Calzaghe Hopkins, who you got and why?

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  • nmuburner22
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    #51
    Originally posted by nmuburner22
    Im going with Hopkins for many reasons.

    Hes bigger and stronger than Calzaghe....at 6-1...and will probly weigh close to 190 come fight night....He weighed 189 against Tarver at 175.

    He can rough up Calzaghe. The Sakio Bika fight proved that Calz does not look good against rough tough fighters. Hopkins will head butt..hit on the hip...hit late..hit behind the head...hold..he will do alot of things to frustrate Calzaghe and that will throw Calz off his gameplan.

    Another reason is Hopkins counter punching..there is no way in hell Calzaghe will throw all those punches against Hopkins.....that would leave Calzaghe open for huge shots. Hopkins will make Calzaghe pay for every mistake he makes..and Hopkins will as usaul make little if any himself. Hopkins has seen speed before...its nothing new to the sport of boxing.

    Joe Calzaghe has the tendency to just let his hands go ODH style and that will cost him going against Hopkins.

    Hopkins will make Joe Cal fight on the inside.

    Hopkins will smother those pitty pat punches.....Once Hopkins realizes that Calz cant hurt him its over.

    Another reason is the defense of Hopkins..hes arguably the best defensive fighter in the sport not named Mayweather or Winky..who he just beat by the way. Hopkins is hard to hit as hell and Joe will find that out rather quickly when hes getting counbter punched to death.

    Another reason is that Hopkins is an elite fighter...he has all the tools....How iwll Joe Cal react when his workrate doesnt scare him.....or when he tries to taunt Hopkins and Hopkins doesnt budge....how will he react when Hopkins lands the right hands with his head down leaving no target to hit. Hopkins will also work the body and that will slow Calzaghe down.

    And lastly this fight is at 175 pounds..somewhere we havent seen Calz..we seen BHOP move up and DOMINATE the LHW Champ in Tarver.

    Hopkins will lose some early rounds thenwin the fight going away. I think Calzaghe will be bruised...bloody and will known he was just in a fight.....and say what you want about Hopkins and his 12 punch a round style....against Calzaghe Hopkins will see a fighter throwing alot of punches which will let Hopkins see alot of counter punching oppurtunities....he will make Hopkins fight at times....but whn Hopkins takes this fight on the inside its over for Calzaghe.

    Hopkins UD.

    8 rounds to 4.

    I guess the truth hurts to Calzaghes fans..no one answer for this post???

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    • nmuburner22
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      #52
      Originally posted by Italo
      Im starting to not like this fight, even if calzaghe wins easy people are still gonna say that he beat an old fighter!!! I actually hope it doesnt happen and joe fights someone like woods or dawson. **** it i hope he stays in SMW and waits for either pavlik or taylor.
      Dawson hadns him his ass.

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      • NeXt In Line
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        #53
        I'm getting more and more hype for this fight as it gets closer to being finally announced. There's just so many ways it can play out, it's one of those things that make you so excited to finally see what will happen. So damn intriguing.

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        • Rane-Ex54
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          #54
          Originally posted by nmuburner22
          I guess the truth hurts to Calzaghes fans..no one answer for this post???
          They were coming after me for awhile there, haha Hopefully your post opened there eyes more

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          • nmuburner22
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            #55
            Originally posted by Rane-Ex54
            They were coming after me for awhile there, haha Hopefully your post opened there eyes more
            The Cal fans have no prediction except for" I think he has too much workrate...Calzaghe UD"......AHHHH STFU.

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            • RisAri0
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              #56
              you can't shoe shine whats forever dirty...

              Hopkins uses other fighter's work rate against them...

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              • nmuburner22
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                #57
                Originally posted by Italo
                nmuburner22, why are you proud of hopkins dirty tactics man?

                I see your point and i recognize hopkins skillz, " I CALLED HIM OVERRATED BUT THAT WAS ONLY IN RETALIATION FOR PEOPLE CALLING CALZ OVERRATED " Hopkins is def a great fighter and maybe he can actually beat joe, i dont see it happening but this is boxing right?!? The thing is why do you approve hopkins dirty tactics?
                I dont approve...I never said I did. I just know thats how Hopkins is....hes a old school philly fighter...he will do whatever it takes to win...Hopkins will get the benefit of the doubt with the ref and the judges..because no one knows who calzaghe is.

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                • RisAri0
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                  #58
                  Originally posted by Italo
                  Im starting to not like this fight, even if calzaghe wins easy people are still gonna say that he beat an old fighter!!!
                  IF only Calzaghe dominates or beats him convincingly only then REAL boxing heads will say he beat an over the hill fighter....and thats one big ass IF

                  with that said I can't see anyone convincingly, let alone dominate old Bernard...

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                  • nmuburner22
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                    #59
                    loks like all the Joe Cal fans ran.

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                      #60
                      Calzaghe will dominate Hopkins for every 3 minutes of 12 rounds. When it comes to big fights Calzaghe shows up, and this by far is the biggest fight of his professional career.

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