If There Were 15 Rounders, Would Hopkins Have Ever Lost A Fight?

Calzaghe still would've won over 15- Hops was dead after 12, so the extra 3 rounds would've only magnified Calzaghe's conditioning advantage. He still would've lost Roy I. Agreed about how cool it is for Clinton Mitchell to be able to say he beat Hopkins lol.

I think 15 rounds definitely eliminates the Taylor losses and the Pascal draw, though.

 

I agree 100% with this post. :deal

 

He would have start even slower. and I had Bhop beating calzaghe, but looked dead tired after 12.

 

Joe may have even stopped him over 15..

 

Calzaghe would have stopped him

 

Well he was totally spent against Mercado

 

the pascal and taylor fight would have most likely swung in his direction but i think it would have made the calzaghe loss a lot worse maybe a stoppage but most likely a ud

 

Yeah.

 

he would still have lost 5 and drawn 2

 

Calzaghe would've stopped Hopkins in a 15 rounder. The 5 years younger Calzaghe would've won an UD vs. the 5 years younger Hopkins. The young Roy Jones would've still won an UD vs. the green Hopkins and Hopkins would've scored a KO and an UD over Taylor as well as an UD over Pascal if it was a 15 rounder. Or maybe it's bullcrap and we can't come up with such predictions.

 

Calzaghe would be even better over 15, his career would have benefited from wider decisions and late stoppages. There would have been NO debate over his win over 'Nard, indeed X may not have seen the final bell.

 

Bernard wouldn't be stopped by Calzaghe. He is an expert at pacing himself so he would have fought differently.