It is likely Calzaghe can stop Hopkins in 4 rounds, somewhat easily...

Obviously I meant in terms of strength because he could have knock ya out with either hand. I was not talking about courage, fighting heart or determination... But you have to consider that Calzaghe was the underdog against 5'9'' tall Lacy just due to the american's power and that was in 2005... Again, Echols stopped in 3 a guy that went 12 with Calzaghe.

 

I'm not sure what thread it was on but to my admittedly uneducated eye, BHOP looked old and slow in the workout he was doing in preparation for Winky.

 

No

 

joe aint ko hopkins he cant even beat him.is this thread serious or just to poke fun i think poke fun.have fun ****ers.

 

Did you think BHop looked past it on that video? A lot of people have said on here that Calzaghe's padwork is full of bad habits etc, but he seemed a lot more dynamic than the technically correct Hopkins.

 

I posted a thread on this subject a while back and was met mostly by ridicule.

 

what kinda of bull**** mindless thread is this ? im a jc fan and picking him to beat hopkins by stoppage in 10 but this is just disrespectful to B-hop as a fighter .

 

Your not to bright are you:smoke

 

First, Calzaghe does not punch...he slaps..Second, Bhop is not some statue figurine like these other meat head fighters that Calzaghe has fought. All slow, all non mobile. You will be surprised how Bhop throws Calzaghe's whole straight ahead offense off with his own LATERAL movement that Calzaghe the clumsy goof is not that good at. He only can bounce back and forth

 

Joe's pad work was flashy...but technically sloppy. He looked fast and strong...but was throwing VERY flatfooted, very upright and dropping his guard seconds before he would go into any combo. And if I could see this...ya think Bernard couldnt?

(BTW, I am a HUGE Calzaghe fan...he is one of my all time favorite fighters...has been since the Eubank fight....)

Bernard on the other hand looked MUCH MUCH slower than Calzaghe, but his guard was perfect, attacked any openning his trainers left for him, as well as perfectly countered anything thrown at him...and unlike Calzaghe's workout...his trainers were randomly throwing shots, not telling him when and where to throw (or when and where they were going to throw). He also showed how good he is at showing different angles and using different types of footwork and movement.

I know you said that to your untrained eye it looked old and slow (Im not trying to knock you here...not in the slighest..)...but to ANYONE who knows enough about the sport to be able to pick up on these things...it was a masterful open media workout.

I think maybe you should watch it again and not look for flash and speed and look for what your supposed to look for in training...technique.

:good

 

in 4 rounds ????

:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

. . . JC will spend the whole 12 rounds chasing Bhops.

He can't K.O. Bhops . . . he can only win by points . . . round by round.

 

how about he lets bernard break him down over the course of 12 rounds and then make up an excuse for the loss like a broken hand?

seriously, if he ko's bernard i'd eat my socks.......both of them.

 

Same here, it is not gonna happen. Hopkins is gonna be right there all night long and winning rounds to boot.