Calzaghe - Hopkins .. if a clean KO occurs

You know yourself De La Hoya had no business being in the ring with a guy that now fights at Light Heavy.....

 

Hopkins has been down too......and can go down again.....lets not forget this guy is 43

 

Not everything is punching power or physical strength... you can't react to a punch you can't see and Hopkins is the master of putting his opponents off-balance and landing a sneaky hook on the inside... Joe was prepared for everything Kessler threw... you can't prepare yourself for the shot that all of sudden knocked down Robert Allen...

 

Calzaghe isn't Robert Allen though....and Hopkins has lost speed

People say Hopkins counters will slow Calzaghe down but I think Hopkins will be affected by the punch volume of Calzaghe just as much as anything......

If Hopkins trades in the centre of the ring with Calzaghe then he's lost

 

I dont doubt for one second that Hopkins will make this a fight.....he's still an elite performer but all this talk about KOs is silly cos Hopkins doesnt like to trade in the centre of the ring....the right hand is of course a factor but Calzaghe can win the rounds without having to expose himself to the counters

 

You got it.

 

But he won't. He won't give a f* to the fans and to make it more exciting. He will KILL the fight, make it ugly, make it dirty, a lot of holding, using the head, playing mindgames, everything to make Joe uncomfortable... Hopkins is very hard to hit so the stoppage is only possible if BHop is a shot fighter (shot fighters don't defeat Winky Wrights). So even if Joe will throw a lot, will still land few. But that's gonna be enough if Hopkins can't turn the fight into his game... If he can, if he can make Joe angry or force Calzaghe to take chances, an opportunity can very well come...

Hopkins was never about speed. He always was about timing. Great reflexes, great ring intelligence and knowladge and timing is his best weapon since he's not playing the pressure game of the earlier years... the timing of Hopkins is one of the most effective I've ever seen...

 

The truth is that he has been beaten 4 times in the past and so we know he can be beaten....he's older now and is facing an unbeaten guy with confidence and will have the fans support....Hopkins will be p4p number 1 if he beats Calzaghe

 

The big important thing about this fight is that it is so hard to predict what will happen and who to choose to win.

Great fight.

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JXzjj7f5Yno this was posted in another thread hopkins either has gained alot of weight or is built like a tank not bad for a 43 year old

 

I wanna see him fight RJJ again.....that fight has to be made before they retire......

 

When you're talking about two elite fighters, with wildly different styles, and no experience against eachother, nor against common opponents, and one of the fighters is fighting at a higher weight for the first time in his career, absolutely anything can happen. Anyone who says this can't end by KO is living in a pre-PBF v Hatton world.

 

Calzaghe didn't want to put Lacy away. He wanted to put on a devastating performance for the full 12 rounds.