Calzaghe, the refs and judges

Hopkins is the Alpha male.........I think the packs gonna get a new leader.

 

There is no way in hell Hopkins can stop Calzaghe, absolutely no chance. It's pretty simple really, Calzaghe is the shy and retiring type. He doesn't do loud, he doesn't command an audience simply by walking into a room. He never has been the one for the limelight and never will be.

This is him winning the coveted BBC Sports Personality of the Year award a couple of months ago:

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Does he look comfortable there when being given addulation? I doubt Joe was so much worried about Hopkins being in his face but probably was worried that everyone in the room was turning round to stare at them. Hopkins enjoys that, Calzaghe simply doesn't. To make the mistake and think that shy Calzaghe will be anywhere but a million miles away from the T&M center on fight night is a mistake. In the ring, Joe, as we all know, is a different animal - aggressive, ballsy, gutsy, unrelenting.

As you say, Hopkins is no Mitchell or Lacy - neither is Joe a fat Winky Wright with low punch output.

Have no fears about Joe, he's the real deal and with Hopkins as old as he is, this could be fairly embarrasing for him.

 

Where, in that quote, did he complain about the judges or ref ?

Could you envisage Bernard coming to Wales and agreeing to three Welsh judges and a Welsh ref?

The mere fact that he's agreeing to cede Bernard home advantage, the judges AND the ref, indicates a high level of confidence that this won't be close.

Yep. it was pretty evident from what transpired that Manfredo was well on the way to a victory, but for that stoppage !

 

Hopkins has one KO at 160 in his last eight fights in the past five years, and that was against against the former 130 lb champion.

He has zero KOs north of 160, ever.

 

Hopkins clear UD on this one. Calzaghe aint got the power to down Hopkins and Hopkins is so good at stopping southpaws getting into thier game. JC will completely dominate the fight but will be ass ripped by the Yank judges.

 

How is this a good matchup for Hopkins? He was beaten by speed and/or workrate four times, three times legitimately I would say. If Taylor's speed was a problem for him until Taylor tired, what will the tireless, relentless speed - hitting of Calzaghe do to him? Bernard's style is base on countering when an opponent has thrown 1 - 2 punches, but Calzaghe doesn't stop throwing punches. His style and fighting every half - minute of every round is a nightmare for Hopkins.

 

Is it biased to pick Calzaghe over Hopkins?

Silly me, I thought it was common sense.

 

Calzaghe at 168, the best boxer of all time.

AT 175, he may surpass that.

He'll land a few jabs snapping back Hopkins head, then move in ad using the extra 7lb, he'll take B-Hops head clean off with a left hook.

This fight may end in the 1st,

 

Hopkins is more aggressive, outside the ring. This is due to mental illness, not him being the alpha male.

 

Bhops wins, easy UD. Joe will be handed his 1st loss. Trust!

 

I sense a bit of nuthugging.

 

It is only nuthugging if you are talking about Robinson, Ali or anyone else not Joe Calzaghe or Roy Jones.

 

It would be worth seeing Joe KO'd just to see the likes of you dissappear.:good

 

A 1st round KO win for Calzaghe is more likely than Hopkins even landing more than 50 punches in this fight.

 

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