Why Hopkins will dominate Calzaghe!!!!!

[Lucky13]

HOPKINS-CALZAGHE( WHY HOPS WILL WIN)

Written by Eric Allen on Sunday, November 04, 2007

Let me start off by saying that Joe Calzaghe is an impressive fighter, with skills that could rival any boxer that I have seen in my lifetime. Joe deserves all the recognition from what I thought was a tough and impressive fight Saturday night. Mikkel Kessler shattered the European cowardice stereotype, as he showed a lot of heart despite knowing that he was losing the fight. With that said, I believe that if Joe Calzaghe were to fight Bernard Hopkins as both men have expressed interest in doing, it would be a historic mistake for Joey Wales. At this point the skill difference between Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins tilts very favorably to Joe Calzaghe. However, the intangibles which Hopkins possesses will not only intimidate, but frustrate the Welshman into a Hopkins victory.

The first half of the fight Saturday night against Kessler showed how easily Calzaghe could be frustrated. Calzaghe was throwing wildly un-coordinated punches like a 5 year old school boy, and resorted to showboating to mask his frustration. It wasn’t until the later stages of the first half of the fight did Calzaghe find his zone and start picking away at stiff and un-athletic Kessler. Below I have listed 5 reasons why Hopkins would take home a win if Calzaghe and Hopkins would meet in the ring.

1.Hopkins will intimidate and frustrate Calzaghe. Joe Calzaghe has never faced as intimidating an opponent as Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins “old-school Philly style” of clinching, head butting, and throwing elbows will frustrate the easily tempered Calzaghe into making a tactical mistake which Hopkins will easily exploit. Hopkins will mug and intimidate Calzaghe just as he did with Winky Wright.

2.Calzaghe has never faced an athlete of Hopkins caliber. It is no secret that America produces the best athletes. You could probably take a handful of NFL players, and if you trained them since they were children would all probably be Heavyweight title holders or contenders. The same could probably be said for the NBA. For all of those where not big enough to play these sports, boxing was their alternative and that is why you see so many dominate Americans in the mid range weight classes. Hopkins being one of them. As good as Kessler may be, he ranks up there with Kelly Pavlik as the most un-athletic professional athlete I have ever seen. Kessler was very awkward looking and stiff. Hopkins is by far the best athlete Calzaghe will ever face.

3.Hopkins wants revenge for Calzaghe breaking his record. Hopkins is very dangerous when properly motivated (ie Trinidad, and Tarver). Look for Hopkins to train with some added passion.

4.Hopkins will develop the us versus them mentality. Hopkins is a proud American, and unlike many fighters is unafraid to carry the burden of fighting for his country. Hopkins will be motivated to carry the flag for America. He will look at this fight with a Rocky IV demeanor just as he did against Trinidad. Hopefully he does some flag stomping in the process.

5.Hopkins has beat the greatest fighters in boxing. Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya, Winky Wright, and Antonio Tarver is a pretty impressive list. Felix Trinidad was the best fighter in the world before Hopkins TKO’d him. Anyone on the above mentioned list would be the greatest fighter Calzaghe has ever faced. While Hopkins is old and his skills seem slightly diminished, he still possesses all the intangibles to beat Calzaghe.

Let me first say that this article is full of utter ****.
I'll break down all the points I bolded.
European cowardice stereotype??? Since when have Europeans been labeled as cowards?

Calzaghe was throwing wildly un-coordinated punches like a 5 year old school boy, and resorted to showboating to mask his frustration???
This is very ignorant and insulting I might add. Who's this puss that's talking like that about a guy who defended his title over 20 times...

Hopkins will intimidate and frustrate Calzaghe.
Boo-hoo.

Kessler unathletic? His footwork is one of the best in the game. It was Joe that took that away from him.

It is no secret that America produces the best athletes.
What a biased piece of **** article, in what respect does America produce the best athletes? That's a gross generalization by a very ignorant writer.

As good as Kessler may be, he ranks up there with Kelly Pavlik as the most un-athletic professional athlete I have ever seen.
WTF???

I'll bet all my points on Popkins-Calzaghe.
If anything this article proves that Popkin's chances to win are slim to none.

Expect a dominating performance from Calzaghe people, don't be fooled by this ****ty article.

[RichCCFC]

This thread is like Hopkins himself. Full of bull****.

[Motofan]

Hopkins is too old. He is too slow. If this fight had been a few years ago I would have made it much closer, but Joe C. beats the piss out of Hopkins now. This will be as ugly a fight as anyone has ever seen on the highest level, which is why I would never pay to watch it.

[kayjay]

This is so sick. It's ok if you want to pick Hopkins. But if your reason is that Joe will get scared of the "Philly style" (and I have laid out more n.iggas in Philly street fights than Hopkins has, so I can say this), then it's just ignorance.

[wmute]

How about Hopkins being 43?

You are picky..
I wrote in the post he is over 40

[msagrain]

HOPKINS-CALZAGHE( WHY HOPS WILL WIN)

Written by Eric Allen on Sunday, November 04, 2007

Let me start off by saying that Joe Calzaghe is an impressive fighter, with skills that could rival any boxer that I have seen in my lifetime. Joe deserves all the recognition from what I thought was a tough and impressive fight Saturday night. Mikkel Kessler shattered the European cowardice stereotype, as he showed a lot of heart despite knowing that he was losing the fight. With that said, I believe that if Joe Calzaghe were to fight Bernard Hopkins as both men have expressed interest in doing, it would be a historic mistake for Joey Wales. At this point the skill difference between Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins tilts very favorably to Joe Calzaghe. However, the intangibles which Hopkins possesses will not only intimidate, but frustrate the Welshman into a Hopkins victory.

