Calzaghe: "I'll Knock Hopkins Out"

[Tuggers1986]

Calzaghe is delusional!!

He can box with the bext of them but he aint knocking anybody out. he just doesn't have the power.

[denboy]

I know you can't look too much into this but Calzaghe has said he would be a beast at 175, he sai after the Kessler fight, "If you think that is good you should see me at 175". Maybe he thinks because the Hopkins fight is at light heavy he will be more powerful and be less strained to get his weight down, so he may blow Hopkins away. But it I agree it would be a assive ask to get the KO

[me2007]

If Calzaghe didn`t have brittle hands he could KO Hopkins. Earlier in his career he showed tremendous power. Eubank had one of the best chins in SMW history and was floored by Calzaghe.

These days i think Calzaghe is more likely to get a stoppage win than a clean Knockout.

[Addison]

I know you can't look too much into this but Calzaghe has said he would be a beast at 175, he sai after the Kessler fight, "If you think that is good you should see me at 175". Maybe he thinks because the Hopkins fight is at light heavy he will be more powerful and be less strained to get his weight down, so he may blow Hopkins away. But it I agree it would be a assive ask to get the KO

Calzaghe definately looked sunked in this last one at 168.

I'd believe it.

[kayjay]

hey joe can ko people. he just didn't for some reason throw that many powerful hits. then again i htink his dad told him to box because he was boxing kessler's head off.

agaisnt hopkins a dirty fight would result in his dad telling him to throw his flurries i feel. joe has soem fast combo's for a smw/ maybe lhw too. he does hold back on the chance his hand will break, but then again this is a big fight and **** your hand. go for it i say

I agree with this in part. Calza would have a better chance of getting a stoppage against Hopkins, even though Hop has a Grade A chin, because that fight would call for flurries and there's a chance of an eventual referee intervention. Against Kessler the right thing to do was to confuse Kessler with the boxing and style changing.

[Truth]

Thats like saying your going to KO James Toney, its possible but highly unlikely.

[Jim Jeffries]

If Roy Jones in his prime couldn't knock Hopkins out, then I don't think Calzaghe will, but Joe should win a UD.

[PeROxiDE]

Calzaghe has the power to knock out pretty much anyone at SMW and most at LHW, a few exceptions of course. If Joes hands hold up he has phenomenal punching power, he floored granite chinned Eubank in the first round, stopped Byron Mitchell for the first time, floored Lacy for the first time and very nearly scored a stoppage over Kessler in the 8th and Kessler is a man carved from stone. Everybody calls Calzaghe a slapper, but only before the fight. After the fight they realise that Joe punches, and punches hard at that. If Calzaghe can get Hopkins pinned to the ropes and unleash some of his flurries with all the power he has, he can definitely knock Hopkins out. The only time we really see the true power of Joe is when hes hurt, Byron Mitchell anybody? Best advice for Hopkins would be: for the love of god dont hurt him or he'll put you flat on your back.

[potatoes]

I know you can't look too much into this but Calzaghe has said he would be a beast at 175, he sai after the Kessler fight, "If you think that is good you should see me at 175". Maybe he thinks because the Hopkins fight is at light heavy he will be more powerful and be less strained to get his weight down, so he may blow Hopkins away. But it I agree it would be a assive ask to get the KO

I would tend to agree that Calzaghe will perform better at 175. He has been saying for years that making 168 is a strain.

[dustybin]

I dont see why he cannot KO Hopkins,he had Kessler hurt until the ref and then the bell saved him.I think Hopkins would be easier to KO at 175 for Calzaghe.