Prime Hopkins vs Prime Calzaghe

This is a tough one for me!

Hopkins is not-prime but neither is JC and after this performance I can definitely see Calzaghe as a bigger challenge to a prime Hops than anyone(with the possible execption of RJJr)

Might give Calzaghe the slight edge!

 

I still think had that fight (Taylor-Hopkins) taken place at a higher weight, Hopkins would've beat him. Though Hopkins was 2 years younger, this was a better version that Calzaghe fought because he didn't have to worry about the weight drain. By the end of his middleweight reign, it was clearly making him a weaker fighter.

 

Outstanding post:good

 

But Joe is in his prime now, right? :roll:

The double-standards on this forum are laughable.

 

............and Calzagne had 100 more "slaps" to his credit tonight! :good

I don't believe Joe is in his prime anymore either, but his stamina has always been excellent & he can still outwork & outspeed any boxer.

 

Exactly.

 

A young Hopkins would have kept up the clinic he was putting on early.

 

And I said Joe was prime... Where?

 

Hopkins didn't show his age, if anything Joe has slipped more in the last 6 months or so since Kessler.

Joe would in prime for prime in much the same fight.

 

It's what you didn't say rather than what you said. You leapt in to point out that Hopkins isn't in his prime, but didn't make the same point in favour of Calzaghe.

 

What the hell are you talking about, Calzaghe is closer to 40 than Hopkins is to 50, they're both past their prime.

"His stamina has been an issue for YEARS".............since whenatsch

 

It was in response to other responses in this thread.

I had already made my opinion clear on who I think would win, prime for prime.

And yes, I do feel that Hopkins is more removed from his prime than Calzaghe... Perhaps not expierence-wise, but output wise. Which against Calzaghe, is his worst attribute.

 

Prime Hopkins would be an easier fight for Calzaghe.

Hopkins these days fights very ugly. But he has a convenient excuse to do so - his age.

 

Must be referring to the Taylor fights when the weight draining was weakening him.

 

Think a bit more before you let words out of your mouth (or onto your computer).

Hopkins is 43. Add 7 years, he's 50. Minus 7 years, he's 36.

SOOOOO...

Hopkins is AS CLOSE to 50 as he is to Joe's OWN age, 36... Got it, numb nuts?