Calzaghe, the refs and judges

It won't matter who the ref is or who the judges are.

This one won't be close.


Then again.... Lewis-Holyfield 1 wasn't close either.

( I hope it's not a draw !)

 

Fact is, the bigger the challenge, the better Joe performs. Simple as that. I think it's his way of saying he's gonna put on a masterclass which NO-ONE can argue with. Expect to see the best JC yet.

 

I like Joe, but this is a bad matchup for him , style wise. Crazy decisions happen everywhere, I really don't think any one country has a premuim on them. But it won't be a factor. Benards careful , thread the needle style will give Calzaghe nightmares. I don't think Hopkins will need any help from the judges.

 

reid/manfredo aside, which close decisions/stoppages would you be referring to?

 

:roll:

yeah because we don't have to put up with any "eurobum" YOO-ESS-AYY nonsense.

 

He isn't complaining. Where did you pull that bull**** from? Joe is simply acknowledging the fact that twisted decisions are not uncommon and in order to prove himself he needs to box the **** out of Hopkins to get a convincing win, which he will do.

 

I think neurtal judges would be fair, but im not to sure this fight will be close tbh.

Calzaghe UD.

 

2 cards will be close, one will be wide-ish. No matter the judges.

Like 116-112 115-113 115-114 (yeah, I'm into the business of predicting the cards now)

As much as I'd like Hops to turn back the clock a few years, even the Hops that dismantled Tarver has too low a work-rate to be able to deal with Calzaghe's. I still reckon Hops will hold his own though, having his little moments of tricky moves and ring expierence showing. Won't be enough in the end, unfortunately.

 

I was thinking today, who has Calzaghe beaten that can even come close to a master like Hopkins? But thinking about it more, who has Hopkins beaten that comes close to Calzaghe. ODLH was undersized and given they were the same size I think ODLH woulda outboxed him. Tito is too 1-dimensional. Wright was too old and stylistic matchup favoured Bhop. Tarver looked like crap. The only opponent that resembled Calzaghe in a way of great boxing skills with speed to boot was ODLH and he was simply too small. I mean bare in mind Hopkins was outboxed by Taylor and even lost some rounds to Howard Eastman...I dont rate Kessler & Lacy too much either. This fight is too confusing to analyse and I really would not bet on it.

 

The US is the only country where three hometown judges are normal for an international fight.

 

the judging will be important because i think there will be a lot of close rounds... i think the ref is even more important, though... in his last fight, i felt that robert byrd gave b-hop a lot of latitude in the way that he manhandled winky with his "professional" tactics... which ultimately frustrated winky and got him off his game

 

Cry me a river *****! :|:|:|

 

Yeah what a whiny little *****, have noticed he's had a bug up his ass for awhile