The argument for a Bernard Hopkins win

:good Some of Calzaghe's stoppages have been shocking.

 

I was a bit harsh I still had that "Calzaghe is a *****" thread from The Brit Forum in my head.

 

How can a fighter stop an opponent from fighting back by rarely landing much?

(Yeah, I know what you mean about conning the ref, but so does the other fighter; he knows that if he doesn't throw back, and just keeps the tight guard...he will get stopped)...so, if those punches don't land much, why does he not throw back?)

 

I agree with you very strange logic in that argument. If the stoppage is premature that's down to the ref.

 

Great Post Pride of Wales :good

Taylor might have gotten those decisions, but he LOST the fight. There was only one guy in that ring that got beat up, and it wasn't Hopkins.
Winky Wright is one of the best fighters in the world......enough said. :deal

 

Hopkins will win for one reason...he's from Philadelphia.

 

good post mate, alot of truth. lets hope that JC hits hard accurate and keeps up his workrate and does not get involved in a fight, either way your points are greatly achknowledged

 

Taylor won the fights.

Offer a guy 40 beatings and 40 wins or 40 fights where you deal the most punishment, but lose 40 times then I'm sure he'd take the former.

 

I guess that sort of honesty shown by Pride Of Wales should be the key for Calzaghe's camp to put Hopkins behind his back and look forward for other things. I also have said too many times by now that this has all to do with controlling the pace of the fight. Hopkins subtly begins to alter the tempo, morphing the rhythm through speed-ups, slowdowns, changeovers and takes the fight into a slower, down tempo, sleep-inducing rhythm and he wins the fight because he has enough tricks up his sleeve to impress the judges. The opposite of that is obviously Calzaghe's pressure making Hopkins' diaphragm heaving to suck in air, blood blocked to flow up his brain and his strength draining away like water from a burst hose.
However, I guess Calzaghe will have to work around things after realizing that he can't shoot through with unexpected, sudden attacks that would catch his man off guard... Once everybody sees that nothing out of the ordinary happens, both will slow their breathing and will decelerate their heartbeat and will turn this into a strategical, technical fight... Whoever wheels himself into the better position to score effectively, wins the fight. I feel that Calzaghe's tendency to square up and slide outa position will speak louder than anything else - you gat to see, 3 minutes extinguish that fast so it's a rights jab here, a right counter there, a flurry in the last 10 seconds and most of the time is spent with posing, clinching and movement and the round is over! And if Calzaghe gets cut or hurt, he's going to feel troubled and that's more effective time running away... 12 rounds and a close decision, no doubts about it.