Hopkins v Calzaghe: Post Fight Analysis

good fight went as planned i thought the SD was a **** call Cal won the fight close but not by SD and the acting by hopkins on those low blows was a disgrace

 

hopkins is a ****ing joke!to say he schooled joe is just plain delusional,admittedly after th flash knock down i thought he may be really coming to fight.but after joe cleared his head and stayed away from the right hand hopkins was backed up all night and hardly threw a punch!not a pretty fight but a fairly easy win in the end:bbb

 

Boring fight, Hopkins played his usual game of potshotting and clinching while Calzaghe played his usual game of swarming in slapping. I gave it to Calzaghe by 1 point, i liked Hopkins work better but he just didn't do enough and seemed fatigued in some rounds while Calzaghe pressed the fight throughout.

Dawson beats both guys

 

I had joe winning quite comfortably in the end, and the SD call was a disgrace.

Hopkins carried on like a goat afterwards too.

Though the fight was a bit harder for Calzaghe than I had anticipated.

Many will now question how this fight would have unfolded had it occurred a few years earlier, and in that sense it's a shame there wasn't a more definitive result, even though I had Calzaghe comfortably up.

 

Well I hate to say it but I told everyone I could find this would be a tough fight but Joe would win a close but clear decision. Did not expect the split scoring though atsch

 

Those punchstat numbers were bull**** though, Calzaghe didn't land that many punches. I believe Hopkins about the lowblow, he said his cup moved so his balls got crunched and that looks possible from the replay.

I got the Main event coverage, **** that commentator was garbage, he barely said anything and sounded like he was falling asleep, he added nothing to the fight, made a boring fight more boring, said nothing remotely intelligent and ignored everything Hopkins did. I question the old guys eyesight he seems to score rounds on who's moving forwards instead of who's landing punches.

 

Yeah all we had commontating was Dave "Im All Washed Up" BonTempo.

I had it 114-113 Calzaghe in a close fight that was hard to score at times.

 

So you didn't see the first few rounds but still only had Joe marginally winning?! :yikes

 

a bit worried after the 1st round KD but joes w ork rate won him the fight easily IMO.i liked bernards pre fight hype but his cry baby post fight interview makes me think unlike choc he is a wanker IRL.a w anker who just got beat by a lily white boy.

 

116 - 111 to Calzaghe imo.

 

My thougths mirror yours.
I also thought that even though Hopkins lost, he looked very good.
Joe didn't look as good as normal, however that was because Hopkins made it hard for him to look good.

Much respect for Joe, he did very well.

Rick.

 

sorry lefty have to d isagree the old man was tired and needed a 3 minute rest.disgraceful:-(.that was a slight graze to the nuts at the worst.KT took a full blooded blow to the cods off hatton and took less recovery time and carried on like le ss of a skirt wearer than B-hop.