Bring that part of his arsenal back, He showed Glimpses of it against Winky and i think thats why Winky was slowing down the body work he did against Carl Daniels to break him down was impressive and when he was younger Hopkins was regarded as a great body puncher now hes facing a guy with high workrate and great speed will going to the body be apart of his plan?
I just read Doug Fischers Southern Cali Notbook and he says he is expecting much more power from Hopkins, as well as a lot more body punching. Im officially excited for this fight (although part of me still thinks it will probably be too tactical to be a super entertaining fight)! I wanna see what old man Hopkins is gonna do in there....definitely going to be interesting.
I think that is definitely one of the keys to this fight and from both sides - going to the breadbasket. Hopkins has a very nice move and even Mosley and Hoya were looking at each other and smiling when Bernard moves away and turns swiftly to bang to the body like Jersey Joe Walcott used to do. However, Calzaghe can really start outworking Hopkins if he goes down there to the sides with body shots and switches upstairs nicely... This is all based on Calzaghe having worked Kessler's body and Winky having been successful tagging Hopkins with headshots when going to the body first.
hopkins knows excatly how to beat calzaghe...problem is that his aged body wont react quick enough to what his boxing brain will be telling him to do.. hopkins is a legend in this sport...but nobody..nobody..beats time..
