Who gave Calzaghe his toughest ever fight?

It wasnt so much a slow start as Joe was beating Reid clearly till he injured his hand in the 5th.

 

I thought Hopkins beat him so I'll say Hopkins. The Reid fight was bloody close so that's up there too. Kessler third.

 

Hopkins

 

Im surprised Brewer isnt even on the poll. After that fight Joe said it was tough, although not as tough as eubank.

 

i thought bika gave him a real good test, he also soaked up some punishment and kept on going, either calzaghe was not punching hard or bika has a hell of a chin!!!!

 

Don't take this the wrong way guys but have the people who voted for the Hopkins fight seen the Eubank fight? I though Calzaghe-Eubank was a much harder fight for JC...

 

The Bika fight was rough but i dont remember it being that hard on Joe. Lack of motivation and sore hands played their part in much of the mentioned opponents.

 

The Hopkins fight wasn't close. 115-112 Calzaghe is a reasonable score with a knockdown.

Calzaghe wasn't even under any sort of threat from round 4 onwards either.

 

They were probably worried about getting screwed over by the judges and also not happy with Joe's performance, which in the end was a reasonable concern considering Bird's scorecard. Get that ***** back in the kitchen :-(

 

I agree, when the final bell went I was more concerned with poor scoring costing Calzaghe the fight away from home rather than thinking he actually deserved to lose.

 

Joe fought like **** too, which can't be underestimated. I don't think either looked happy with that performance. Some of it was down to a bad stylistic clash, but he made errors too. He didn't double up on his jab enough before following in behind it which allowed Hopkins to tie him up easily and do his bull****.

Horrible.

 

That happens a hell of a lot, I always watch the fighters and their corners faces before the verdict is announced.