Hopkins-Pavlik shows that Calzaghe would whip Dawson

Dawson went life and death with a 40 year old Glen Johnson, same (well, actually older) Johnson Hopkins KO'd some time ago.

Calzaghe convincingly beat Hopkins and really put it on Bernard in the second half of that fight.

Styles make fights, I know, and Calzaghe's relentless, speed-driven approach is the perfect antidote for the fight-in-spurts, soft-chinned Dawson.

It also should be noted that Hopkins weighed 180 lbs. tonight. So anyone who thinks that Dawson is too big for Calzaghe should think again.

I always felt Calzaghe would easily defeat Dawson, but tonight there are no more questions. The second biggest winner from tonight's contest was the Welshman, and I have seen this reported in several sources already.

Though Calzaghe would undoubtedly prove superior to Dawson, a good matchup for him could be Hopkins. Seeing Dawson's propensity for fighting older men, Hopkins could be right up his alley.

Another thing we learned from tonight's fight is this: There isn't going to be a Dawson-Pavlik or Calzaghe-Pavlik fight made anytime soon. All the crap the Pavlik camp talked about Joe is over, for good. Kelly should not go above 160 lbs anytime in the near future. He looked slow in the second Taylor fight, and he looked almost immobile tonight.

 

As I said, the only guy who made out better than Calzaghe tonight was Hopkins himself. This fight seriously elevates Joe Calzaghe. Hopkins was that dominant.

 

I could not disagree more with that assessment.

 

Joe would own Dawson, and it wouldn't be close. In fact, with Dawson horsesh*t defense and soft chin, there's a very real chance that Dawson would be KO'd due to Calzaghe's volume punching.

The fight would be a pasting. Dawson isn't ready for Diaconu, and Calzaghe would waste him. I've never been more certain of that than tonight.

 

I would like to see Hopkins-Jones II, even if Roy loses to Calzaghe. That could be a good fight, depending on how much Roy has left.

 

I agree, although I do think his camp and Showtime will do everything in their power to help keep the Dawson Hype Express in business as long as possible.

At least Haye is going to fight Wlad relatively soon. Dawson? He's giving up titles and running from people like Diaconu to fight geriatrics. Well, Hopkins may be one old man that Chad wants little to do with. We'll see.

Tarver looked embarrassing in the Dawson fight. That was sad to witness.