...115-114 B-Hop. This was one of the closest fights I've seen. I scored 2 rounds even, so I can understand why there was so much controversy. You give Calzaghe either and it's a draw. Hopkins obviously did more damage and landed the more effective shots. It seemed Calzaghe took the first few rounds off to measure Hopkins and assess his style. That was the difference in the fight IMO as Hopkins took every one of the first 4 rounds except the 2nd which I had even.
everytime i watch this i have Hopkins winning
Clean Punching & Effective Aggression - Hopkins by far
Defense - Hopkins
Ring Generalship - Toss-up, personally give B-Hop the edge though
it seems the judges pandered to compubox type stats rather than common sense
yup! yup! yup! :fing02:
I also re-watched and rescored and had it Calzaghe 114-113. So close it could've gone either way. 116-111 I think someone judged it is absolutely horrendous.
The same scores as me.
And 116-111 is crazy.
I also re-watched and rescored and had it Calzaghe 114-113. So close it could've gone either way. 116-111 I think someone judged it is absolutely horrendous.
i had b-hop by a point . . . but it was a close fight, i can see why some may have had it for joe. hopkins landed the harder cleaner shots, while joe outpointed.
I had Calzaghe winning by 5 rounds, not really that close imo.
I respect your opinion, but this fight was a lot closer than that and could have gone either way.
1-Hopkins 10-8 round
2-Hopkins
3 -Hopkins
4-Calzaghe
5-Calzaghe
6-Calzaghe
7-Hopkins
8-Calzaghe
9-Calzaghe
10-Hopkins
11-Calzaghe
12-Calzaghe
113-114 to Calzaghe
I just watched this fight again and this is my scorecard.
I had the fight for Calzaghe since Hopkins held like 200 times, head-butted, and faked low-blows. And the shitty ref didn't do anything about it at all.
Bhop was cheating because of Joe Calzaghe's work-rate was too much for him.
Well "cheating" is a matter for the ref not the judges, so to consider that in your score is unfair. Joe did his share of holding and hitting/low blows. I agree that Cortez has turned in some horrible performances, but overall I think he did a decent job. I would have liked to see him let them work on the inside more, but he wasn't terrible like I've seen him be in the past.
Just assess who has been more effective that round. Boxing doesn't distinguish between close and wide rounds (excepting knockdowns), thats just the way it is as far as I can see.
I'm no boxing expert but I remember, as a Calzaghe fan, not even being that worried by the first score for Hopkins, I was so confident that he'd won more rounds.
The beauty of boxing is in enjoying different styles and as such, different judges will see some fights differently. Perhaps I give more credit than others to JC's style, but I really doubt it, I don't particularly like it at all except when it is used to humiliate a limited fighter such as Lacy!
I had the fight for Calzaghe since Hopkins held like 200 times, head-butted, and faked low-blows. And the shitty ref didn't do anything about it at all.
Bhop was cheating because of Joe Calzaghe's work-rate was too much for him.
well that is no way to score a fight.....to each his own i guess....
everytime i watch this i have Hopkins winning
Clean Punching & Effective Aggression - Hopkins by far
Defense - Hopkins
Ring Generalship - Toss-up, personally give B-Hop the edge though
it seems the judges pandered to compubox type stats rather than common sense
I had the fight for Calzaghe since Hopkins held like 200 times, head-butted, and faked low-blows. And the shitty ref didn't do anything about it at all.
Bhop was cheating because of Joe Calzaghe's work-rate was too much for him.