Why Would Joe Fight Hopkins Again?

It would be stupid for Joe to fight Hopkins again. Hopkins landed all the clean shots and was able to cutdown on Joe's workrate. Joe had to really grind in order to convince the judges he won. It's no surprise that he doesn't want a rematch. There's nothing for him to gain.

 

wouldnt blame calzaghe for not taking it every fight gets more dangerous for him because its obvious he's losing his desire to box

 

good point, but i think the whole fight was an anti climax, there was a massive build up for this fight and it turned out to be very poor quality. i think there are alot of people who feel a bit let down over the whole performance as nither one clearly won, and as a massive b-hop i would like to see a rematch but can completely understand this being unpopular.

 

Very true. You don't go 12 rounds with someone you can barely put your gloves on and want to repeat the experience. Joe Calzaghe has been sulking about his performance against Hopkins ever since. He can't go a single interview without making a reference about it. Most recently Calzaghe has been saying that maybe he "underestimated Hopkins." Steve Bunce said that what Hopkins did to Calzaghe was "a master class."

Do some of the people who post here think we don't watch WWOOOOOOOOODDDYA's youtube channel?? The lies and the bull**** on ESB are ridiculous. The way that Hopkins/Calzaghe is percieved in the UK is far different from how the con artists on this forum try and make it seem. There's no question why Calzaghe doesn't want Hopkins again. None.

 

The "master class" reference is in one of the more recent Setanta shows where Steve is sitting at the anchor with that young kid doing breakdown, review, and preview. Find your way through them on

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. No, the general perception is that Calzaghe may have "nicked it" on workrate, but he was embarrassed by a superior fighter. That's what all the Johnny Nelson types, and that Scottish fella types have clearly incated. And when I say 'types' I mean the lot of those experts on various networks, radio, broadcast, ect - as well as a great many number of fans calling in, posting on youtube, and other forums.

Even here, despite the nationalistic nonsense and great need to put the Yanks in their place, nobody wants to talk about Calzaghe's phantom punches. Nobody. All the smart people know the score here. There's just alot of bull**** that doesn't stick. And it stinks.

 

**** thread. As usual. :-(

 

and a masterclass it was indeed he cut calzaghes workrate almost in half didnt let calzaghe put punches together, tied him up at will and negated his speed. He negated all of calzaghes main strengths
even if you argue that joe won which you can if you favour high workrate over clean effective punching you can't argue that hopkins was the better fighter...all the quality and intricacies came from hopkins

 

it goes both ways though doesn't it? Lets be honest there is a number of things that could lead Hopkins performance to be described as bull**** aswell.

 

Hopkins deserved to lose as far as I'm concerned, and to his credit I think he knows it. He didn't spend hardly any time complaining, and he walked out of the post fight press conference in a truly independent manner. However, in actuality Hopkins landed more shots and genuinely won the fight. Not to confuse, but I know he won, and I'm glad that he lost.