The first half of the fight Saturday night against Kessler showed how easily Calzaghe could be frustrated. Calzaghe was throwing wildly un-coordinated punches like a 5 year old school boy, and resorted to showboating to mask his frustration. It wasn’t until the later stages of the first half of the fight did Calzaghe find his zone and start picking away at stiff and un-athletic Kessler. Below I have listed 5 reasons why Hopkins would take home a win if Calzaghe and Hopkins would meet in the ring.

1.Hopkins will intimidate and frustrate Calzaghe. Joe Calzaghe has never faced as intimidating an opponent as Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins “old-school Philly style” of clinching, head butting, and throwing elbows will frustrate the easily tempered Calzaghe into making a tactical mistake which Hopkins will easily exploit. Hopkins will mug and intimidate Calzaghe just as he did with Winky Wright.

i dont think that will happen we saw b-hop trying to interidate joe at the hatton weight and all joe did was laught his bollecks off.

2.Calzaghe has never faced an athlete of Hopkins caliber. It is no secret that America produces the best athletes. You could probably take a handful of NFL players, and if you trained them since they were children would all probably be Heavyweight title holders or contenders. The same could probably be said for the NBA. For all of those where not big enough to play these sports, boxing was their alternative and that is why you see so many dominate Americans in the mid range weight classes. Hopkins being one of them. As good as Kessler may be, he ranks up there with Kelly Pavlik as the most un-athletic professional athlete I have ever seen. Kessler was very awkward looking and stiff. Hopkins is by far the best athlete Calzaghe will ever face.

American bull**** from an american. yeh and nfl player to be a boxer you ****ing idiot to be world champ.

3.Hopkins wants revenge for Calzaghe breaking his record. Hopkins is very dangerous when properly motivated (ie Trinidad, and Tarver). Look for Hopkins to train with some added passion.

wtf is he goin on about?Hopkins wants revenge for Calzaghe breaking his record. make sense?

4.Hopkins will develop the us versus them mentality. Hopkins is a proud American, and unlike many fighters is unafraid to carry the burden of fighting for his country. Hopkins will be motivated to carry the flag for America. He will look at this fight with a Rocky IV demeanor just as he did against Trinidad. Hopefully he does some flag stomping in the process.

And joe isnt a proud welsh man?

5.Hopkins has beat the greatest fighters in boxing. Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya, Winky Wright, and Antonio Tarver is a pretty impressive list. Felix Trinidad was the best fighter in the world before Hopkins TKO’d him. Anyone on the above mentioned list would be the greatest fighter Calzaghe has ever faced. While Hopkins is old and his skills seem slightly diminished, he still possesses all the intangibles to beat Calzaghe.

calzaghe just hasnt had the same chances as b-hop which is a shame but joe list of fighters he has beaten is just as impresive.

[sparked_85]

2.Calzaghe has never faced an athlete of Hopkins caliber. It is no secret that America produces the best athletes. You could probably take a handful of NFL players, and if you trained them since they were children would all probably be Heavyweight title holders or contenders. The same could probably be said for the NBA.

oh my days, LOL.



USA USA USA USA

[PRboxingfan]

The only place Hopkins can dominate Calzaghe is in prison. B-Hop's big house experience would give him an edge there. Other than that, Calzaghe is the man.

[Guest]

Mikkel Kessler shattered the European cowardice stereotype

What stereotype is this? Is this a Yank thing?

2.Calzaghe has never faced an athlete of Hopkins caliber. It is no secret that America produces the best athletes. You could probably take a handful of NFL players, and if you trained them since they were children would all probably be Heavyweight title holders or contenders. The same could probably be said for the NBA. For all of those where not big enough to play these sports, boxing was their alternative and that is why you see so many dominate Americans in the mid range weight classes. Hopkins being one of them. As good as Kessler may be, he ranks up there with Kelly Pavlik as the most un-athletic professional athlete I have ever seen. Kessler was very awkward looking and stiff. Hopkins is by far the best athlete Calzaghe will ever face.

What a silly thing to say. Besides, I thought Russia produced the best athletes these days?

He will look at this fight with a Rocky IV demeanor just as he did against Trinidad. Hopefully he does some flag stomping in the process.

5.Hopkins has beat the greatest fighters in boxing. Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya, Winky Wright, and Antonio Tarver is a pretty impressive list. Felix Trinidad was the best fighter in the world before Hopkins TKO’d him. Anyone on the above mentioned list would be the greatest fighter Calzaghe has ever faced.

Sure... I bet if Calzaghe had a choice between fighting a bigger, harder hitting, natural light heavyweight in Mikker Kessler or a blown up Welter with iffy stamina in De La Hoya he'd pick Kessler every time, right?

[msagrain]

The only place Hopkins can dominate Calzaghe is in prison. B-Hop's big house experience would give him an edge there. Other than that, Calzaghe is the man.

im still wouldnt give him that hehe. unless he is the only white person in the prison.