hopkins will beat calzaghe easily

[SkilledB]

I find it ammusing how more than half the people on this board pick the fight winners by what they see at face value and don't comprehend that the intangibles play the biggest factor...Whether or not you thought Hopkins lost both Taylor fights look at it like this: Yes, BHop didn't throw alot but Taylor Didn't land ****. Bhop has always had the Knack for taking away his opponents best asset. Joe is good I won't deny that but being this mythical figure some of you people are making him out to be is going to bite you on your ass. I can't wait for the week after this fight so I can see all the Joe "FANS" come on here and say "LOL I TOLD YOU HE WAS OVERRATED!! PWNED!!." Save this thread and bump it after the fight. Hopkins is going to frustrate the hell out of this guy. You might not like it but hes gonna hold & hit, turn away from the ref and hit Joe on his hip and behind the ear, probably gonna head butt him a little & just all around rough this guy up. The next morning when his hip is sore, He's gonna feel like the 44 year old.

[SkilledB]

Hopkins by decision is almost an impossibility. How can Bernard outpoint Joe?

Joe throws 100 punches a round and on a good day lands 60.

Bernard doesn't even throw 50 a round.

Rounds are scored on punches landed.

Bernard's only chance is a stoppage or knockout. As the man said earlier, if you catch Joe he comes back at you with everything.

Why do you have Flava Flav in your avatar???

[*2TOUGH*]

Hopkins knows how to fight South paws and he will dominate Calzaghe with straight punching thru the middle. Calzaghe has the perfect style for Hopkins, he throws wide shots, he doesnt really have much of a jab, and he relies on volume punching. What will he do when Hopkins shows him movement and neutralizes his abiltity to get off? What will he do when the old man hit him with hard rights down the middle and gets his respect early? Hopkins will make this fight look easy.

see the Mikkel Kessler fight you DUM YANK PRICK!!!!1

[pins0099]

What will he do when Hopkins shows him movement and neutralizes his abiltity to get off? What will he do when the old man hit him with hard rights down the middle and gets his respect early? Hopkins will make this fight look easy.

When Hopkins shows Calz movement!!! Calz is much more agile and light on his feet, Calz is succeptable to the straight right I agree but Hopkins has not got a HARD right hand any more, Calzaghe has just been in with Kessler, one of the hardest punchers in SMW division, and didnt even get significantly wobbled. He will walk through Hopkins punch (singular) while landing 7/8 of his own.

Hopkins will be blowing by round 4 I dont care how much of gym rat he is, he wont keep up the pace.

[Addison]

Hopkins knows how to fight South paws and he will dominate Calzaghe with straight punching thru the middle. Calzaghe has the perfect style for Hopkins, he throws wide shots, he doesnt really have much of a jab, and he relies on volume punching. What will he do when Hopkins shows him movement and neutralizes his abiltity to get off? What will he do when the old man hit him with hard rights down the middle and gets his respect early? Hopkins will make this fight look easy.

[Mugwump]

I think Calzaghe has a bit too much for Hopkins. I think he'll win by a comfortable points margin.

HOWEVER, I am concerned about how Joe will react to the kind of BIG fight atmosphere that only Vegas can generate. I'm not saying he hasn't fought in big fights. He has. But he has never faced the level of media intrusion he's likely to run smack into in the run-up to April.

Hatton's trainers claimed he was drained by the 24/7 circus and all that went with it. How will Calzaghe - the boy from the middle of nowhere - react? For almost all of his career he's found it impossible to be recognised by the media. Hatton, OTOH, was always the media darling in Britain.

On the other side there's Hopkins, who knows this routine better than a dozen Mayweathers.

It's the one imponderable for me. As a Calzaghe fan it's the issue that worries me most. I suspect Enzo shares similar worries ...

[PeROxiDE]

I think Calzaghe has a bit too much for Hopkins. I think he'll win by a comfortable points margin.

HOWEVER, I am concerned about how Joe will react to the kind of BIG fight atmosphere that only Vegas can generate. I'm not saying he hasn't fought in big fights. He has. But he has never faced the level of media intrusion he's likely to run smack into in the run-up to April.

Hatton's trainers claimed he was drained by the 24/7 circus and all that went with it. How will Calzaghe - the boy from the middle of nowhere - react? For almost all of his career he's found it impossible to be recognised by the media. Hatton, OTOH, was always the media darling in Britain.

On the other side there's Hopkins, who knows this routine better than a dozen Mayweathers.

It's the one imponderable for me. As a Calzaghe fan it's the issue that worries me most. I suspect Enzo shares similar worries ...

The thing that should worry you most is the fact that judges in Vegas may as well sit in the casino all through the fight, the American always wins. Unless Joe leaves it in no doubt, he will lose. **** me, itll still be a split decision if he knocks bernard out cold.

[Mugwump]

The thing that should worry you most is the fact that judges in Vegas may as well sit in the casino all through the fight, the American always wins. Unless Joe leaves it in no doubt, he will lose. **** me, itll still be a split decision if he knocks bernard out cold.

LOL. There's that too.

[Method]

Hopkins by UD.

Too complete for Calzaghe's amateurish, European style.

The straight right hand(s) down the pike while Calzaghe wings, and the short, accurate hook(s) and upper(s) to counter will cause Calzaghe fits.

Calzaghe's footwork and balance/stance are bad. That, coupled with Hopkins' superior movement/footwork/ring generalship will give Calzaghe a look he has never ever seen before. Bernard will clinch/maul and get rough when he needs to, and his in-fighting skills are superior to Joe Cal's.

Furthermore, Bernard's defense is not only better than Joe's, but it's a defensive look the likes of which Joe has never faced.

Bernard has the uncanny ability to take your best weapons away from you.

Work rate is Joe's best attribute, and we have seen Bernard take that away from fighters already (See Holmes, Trinidad, Taylor, Wright, Tarver)

I really think Bernard has the more complete game here, and he's going to be ready with plans A, B and C. Age will not be a factor. I believe people are looking way too in to the Wright fight. NOBODY has has looked good against Wright, and, what's more, nobody has beat Wright as convincingly. Wright was flat out beat up in the championship rounds of their fight, and gassed at the end.

Joe can say whatever the **** he wants about "Who have you fought", but truth is that Joe Cal was targeting a few guys that Hopkins beat (Wright, Tarver) as a way NOT to fight Hopkins.

Time will tell, but I love Hopkins chances in this fight.

[.Mik.]

There are so many things wrong with that post that its hard to know where to start.

Its like you deliberately made all the mistakes that you possibly could.