Esteemed poster Big Reg's thoughts on the fight

Toopretty · Apr 20, 2008

I officially have no ****ing faith in compubox. Calzaghe landing 150 some odd power shots and 39% connect rate is all I have to say...lol He landed power shots in the TEENS if anything. He had to take all the power out of his shots to land. When he loaded up, he missed. Except a few left hands.

BigBone · Apr 20, 2008

BigReg said:

Good point. Hopkins looked like he didn't know what to do down the stretch. Once he couldn't land that straight right he was in trouble. I think he was faking those low blows to get a point take away from Joe, throw Joe out of his rythym, and get some rest. Many will give Calzaghe flak over this fight, but Hopkins is one crafty guy. He can't do a lot of things he could when he was younger, but he's still resourceful. I was impressed that Joe was able to keep his cool and takeover the fight.
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I wish everyone would see your way... :thumbsup

BigReg · Apr 20, 2008

big guy said:

hey Reg, did you see who happened to score the fight 114-113 for Hopkins?

Legendary Columnist Dan Rafael
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Hmmm:think . Well I have a lot of respect for Dan, maybe he's seeing something that I'm not. I'll have to write him a letter to get a better explanation of that score.

Sandmanl337 · Apr 20, 2008

BigReg said:

This was both an ugly and an interesting fight. Both guys were both impressive and dissapointing let's start with Nard

Nard's performance: Hopkins is 43 and he showed his age last night. He couldn't put his punches together, and he seemed to tire down the stretch. He also relied too heavily on that straight right hand. However, he did a great job moving around that ring and never gave Calzaghe an easy target. He was able to walk Calzaghe right into shots, and did a great job of employing a lot of old school tricks. His inablilty to control the pace for the second half of the fight as well as the fact that he didn't follow up that straight right with a left hook, didn't work the body, and didn't throw many punches cost him.

Calzaghe's performance: Many Calzaghe supporters will point to his chin, defense, workrate and intelligence as his some of his main strenghts. None of those were on display for a good part of the fight. He only needed to avoid one punch and he couldn't do it. He was knocked down and rocked on another occasion, and he wasn't getting off many punches. For a good portion of that fight he looked amateurish. However, he as able to turn it around down the stretch. He started getting out of the way of that straight right, and he was able to throw more of his pattented slap flurries. It wasn't an easy night for Calzaghe, but then again, it never is when you're fighting the Executioner

The results: This was a difficult fight to score. Calzaghe was the busier fighter, but Nard landed the harder shots. In the end I gave Calzaghe the nod, 115-112. It wasn't the blowout that many predicted, but he was able to make enough adjustments to pull out a hard fought victory. He looked bad in there at times but you have to give him credit for making good adjustments that enabled him to win against an aging fighter who was willing to employ every trick in the book.
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I agree.. I was someone who was rooting for Hopkins and had picked him to win, but on my scorecard, I had Calzaghe winning by like one point.. BHop looked good in the first couple rounds, connecting with that straight right and fighting the style he want, taking Calzaghe out of his.. But as the fight went on, Calzaghe got more comfortable and BHop tired.. You could see in the later rounds, when BHop would rush in, his arms would look sluggish.. CalZ got into his game and took control, though most of his shots were basically slaps and wasn't connecting with that many.. They both looked umimpressive last night, but I expected that from BHop.. BHop even started to fight dirty towards the end and excused CalZ of low-blowing him a few times.. But when the smoke clears, I give my props to CalZ on his win against an ATG, but now let's see him take on a young top contender..

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