Im positive Calzaghe would dominate the fight, why?
Calzaghe is a cautious fight, he normally waits until round 5 to really let his hands go. He does this to feel out his opponent, he does this in most fights hes in, especially against someone like BHop with his Philly style thats hard to translate at first. BHop gave Calzaghe alot of trouble at first, Calzaghe was confused. Later on in the fight he cracked Hopkins code and started to land combos.
This is Calzaghes style, he knows Hopkins now, he wont be as troubled.
Note: Calzaghe fought roy differently, he went in with more confidence and didnt do as much feeling out. I think this is beacause Roy is really shot and Calzaghe knew it.
I would be rooting for Bhop but would put money down on Calzaghe.
joe never landed more than one punch cleanly, let a alone numerous combos. that is the reason in all of calzaghe's highlights, they only show the same two punches over and over again and the rest are just fast clips that don't show anything. in one clip at the nyc press conference in the calzaghe montage, they actually showed bhop ripping him in the face with a left hook. when they start showing that, you know they didn't have much to work with, lol.
when and where did calzaghe land these phantom combos on hopkins? you still talking about the air punches he whiffed?
After round 5 he landed numerous punches, what fight were you watching? I had it dead even a draw, and clearly saw Calzaghe turn the fight into his favor after 5.