Nobody won that fight, it was godawful. Not a victory to cherish for either man, best to be forgotten.
This post shows what BS you are talking and how bias you are. How could you give Hopkins round 4 and more so round 7? Hopkins did land a big punch at the end of round 7, made to look worse by an illegal headbutt, but that was it, Calzaghe dominated round 7. Read the facts below Here are some solid facts 1. Calzaghe landed more than 100 punches than Hopkins throughout the fight. 2. Contrary to what people want to believe, Calzaghe also made Hopkins miss more 3. All round punch percentages, Calzaghe finished ahead of Hopkins 4. Calzaghe outlanded Hopkins in every round 5. A Byrd who scored for Hopkins it appears has a history for bad scorecards. Type in Adalaide Byrd in Google and see what comes up for yourself, still here are some little things for you to look at a. A Byrd was the only judge out of the 3 scoring judges that had Mack ahead against Cloud b. The K Pavlik - A Lopez fight was scored 98-92, 99-91 by the other 2 judges, A Byrd scored it 95-95 c. A Byrd was one of the judges that had Morales a 4 point loser against Maidana d. In the S Aydin vs S Ouali fight, the other 2 judges scored clearly for Aydin. Byrd scored for Ouali e. The J Almaraz/C Tyler fight was scored a Maj-Dec all because of one judge, guess which? A Byrd f. The A DeMarco/J Reyes fight was a SD. Guess who the odd judge out was? A Byrd. g. The R Torres - M Arnaoutis fight was a close fight, a point either way to 2 judges but a wide result scored by Byrd h. In the A Pryor Jr/D Stanislavjevic SD, guess who the odd judge out was? You guessed it... A Byrd i. The W Ferguson/J Lopez SD, guess who the odd judge out was? You guessed it... A Byrd I think thats enough for you to get the picture with Byrd. Remember the other 2 judges scored clearly for Calzaghe 6. Calzaghe beat Hopkins in America, at a new weight with 3 American judges and Cortez as ref. 7. Calzaghe scored the single highest score card against Hopkins ever 116-111. 8. The 2 judges that scored for Calzaghe agreed on 9 of the rounds 9. Calzaghe landed more on Hopkins than anyone ever. Now I know there will be a flood of people coming on here noting Hopkins scoring a flash KD in the first round, and I agree that Hopkins did win a few rounds even when he didnt land as often, but people are mad if they think Calzaghe won on workrate, Calzaghe won because he was able to land his left more often than Hopkins could land his right. Calzaghe finished the stronger and took away the moments Hopkins likes down the stretch. Other thoughts, If Hopkins thought he was winning, do you think he would have been looking for time out and would bother trying to get points deducted off of Calzaghe, of course he wouldnt, Hopkins knew he was losing. What I do note is that nobody seems to mind Hopkins lost to Taylor. In the first Hopkins/Taylor fight, Jermaine was badly hurt and Hopkins looked the stronger at the end, yet it seems to upset alot of these people that Calzaghe beat Hopkins. Appears very biased.
Wrong again Baileys Kid. I dont have any alts. Never needed them as ESBs #1 poster. That would be making competition for myself if I did that. I just like putting out one of my favourite posts which blows the haters out of the water, and makes twats like you squirm
Easiest fight ever to score imo... Hopkins won rounds 1-4, with a 10-8 in 1st. Calzaghe won rounds 5-12. Crap fight and strangely, I think JC was more past his best than Hopkins was.
The buttheart considering Hopkins loss to Slappy is close to epic. Most people have accepted that Slappy took Hopkins out of his game, but since the disrespect for Slappy always where so gross it seems impossible for some fans to live with the fact that he squeezed out a SD against their hero. Now they try to pull every possible rabbit out of the hat. Hopkins was sick, there was a concpiracy, Hopkins landed phantom punches on the inside and so on and so forth. Here it how it is: slappy Joe outslapped the slapped Hopkins into slapmission. Hopkins still an ATG with a better resume, and beside he was old at the time Slappy outslapped him. So there is nothing to be so upset about. Knowatumsayin, bro?
:blood Of course you controle the pace if you hold up the action by clinching all the time. But should that be seen as a valid criteria? (And by the way. Joe is great. Bernard is greater. But still outslapped by the slapper from Wales.)