Play acting in the ring

Agreed.

 

Hopkins reminds me of the football player Robbie Savage. He's ok wen he is dishing out the fouls but when he gets one back he falls like he's been ****ing shot.

Hopkins was a disgrace at times last night.

 

Hopkins did the same against Calzaghe.

 

Yea, I'm really hoping this shitty trend stops. Falling on the ground bullshiting is ****ing disgraceful. Somebody already mentioned Soccer and how it's ruining that game, and it is also ****ed up the NBA and the NBA is in a shitty state and really is in on it's death bed. Boxing is sport for men, not crying like a ***** and trying to get time. If this **** starts plaguing the sport in the next few years I blame Clottey, Hopkins and Dirrell.

 

Too true.

Hopkins for all his apparent "toughness" is like a girl at times.

 

Americans eh ? tch

in all seriousness , it is a little worrying , need the refs to be more aware of the possibility i suppose

 

a 6 foot 9 inch basketball player will get grazed and slide on the floor 2 feet and act like they were hit by a truck....
nate campbell was acting....he did everything but wink at his trainer who didnt get what he was trying to say to him.....

 

Easy enough to stamp out. If someone goes down voluntarily, then that is a knockdown. Start counting, they'll soon get up.

 

that'd do it

 

It wasn't a joke. I haven't seen last nights fight yet, but there was a moment in Hopkins/Calzaghe where Hopkins did not even get hit, threw himself down claiming a low blow, Cortez just told him to get up again and he did.

Cortez got it completely wrong. If you voluntarily go down, that is a knockdown. He should have counted and Calzaghe should have been credited for the knockdown in that round. If Cortez had called it correctly, I doubt Hopkins would be pulling that **** again.

 

i know you were boss , i was simply enjoying your bluntness ! i never disagree with cobbler

 

Didn't that used to be the rule???

If you went down to an illegal blow you had to beat the count then you got the rest period :yep

 

If you go down from illegal blows then I don't have a problem.

Hopkins' problem appears to be going down from legal blows or no blows at all just so he can fake it and get a rest...