Better win: Hatton vs. Tsyzu or Calzaghe vs. Hopkins

whopperdong · Jul 3, 2012

HEADBANGER said: ↑

hatton was by far the superior performance, and its a performance that seems to be criminally underated on here in terms of people claiming tyszu was shot (which he wasn't) and in terms of a bias hometown refereeing performance (which is true). that was peak hatton that night energised by a rampant home crowd (we see what that did for froch v bute), tyszu actually fought a great fight himself in those circumstances and it was a great win for hatton with tyszu extremely dignified in defeat.

in contrast the calzaghe performance v hopkins was one of the worst of his 24 title fights. calzaghe was a man who loved to put a show on for the crowd, a fighter that never wanted to hold, a fighter who would have a toe to toe tare up with anyone and what calzaghe came up against in hopkins that night was a fighter who wanted the exact opposite, a fighter who didn't care if the style of the fight stunk the house out, a fighter who wanted to hold at every opportunity, a fighter who wanted to feign injury like a pappy footballer, a fighter who wanted the fight to disrupt the flow of the fight at every opportunity.

yet despite all this, it can argued that calzaghe's performance v hopkins will be remembered as the greater win and here is why

quality of opposition = equal both tyszu were ranked top 3 p4p at time of the fight

home advantage = hatton had home advantage, calzaghe won in his opponents back yard

fight weight = hatton fought at his prime weight, calzaghe moved up tp 175 for the 1st time in his entire 44 fight career

referee = hatton had a homer and won, yet hopkins had a homer and calzaghe still managed to overturn that and a 1st round knockdown to triumph.

like i say, hattons was the superior performance by far but what calzaghe had to overcome to achieve his victory means that calzaghe's victory over hopkins may be remembered as the better win.
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Dude hops was close to 50 and he actually won.

Diamond Eye · Jul 3, 2012

Calzaghe's win. No contest.

ashishwarrior · Jul 3, 2012

FloydPatterson said: ↑

Both Ugly fights.
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^this

Superkalleb · Jul 3, 2012

bhop beat calzaghe

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