Hopkins Robbed.........Calzaghe Overated

Good on you for manning up and giving what you consider a truthful account rather than just backing up your prediction and giving it to Hopkins Macca.

Haven't seen the fight yet, probably will by tomorrow night I'm guessing. Will drop my card here in the classic forum when I do see it.

 

Oops, my bad, I thought you were picking Hops to win. You card is now suspect.

Just kidding mate

 

Yeah, I'm pretty surpised to see this kind of of reaction over here. I thought there was a lot of close rounds, but overall, Calzaghe did enough in those rounds and won several really easily. Strangely easily, got Hopkins, I guess.

I just didn't think Hopkins did enough to win. He was landed the odd right hands and a few combinations, but I don't think it was winning the fight for him. Joe consistently threw more, landed more and with higher accuracy.

Poor fight. Neither man was hurt throughout, a lot of the action was scrappy and without much effect. I can't see how Hopkins won it though.

Calzaghe 8-4.

 

Hopkins looked as good as I have ever seen him but I gave him 4 RDS vs Calzage, Joe has room for improvement, off balance, and you can see by the phoney low blow act Hopkins was looking for a rest...I thought Calzage won most of the late and mid rounds after a slow start...remember Joe is 36...B-Hop is 43 so both men have seen better days(???? have they) but I am puzzled how anyone can say Hopkins won. Watch it again

 

I think Hopkins' spoiling tactics made Calzaghe look poorer than he usually does. For 12 rounds, Hopkins was constantly tying Calzaghe up, working he inside, holding and looking to use his head. Pretty similar to the Sakio Bika fight in that sense. Bika tried to tie Calzaghe up as much as possible, and to a degree it worked. If he had tried to box, he would have lost almost every round but by spoiling the fight, he made it close for a lot of the times. Hopkins did the same. He made Calzaghe look poor and the fight close by dragging the fight down.

 

If I posted that in general nobody would care right now. When it dies down, I'll change my attitude again

Right now, I'm a dick with a chip on my shoulder :twisted:

 

i thought Calzaghe one on points but Hopkins proved he is the tougher man. Calzaghe's punches are all meaningless slaps and do nothing but score points. I absolutely hate how Joe fights. very little girl like.

 

I thought Hopkins won it.
Didn't see Calzaghe do anything tonight, apart from outwork the old man in a couple of the late rounds.

Hopkins wasn't much better and used his usual dubious tactics, but he scored snappy counters, the cleaner punches, and dicated the pace for 3/4 of the fight. And he scored a knockdown.

I dont see how Calzaghe won 8 or 9 rounds with such lame half-punches and hitting so much thin air. It was only a couple of rounds where Joe got too busy for Bernard, the rest of the fight Joe was looking clueless.

 

Wow. I had Calzaghe winning 9 to 3. He just plain owned most of those rounds while Hopkins bitched and played to the judges. Furthermore, he outlanded Hopkins 2 to 1. I generally respect the opinions on this forum but this fight was not even that close.

 

Agreed 100% :good