Kess or B-pops?? I'm saying Kess, although he didnt knock joe down, just felt at any time he could have landed one or two more that could have send joe going back to newbridge with a 1. After that flash knockdown against b-pops i didnt see that old hyped up cow trouble him once.
kessler was a nightmare for the first 4 rounds til joe figured him out&pulled away,against hops he never seemed to get out of second gear&therefore struggled more than against kessler.
Kessler was more dangerous. But Hopkins stopped Calzaghe's offence going as well as it normally does. So I would say Hopkins gave Joe more problems.
Agreed, but b-hop is a master at running and not fighting. So he can chase ok vs an A level fighter but b-hops running is superstar status at this. I think Kessler gave him more problems because the threat of kesslers power was still there all through the fight, he was more active and joe got caught with some flush uppercuts. Hopkins knocked joe down with a flash ko but after a few rounds you could tell when joe made adjustments that b-hop was never going to come after him or have a very high output. It was basically whether joe could hit him and avoid his dirty tactics to win. If joe is not knocked down in 1 its a fairly clear victory. B-hop did nothing all night to suggest he could/would change gears, he just fought cagily.