The Supernatural One needs to forget about Bernard Hopkins, it's a waste of a fight.

A Hopkins fight is good for him right now. If he's going to go to lt. heavyweight, why not fight the undisputed champion?

 

Totally agreed. I'd go Dawson and Woods, but I don't ever expect Joe to fight Chad. Chad lacks the name.

The thought of Calzaghe/Hopkins depresses me. I love Joe's heart and would want to watch him, but that matchup will be ugly, boring, and pointless. Hopkins will try to fight as dirty as he can, and by mugging at Joe anytime he lands an occasional right hand counter.

Meanwhile, Calzaghe will outwork him just like the vastly inferior Jermain Taylor did, and cruise to a decision. Shitty matchup and a bad PPV.

 

I can understand why Calzaghe wants this fight, but it's just a payday and resume candy to me. Hopkins doesn't have it anymore. The last time he fought a semi-prime, appropriately-sized opponent, he lost two straight decisions to Jermain Taylor. And that was in 2005, and now we're talking 2008.

Almost anything would be better than Hopkins, even the long-awaited match against Glen Johnson. Or Woods. And definitely Dawson, which we know almost certainly won't happen.

 

You're right, he's not. But the American media says he's champion (i.e. - the Ring).

 

The Dawson bout would earn him the most respect among true boxing fans. However I simply don't believe he can win.

 

I just don't have confidence that Joe will remain in top form for much longer. He could fall off at any time, and I'd like for him to get the best fights before that happens.

Hopkins is a legend and, yes, a winning legend, but he is severely faded. If Jermain Taylor X 2 hadn't happened I'd be more inclined to agree, but he's finished. He didn't look very good against the aging, bloated Winky.

It would be an ugly fight and somewhat competitive because no one hits Hopkins cleanly, but it also would result in a clear winner. Joe throws far too many punches for Hopkins -- who lacks dazzling power -- to win.

I'm certainly not advocating a fight against Johnson, but my point was that it would prove just as much or more to me than a win over a severely faded Hopkins. Johnson looks to still have something in the tank, although I'm sure we agree he'd have little chance of beating Joe.

I don't dispute that the fight would make money, or that Joe is right to pursue it. I just don't think that, to we dedicated fans, it offers much excitement.

 

A Hopkins fight will do alot for his resume. An ATG and current p4p o his resume certainly cannot hurt. You can talk about Hopkins age all you like but fact of matter is, he had 2 controversial losses against Taylor but came back with a p4p win agains tarver and another p4p win against Wright. The man is elite and resume wise would be the biggest name on Calzaghes name, by far.

 

Like it or not, but 25 years down the road, if Calzaghe had an impressive win over Bernard Hopkins in the USA, it would do wonders for what fans would think of him.

Yes, Bernard is aging fast and well past it, but he is still the RING 175 champion and the number 4 P4P fighter in the world (soon to be 5th). Calzaghe isn't exactly a young man himself, so beating Hopkins at this stage would look real good on his resume.

Of course Dawson is the better fighter now who is performing at a higher level, but banking on him to become a great fighter might not be such a good idea because what if he doesn't? And what if Calzaghe wins a close decision? People will say Calzaghe struggled to beat a green/overrated fighter.

If Calzaghe-Hopkins doesn't happen, there will always be those people who say Calzaghe ducked him.

 

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fact hops is not shot and calz want Hops...mo money mo money...

hops is never shot....even if he got shot he woulndt be shot so stfu
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If it doesn't happen, I would probably be inclined to believe Hopkins did the ducking as well.

But I really doubt that this fight doesn't happen. If it happens in NYC, I will definitely fly out to watch it.