Will the judges and referee in Las Vegas be fair to Calzaghe?

[Welter_Skelter]

What judges?

Manfredo didn't reach the final bell.

What he said.... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[WESS]

Well, I will tell you this. They wont stop the fight when he slaps like the ***** that he is. They will give him a fair fight. They will let him run around and slap box all he wants while the passionately waiting Hopkins sticks him right on Q every time and scores easy points. I seriously doubt lil cal man will even stun Hopkins for one second. IF ANYTHING Hopkins will get into calzaghe's head and make him loose focus and before you know it the one punch that hopkins does throw will count. I don't see this being a clean, or boring fight. Hopkins will fight some-what dirty making a lot of emotions coming from both ends, calzaghe will make it interesting with him slapping like he does all the time and having to retaliate every time he gets hit. So it wont be boring. The only thing I see the Ref doing is, if Calzaghe is giving it his all with those ***** slaps and Hopkins starts laughing at him and smiling at the HBO commentators, you better believe he will break them up and not allow calzaghe to embarress himself with a bunch of pathetic flurries like he did in the Manfredo fight. So I believe the Ref will break them up a lot. Bad for Calzaghe. But in the end it wont matter. I believe Hopkins has this fight in the bag. Maywather shocked the world once, and calzaghe says hes going to make up for it... all I say to Calzaghe is.... I LAUGH AT YOU SIR! Just keep your head up at the end of the day! Hatton did, But then again HE IS and WILL ALWAYS BE A TRUE CHAMPION!

[Sin City]

What judges?

Manfredo didn't reach the final bell.

I meant ref.

[potatoes]

I have concerns about Joe fighting in las Vegas.

Remember what Cortez did to Hatton?

Remember what the judges did to JL Castillo in Mayweather vs. Castillo I?

Something strange happened to Wlad in Las Vegas when he fought Brewster - was he drugged? He appeared to be.

Felix Sturm was robbed by the judges when he fought DLH in Vegas.

Kali Meehan was robbed by the judges when he fought Brewster there.

Can Joe expect fair treatment from the referee and judges in Las Vegas?

Calzaghe could solve the problem by knocking him out. Hopkins often pulls straight back after a lefthook so that will be Calzaghe's chance to catch him on the chin with the counter right.

[The Hammer]

Calzaghe could solve the problem by knocking him out. Hopkins often pulls straight back after a lefthook so that will be Calzaghe's chance to catch him on the chin with the counter right.

Hopkins has a solid chin and Calzaghe doesn't seem to hit as hard since he broke his hand, so a KO is unlikely.

I think Joe will win a wide decision - but I'm concerned the ref may let B-Hop fight as dirty as he wants to, without any concern about points being deducted.

[HappyBoxingFan]

"Are you ****ing nuts?"

Are you ****ing nuts? Did you miss it when Sturm got a raw deal against Oscar? Worse, Tyspko against Lacy? Did you see Kirilev's American debut when he was badly fleeced.

We are very biased against foreigners.

Dear KayJay,

Why is it that everytime that I post something you ask me if I'm "****ing nuts?" Do you have a personal vendetta with me? "We are very biased against foriegners?" Let me ask you this KayJay. Are you ****ing nuts? Have you ever seen the Strum fight?...Probably not.

P.S. Please stop using the word "we" to describe Americans as if you were one of us....you Uncle Tom Flag-Burning ******* douchebag.

[The Wire]

Manfredo wasn't throwing punches and was simply absorbing a barrage of shots - what point would there have been in allowing the match to continue?

It was an awful stoppage.

[The Hammer]

HappyBoxinFan:

Sturm clearly won the fight with DLH but was robbed. I suggest you watch the fight before making any comments. It's on YouTube.

[The Hammer]

It was an awful stoppage.

The Manfredo stoppage was early, but like Manny Steward said, "Peter wasn't fighting back - he wasn't throwing any punches. You have to throw a punch now and then so the referee knows you're okay".

[GunStar]

When it comes to judging!

America > rest of the world

Yea you can find some fights in America to ***** about but it's still better then any other place in the world.