Bhop wins this one by UD, maybe even a KO. He eats lefties for breakfast, and Calzaghe will give him plenty of opportunities to hit him with that lead right.
wow how 2d do you think calzaghe is? calzaghe by ud over hopkins calzaghe is an excellent inside fighter with handspeed power and the natural athletic ability. on the outside joe can be beaten he has short reach for a man his size and his jab is good but isnt his weapon of choice. and so who cares if he uses these 'arm punches' they are still point givers arnt they you could say that a jab is an armpunch....:think calzaghe to busy to elusive for my liking but hopkins is no fool and would do his best he is a hard man to beat.
He'd just be spoiling Calzaghe from the second round onwards, once Hopkins had realised victory would require a miracle.
ays thought this was a hard fight for calzaghe, be it now, 5 years ago or 10 years ago. hopkins was always a very big middle and i new he would have no trouble adapting to 168 or 175. but on the other hand calzaghe would be hopkins biggest win IMO as there is not a single opponent who hopkins ever beat at middle, who would have gone on to beat calzaghe at super middle had they ever met. hopkins feasted on just as many tin cans as calzaghe did , just at different weights. sad to say except for the few elite fighters 160 to 168 for the last 10 years which have not fought each other has been seriously bereft of talent. i think calzaghe wins this now due to the fact hopkins barley throws any punches for half the fight. 5 to 7 years ago i would have picked hopkins.
prime vs prime, JC takes Bhop out inside 6 rounds. Bhop has never had the skills to cope with the kind of pressure that JC brings. Thus, the X has wisely avoided Joe for years on end. Today, joe takes Bhop out inside a round. Why, I hear you cry? Because Joe is the 2nd best SMW on the planet and beats anyone from 160-175, bar the best in the business. And you know who I mean, don't ya?
JC by UD - either boxer cant KO the other imho, and thus goto decision - and I cant see Hopkins outpointing Calzaghe - Bhop is too inactive. Face it - Hopkins is good for his age, nothing more.
Hopkins by Dominant UD. Bigger, stronger, better skilled. Even Joe C himself said that Hopkins would be the most difficult fight of his career.
I agree 100%. Hopkins is my favourite fighter of all time but he hasn't fought for some time and Calzaghe's workrate would give anyone problems. If Taylor could give Hopkins 2 close fights Calzaghe can beat him now.
Because some think that beating Tarver was a good win, beating the smaller OdlH likewise. Having two close matches with Taylor whose fame originates from those fights; they have just forgotten that fact.