I think that extra weight BHop was carrying winded him pretty bad against Calzaghe.
To me Bhop looked as fast as Joe against pavlik, Maybe he took a page or two on how joe works his magic.
How many of you would like to see this fight? If they did fight who would win and in what fashion?
BHop is no Ring dummy. If I remember correctly Calzaghe looked horrible fighting him.
Nobody KOs Bernard so I see it going to decision with Bhop winning decisively
No he isn't but Calzaghe has a better all round adaptive boxing mind out of and during a fight.
Calzaghe doesn't watch and study tapes of a fighter beforehand and does his work in the ring.
B-Hop watches tapes and plans for a fight,Something which simply hasn't and wont ever work against Calzaghe due to his abilty to adapt in fight.
Calzaghe has the BETTER boxing mind so he would win IMO
Joe had a bad performance, sussed Hopkins out after a few rounds and has done as a whole now. So he beats Hopkins even clearer next time, in a pointless fight most wrote off the win for not so long ago.
BHop is no Ring dummy. If I remember correctly Calzaghe looked horrible fighting him.
Nobody KOs Bernard so I see it going to decision with Bhop winning decisively
No he isn't but Calzaghe has a better all round adaptive mind during a fight.
Calzaghe doesn't watch and study tapes of a fighter beforehand and does his work in the ring.
B-Hop watches tapes and plans for a fight,Something which simply hasn't and wont ever work against Calzaghe due to his abilty to adapt in fight.
BHop is no Ring dummy. If I remember correctly Calzaghe looked horrible fighting him.
Nobody KOs Bernard so I see it going to decision with Bhop winning decisively
The way I see it is that even though Bernard probably wont admit it,BOTH him and Calzaghe underestimated each other.The only thing B-Hop has admitted to was having difficulty against Calzaghe's unorthadox style.
If they fought again with both knowing what theyre up against Calzaghe's boxing brain and adaptive skills would make it a clear win for him IMO.
I honestly have not seen BHop fight this quick since prime age. Even emmanuel steward claimed this was one of his best performances.
I think this couldve been a wight issue. I know when I train for a lower weight class I feel a lot quicker but my strength dips nasty.
People need to remember that Hopkins looked faster against Pavlik because Pavlik was a lot slower than Calzaghe. You dont suddenly develop greater handspeed as a 42 year old than you had years previous to that.
I think Hopkins looked faster in comparison to Pavlik, especially by predicting his every move, in much the same way as Joe looked like crap vs Bernard, then looked great against a much less defensive fighter in Jones. Probably a close fight, much like the first one.
Id like to see it happen (Although I want 'Zaghe to retire)
I think BHop would change his style alot more for this fight, he'd be alot more agressive.
I see it going the distance and ending up being a split decision 'Zaghe's way
i think bhop was less muscled this time, and more fit. he did not train under mackie shilestone for pavlik. even if it was at 75 bhop could still come in a 70. if he can look, and feel like he did vs pavlik i think it would be a hell of a fight.