Hopkins looked GREAT in his fight vs Winky!

He did not look "great" he was fighting a Winky that was not the same guy that was so good at 154.He should have beaten Winky much more convincingly with his natural size advantage.

I had the fight 6-5-1 Hopkins.

 

Hopkins BARELY beat Winky i had it 6-6, and there was to much grabbing and hugging, no way in hell Hops beats Cali! Joe will outwork him and win A UD:yep

 

Yes, Hopkins did look great against Wright. People who claim it was close don't know what they are watching. You had to pay attention to the exchanges in the inside to know that Hopkins was landing the harder and cleaner shots. Not to mention his right hand leads that are subtle and hard to see sometimes land.

Hopkins made Wright look like a C class fighter that night. And that's saying a lot.

 

I am american, but anyone picking old potshotkins over Calzaghe is ignorant, or a hugger, or knows nothing about boxing.

There's a simple way to pick this fight.

Hopkins throws 10 punches per round and fights 5 rounds of a fight.

Calzaghe fights 12 rounds of every fight and throws 1000 punches.

Go ahead and pick PopShotkins, makes total sense because he beat shitty Tarver and shitty Winky.

 

Seriously that was one of the worst fights I have EVER seen in my life. No matter what you say.

 

Because of work rate and speed both favoring Joe C. Of course everybody knows that Calzaghe will throw as many punches as usual, and Hopkins as little. Things like that NEVER change once the fight starts right? :roll:

Good points BTW Cap. I think I am swaying some towards Joe C winning, but I sure as hell would not be surprised by a clear UD for Hops.

 

I agree, Hopkins barely beat Winky. I had 7-5 for Hopkins.

 

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there was never a doubt as to who would win that fight and i thought Hopkins beat Winky fairly easily in a typical Hopkins fight.

People think he struggled but the fact is that he really didn't.

Still Calzaghe is a damn good fighter and I would expect him to win but not be as dominating as people think he will be. However i have underestimated Calzaghe in the past (against Kessler) so we will see.

 

I honestly think itll be an undramatic fight with a few good exchanges...

 

Best thing Calzaghe has goin for him IMO is that he throw so many damn punches...

 

Hopkins still was the man that night, but unfortunately not the man he used to be. That was the 3rd time in the last 4 bouts that he's had a DEAD MAN in front of him for the last few rounds, and seemingly enough strength and energy to put him away or force a stoppage. But he just can't come up with the motivation anymore, he only seems interested with showing off all that cutie stuff.

I walked away feeling a little sad that most casual fans who didn't follow Hopkins from before 2002 will only remember him this way and not for the monster he was the previous 10 years.

Nevertheless, I had Hopkins winning 8:4. He stole the even first round with a couple of heavy shots. I thought Winky clearly won 2,3 & 4 as most of his pitty-pat punches were landing and for some reason Hopkins wouldn't just punch with him. The 5th was a pretty solid Hopkins round based on the power and taking control of the tactical advantage. Then 6,7, 8 were real ugly and not really definitive, but I gave hem all to Hopkins cause he took almost everything away from Wright, and his infrequent punches were moving and hurting Wright regardless of wether they landed clean or not. The 9th was even uglier, I gave it to Winky mostly on a coin toss, maybe he seemed to get in a few more pokes.

In the last 3 rounds, Wrights unstable legs and declining punching technique confirmed that Hopkins had got the better of the first 9 rounds punishment wise. The home stretch was all about Hopkin's strengths and power and Wright was merely willing himself to the finish line, assisted by the apparent retirement of Hopkin's killer insitinct.

 

the bhops/winky fight was one of the ugliest in recent memory. he can't beat joe throwing 10-15 punches a round.