Hopkins is going to Beat Joe up...and pretty badly.

B-Hop has never seen anything like him, I don't understand why this only goes one way.

He has no defence? When he's playing defensive, he excells at not getting hit. There is a difference between a fighter who takes risks and gets tagged and one who simply has no defence.

Bernard really doesn't have the power needed to keep Joe honest, and his timing has diminished anyway. He also can't deal with high paced fights and has to fight conservatively, this is why Joe will get a high workrate off, as usual.

Whatever you say.:smoke

 

WRONG again. I have seen Joe go defensive. He still gets hit..he can get cracked to the body or with an overhand right. His defense with his gloves is average. He has good movement but his head movement is not too great. He pretty much just relies on his feet to get in and out of range. You wont catch Calzaghe picking off shots. Kessler landed the same punches on him over and over and this was when Calzaghe went defensive after getting cracked with that right uppercut in round 3-4 I think. Calzaghe would lose if he ever decides to go defensive.

 

I honestly dont know how you could say this...when for every 1 person who says it this way, there are 999 saying the opposite on here.

Do you really think that Calzaghe wont be open for Hopkins lead right? You dont think he will be even more open for counters?

If Hopkins can hit Wright cleanly (which he did better than anyone did for the past decade), then he can hit Joe cleanly. Defense shouldnt be brought up as an advantage for Calzaghe.

He didnt have the power to keep Wright honest, yet Winky still threw about 700 less punches than he did vs his previous opponent. If Joe keeps his workrate at or around the level he had it at vs Kessler, he may get ROCKED.....doing that would be playing right into Hopkins game.

 

Joe sure has done well then for a guy with no real defence dont you think?,****ing hell im sure most fighters would sell there grannies to have his defence lol

 

What the leaky defence that has cost him all those knock downs and losses you mean?? ,get ****ing real,if he has a leaky defence most other fighters aint got arms

 

Kessler is prime, quicker and has excellent timing with superior power. Hopkins is old, he can't compare to Kessler's current timing at the moment.

You make it out like he's 1 dimensional and flawed. He makes technical mistakes, but he's very dynamic and a great tactician.

 

A crafty veteran like Hopkins wouldn't take the fight unless he's really confident of victory. B-Hop has been around a long time and is a master of gameplans and ring generalship so I believe that he will be able to pull it off or at least look good even if he loses. I don't think Hopkins is delusional like some older fighters so I think he knows what he is doing.

 

Hes gonna get a small fortune for it,of course a 40+ man would take the fight,i know i would most of us would tf course theres no way "a white boy can beat me" so hes sorted then aint he:good

 

offensively the only thing hopkins has at least at this point in his career is a lead right hand and his usual rough house tactics. Joe Calzaghe will figure that one out and just outwork the **** out of him.

 

:amen

You are a person with common sense and logic. Indeed, a veteran like Hopkins would not have taken this fight unless if he was confident that he could pull out a win. If not win, look pretty good losing. He's not going to embarrass himself. Is there any other fighter alive today with as much ring intelligence and ring savvy as one Bernard Hopkins? I don't think so. He knows what he's doing every second he's in the ring.

When's the last time he's been hit with a clean right hand? I didn't see one against Winky, Tarver, 2X Taylor. That's already nearly 4 years.

Hopkins is going to have a plan that he will execute. He's not going to just go in there taking chances and not knowing what he's doing. He's going to study Joe C and expose his weaknesses just like he did with Tarver, Tito, and Winky.

I can't wait for this one. I just hope father time doesn't catch up to Hops. :klitfanb: