Oi, sues2nd, you still haven't honoured your 3 month avatar bet with me...

he also hasn't honored the bet he made with me.

 

Or else youre a giant gay dude with boxing as a hobby.
:yep

 

You could see in the Hop post fight interview that that shot could have landed there where it hurts the most ( not saying that Hops didn't use the break but that **** is just clever)... Calzaghe had no fault since Bernard pushed his head down and he didn't see where he landed... Calzaghe went for the nuts in the 2nd, Hops in the 3rd, Hops hits Calzaghe with a overhand right and Calzaghe responds with the same shot that costed him a point against Lacy in the 11th ( punched him on the backside), in the 4th I guess - of course Hops punched him back again from behind and Cortez had to called them aside for a moment. The fight was rough and tough but Bernard didn't try to bend Joe's arm or hold his leg like Reid did in the 1st... Bernard didn't headbutt him like Salem did and he didn't punch Calzaghe behind the head like Bika did... What is this for Chrissake? Bernard is a rough fighter but he was not a dirty, unpolished brawler like those guys were.

 

All I know is man enough to make em? Better be man enough to OWN UP:yep

Though I cant forsee Sues not sporting Hop's he's been doing that anyway:good

 

Too many clinches? Like in Hatton-Tszyu or like in Calzaghe-Starie with people booing Joe in his own country... Hopkins is a much better fighter that those 4 that fought on Showtime the weekend before and that includes Bad Chad or whatever his name is...

 

lol, hardly a punishment considering hopkins is one of his fav. fighters.

 

where is sues2nd hiding:huh

 

Hatton did what he had to do and pulled out the greatest british win of the 2000s... Maybe Dave Paris should have disqualified Hatton in Manchester ?:yep Hatton made more clinches against Urango and won by lopsided scores... Clinching is not a dirty tactic - holding and hitting is ( Castillo against Floyd, Bruno against Tyson) so no reason for DQ Bernard - did you guys see the two british lions Lewis and Akinwande rubbing themselves all ova before Mills Lane was annoyed and called it all off in the 5th? 43 year old Hopkins is really an unbeliveable physical specimen to have trained the way he did in Mackie's strength department in St. Louis and have made it a hard fight for the new and deserving LHWT Champ Joe Calzaghe... Dawson is a good sharp shooter but he was fighting the "Road Warrior"! A 5'9'' guy that comes at you and takes everything in his face... Maybe Joe should have faced Glen if this was all about Joe having target practise.

 

He spoiled Calzaghe's spoling style ( Kessler said he spoiled his boxing 2). Hopkins did engage and hurt him pretty bad and after the 5th, end of the 7th to be more precise... And left hooks, right hands and body shots a la J J Wallcot were flying all over the place throughout... Just that Bernard did not permit Joe to fight his kind of fight and that has to do with having defended the MW title for 20 times in 10 years, 20 years in the game and experience. Hopkins is not just a spoiler, he has great boxing instincts and boxing I.Q. Johnson is a road warrior, nothing else...

Make a poll and find out what was the greatest moment in british boxing in this century... And I bet that Hatton-Tszyu wins it over Calzaghe-Kessler, Calzaghe-Hopkins, Calzaghe-Lacy. Hatton-Mayweather was the greatest boxing event a british fighter was in since Lewis Holyfield and Lewis Tyson.