Originally posted by BattlingNelson
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aggression is not a scoring criteria. its effective aggression and since calzaghe wasn't able to pin hopkins down or land on him while coming forward he wasn't effective. calzaghe fans always say he won because he was coming forward and he was pressing the fight which means diddly squat. was he landing punches? no. was he taking punches? yes. so how was he winning? because he had the confidence to keep coming forward despite being outlanded and because he had the confidence to keep throwing even if he didn't land? i think calzaghe was screaming during the fight "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" he tricked you plain and simple.
whether it's a slap or a punch if it doens't land it's not telling.
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