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If you want to use stats then Jones at 5'10-5'11 was smaller too.
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Shanus I posted this in that other thread what do you think???
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.Comment
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You guys forgot that Hopkins only has a 25" Reach with his headComment
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You are obviously not one for making that mistake in the first place.Calzaghe is naturally bigger than Hopkins anyway. Calzaghe walks around as a ****ing heavyweight.Comment
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Calzaghe is 5ft 11 and a half and has a reach of 73Comment
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I think you're right about Hopkins being an elite fighter, I just don't think he can match the freshness of a younger lion in Calzaghe, in other words, he's too inactive and relies more on his opponents weaknesses than his own strengths.. Calzaghe has no obvious weaknesses, he's vulnerable to the straight right hand as most south paws are, but don't you think Calzaghe will be expecting Hopkins to throw his trademark shot?
Hopkins is the TALLER fighter, doesn't mean bigger.
And if Hopkins comes in at 189 vs Calzaghe he can kiss his ass goodbye, he'll be way too lethargic, it may work on a drained Antonio Tarver or a blown up Winky, but not with Calzaghe who has admitted he's an animal at 175.Comment
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