damn, Hopkins is really worried about calzaghe!

think he just wants to put on a dominating performance and i think he will....Cal is underestimating B-Hop if you ask me....B-Hop has fought better copetition and knows a lot of the tricks in boxing...i think wisdom will show in this fight.....B-Hop is very very tricky and smart in that ring. Im going with B-Hop.

 

Debatable.

 

Isn't this B-HOP's last fight? Or close to his last fights?

I suppose he just wants to go out with a bang and beating Joe calzaghe is HUGE.

Beating Calzaghe would make him the undisputed champion in 3 weight divisions right? If he beats him, at his age, HOPS will mos def be top 10 P4P in history. I know that a big statement, but it's true.

Very talented man.

I wouldn't go much off of the Kessler fight. Kessler doesn't have a PINCH of the amount of tricks Bernard has. Nard has so many tools he could use to adjust to Calzaghe.

 

Don't read into things my friend.

 

Kessler who?
BHop can adjust all nite long, he aint got the talent Calzaghe brings.:kenny

 

I think Roach blends well with a guy like Hopkins, although they may not have many fights together. He (Roach) is more of a technical type trainer while Hopkins also is a technical, methodical type boxer.

 

To be fair to Enzo he is 28-1-0 in title fights.

He will bounce back from this loss.

 

I don't see the problem here...it's good to see a professional fighter taking a big fight seriously and getting in the best available trainers and specialists.

 

Yep, agreed. He's preparing accordingly to the challenge ahead, where most don't believe he has much chance at all.

 

I dont imagine Bernard got "out of shape " as I understand it the dude lives in the gym. This simply shows despite all Bernards talk and bravado he is a pro and is taking this seriously.

I really hope this lives up to the hype !

 

In the article on the main page Slappy Joe compared BHop to Lacey! I just tought: WHAT THE ****!!!! I'm not not making a prediction, but I hope Bernard leaves Slappy slumped in a corner.

Boo

 

That's hilarious, and even without knowing the context makes me even happier to pull for Joe.

 

Any great fighter has to be worried, especially at 43 yrs old and watching what JC did to unbeaten Kessler and Lacy.

 

Shilstone is the best strength and conditioning coach in the business.

Roach is just going to assist Brother Nazeem ... Brother Nazeem such an underrated trainer.

I think that most of all those guys that Hopkins has will study the **** out of Calzaghe down to how many breaths he takes in between rounds. They will know what punches Calzaghe is succeptable to and will know his every movement.

Calzaghe has bad habits and Hopkins is very discipline ... good fight coming up.

Calzaghe isn't going to blow Hopkins out and he's not going to knock Hopkins out.

Calzaghe will be in for the fight of his life as where Hopkins doesn't care about Calzaghe or where he came from. A guy from the gutter vs. A guy from the UK.

Hopkins approach is nothing to lose everything to gain ... everything is in Calzaghe's favor and he has more to lose than Hopkins.

Calzaghe has to worry about that undefeated record, he's the younger guy, he's more hyped as where Hopkins already having 4 defeats and some draws, he's 43yrs old, and considered over the hill.

I believe that Calzaghe has never seen anything like Hopkins ... while Calzaghe can be a carbon copy of a RJJ early in his career - maybe a tad slower - because RJJ in his prime was faster than anyone i've seen.

 

i think it will b a tight fight with b-hop frustratin jc
but wtf has the trainers record got anythin 2 do with it
its the fighters in the ring not the trainer
unless ur roger mayweather