Had 114-113 Hopkins, Calzaghe did better than I thought

Addie · Apr 20, 2008

viperguy said:

I can't seem to find 6-7 rounds for Hopkins...your score card seem to say that Hopkins won 6-7 rounds.
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Calzaghe won the fight fairly handily in the end. People seem surprised by how hard Hopkins made it for Joe. I have no idea why that is the case.

Benjiabc · Apr 20, 2008

Sebastien said:

I scored the fight 114-113 Hopkins.

I can understand why some judges and observers give the fight to Calzaghe. He did throw more and I think he got Nard completely exhausted in the 12th. I think the compubox numbers are completely off, Calzaghe was hitting Bernard's back and shoulders more than anything. He hit Bernard flush more than any fighter since Roy Jones though, so I'm not as disappointed as I was with the Taylor fights/outcomes. In other words, I can live with a Calzaghe win.

However, I had the fight a draw (minus the pt deduction to Calzaghe for the KD). Why? I think Bernard took the rounds he took with effective punching. Some of the stuff Bernard was doing inside, short hooks, uppercuts, are hard to perceive because he moves his whole body with those shots, so sometimes it looks like a defensive more than a punch.

I had bet my presence on ESB on a Bernard win. I will now go. However, I am very proud of Bernard's performance, he executed the game plan. I am also very impressed by Calzaghe. He proved he could adjust, he proved he was more than a Euro fighter.

Props to Joe Calzaghe, I thought the whole fight would look like the first round. He is also the first to make Hopkins look a bit old (I think Nard faked the low blow, I'm ok with that, he did what was necessary to catch a breather). Had the fight been a 15 rounds fight, he would've probably had Hopkins out on his feet from sheer exhaustion.

So, props to both and especially Calzaghe, who exceeded my expectations. I had Hopkins winnin 114-113, but I'm ok with the result and I can see why the fight was scored the way it was scored.
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good luck mate. ben

Sebastien · Apr 20, 2008

196osh said:

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There you go.

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