~ Hopkins-Calzaghe – anything can happen! But do you expect the unexpected? ~

The most probable outcome according to most of the fans and experts is: Calzaghe uses his superior speed and punch output to win a UD over 43 years old crafty Hopkins, who will try to win as many rounds as he can and make the fight very competitive. In a perfect world or in a computer simulation maybe... but in boxing, anything can happen...



Now you can vote for outcomes and turn of events just a few expect, but you think can actually happen.

Multiple choices, feel free to vote!


-Fight ends in a draw
-Fight ends before the start of the 5th, NC or after that: technical draw or TD
-Calzaghe stops iron-chinned Hopkins
-Hopkins outboxes Tommy-Gun Calzaghe
-Controversial decision or controversial stoppage
-Hopkins causes a cut using his head, will affect Calzaghe’s performance
-Either or both fighters to lose point(s)/DQd for using dirty tactics
-Calzaghe hurts his hands, will affect performance seriously/fight will be off before fight night
-Hopkins will look very old (compared to himself, not to Calzaghe)
-Calzaghe will look terribly weak and slow in LHW

 

I couldn't add it to the poll but anyone expect that Joe will feel uncomfortable fighting in the US or he will have acclimatization problems?

 

More and more I'm thinking about this fight and as the fight is getting closer, the more chance I give to Hopkins. Today I still say Joe Calzaghe on points... But Hopkins will make Joe fight a very ugly fight and if Calzaghe can't sort out Bernard's style in the first 2 rounds, I don't think that the punch output will be good enough since Hopkins is a defensive master and will break that great workrate... The question is: how many shots Joe will able to throw and how many can he land?

So many questions and that makes the fight more exciting than any press conference show... Please vote if you think than any of the situations from above is possible!

 

Wow, 24/7 was great. Just one week until fight night, until the event of the year... It's not gonna be pretty, but the skill level is sky high.



Today I'm leaning back to my original prediction: convincing Calzaghe UD victory. And I see a bit less chance to the unexpected to happen. And you?



Here's the fight poster:

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Watching these videos I'm getting the feeling that Calzaghe will gain a good amount of firepower in moving up. On the other hand, hitting with 7 more pounds behind every punch might increase the chance of an injury.


What do you think? Will Calzaghe be much more powerful and able to hurt Hopkins because he's 175 now, and will he risk a hand injury by placing harder shots on his opponent?