitchell doesn't count), undoubtedly the best MW and LWH at the time he fought them......

........sow how could it not? Hopkins made history and Calzaghe will forever be inter winded with Hopkins accomplices. Hopkins / Calzaghe are p4p ATG's.

Where would Hopkins be on a GOAT list if he won a HW title? Believe!

 

Kessler is an ATG. P4P number 1. He is legally blind and still wins titles. :bbb

 

Who said Hopkins had to be Ali? What about the other countless examples you ignored previously?

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112-115
Judge: Adalaide Byrd 114-113
Judge: Chuck Giampa 111-116

Only one judged scored it 9-3. Yeah, I'd imagine the judging would be more unfair in Wales than in the US if that's what you're implying.

Ah, I get it. You think Calzaghe is the better fighter, but Hopkins is the greater fighter. Got it, thanks. :good

 

No, it does nothing to his legacy at all.

In saying that if the fight was earlier in Joe's career when it should have been and at 168, it would be much easier than it actually was. It is just a very bad matchup for Hopkins.

 

Wait what?

 

I like Calzaghe. I rooted for Calzaghe, I was a Calzaghe fan. We both have Italian ancestry. The logic seems to get passed Calzaghe fans. Is it because he's white? Probably not. A Brit? Probably. A deep rooted inferiority complex that forces them to bolster their British fighter's achievements. We get it... but the historians are going to be the ones to proper rate Hopkins ABOVE Calzaghe. Regardless of whether you like it or not, or think differently. I'm sure when the future comes and these updated rankings come out they will be belligerency about an American bias when their inflated view of Calzaghe doesn't match reality.

The same applies to Holyfield above Bowe, Pep above Saddler, Moore above Burley, Chavez above Oscar, Duran above Benitez. The simpletons will never get it.

 

I see you're getting closer to reality. That's a good sign. :good

You love Calzaghe more, and we all know that so stop with the bull****.

Yeah, I forgot about the knockdown, so one judged did have it 9-3.

A SD spanking, with many great posters thinking Hopkins actually won (Not me, but I respect their view unlike you). British Poster Popkins scored the fight for Calzaghe. Doesn't matter anyway, Hopkins record and achievements are far superior to Calzaghe. Just like it won't matter if Pac loses to Mayweather. As he already said "I achieved more in boxing, I don't need him he needs me." Pac will always be solidified above Mayweather in ATG ranking, unless Mayweather ends up beating Pac, Ortiz, and Martinez or something.

 

Nope. Its actually a great matchup for a prime Bernard Hopkins. Calzaghe is a sloppy fighter, that has massive defensive liabilities, confidence issues, and an amateurish style. He barely landed anything on Bernard Hopkins during the fight. If not for Hopkins age and stamina issues, he would have carried on the intensity he had in the early rounds and won the fight easily.

Calzaghe's defensive lapses got him knocked down. If he fought a Hopkins who was faster, and had far more power in his youth, he'd have been destroyed. He barely beat an old Hopkins.


Calzaghe struggled with David Starie, Robin Reid and the like. He wasnt on a prime B Hops level.