Calzaghe's workrate won't matter

[sparked_85]

WTF did this mutant say?

Calzaghe will be making the fight.

Hopkins will have to be massively accurate.

Mutant? did you make that up all by yourself, like '***** fighting his way out of spider webs' that you whip out in every thread in an attempt to get others to hail your genius.

Your somewhat of a ****. Congratulations.

[Vladimir303]

Calzaghe will be making the fight.

, like '***** fighting his way out of spider webs' that you whip out in every thread in an attempt to get others to hail your genius. .

I see somebody has been following my work of art......

[sparked_85]

I see somebody has been following my work of art......

lol.

It is creative. Props for that.

[RisAri0]

B-Hop will keep timing Joe's jabs if and when he starts using it...once Hopkins does that straight right goes down the middle with accumulation...and I'd like to add that Hopkins is great at fighting southpaws because I think they're more prone to all his tricks in the book IMO...and I believe this...in an interview he said a southpaw is a southpaw, doesn't matter who it is. The man is gonna make Joe pay!

[MELLY-MEL...]

heard it all b4 with joe, but he always seems to dominate, and throw/land almost dbl his oppt. won't be any different here!

[niceguy45]

Most people have this punchstats mentality comparing Bernard's workrate to Joe's and automatically assume that Joe has this fight won.

What about counter punching? If you try to throw too many punches, you're exposing yourself to a counter and we all know Bernard is a brilliant counter puncher. And who's to say that Joe won't get rocked, clocked and taken out if caught by these counter punches?

That should explain my signature below. The way Bernard will reduce the workrate of Joe's is by making him pay with counters. The same way Marquez made Pacquiao pay in their first fight. Will Joe be able to adjust his gameplan if Plan A isn't working throwing alot of punches?

When it comes down to it, we all know that Bernard is a better all around boxer/technician then Joe is..

his workrate would most def. matter because it will make b-hop a lot slower

[CardioMonster]

Most people have this punchstats mentality comparing Bernard's workrate to Joe's and automatically assume that Joe has this fight won.

What about counter punching? If you try to throw too many punches, you're exposing yourself to a counter and we all know Bernard is a brilliant counter puncher. And who's to say that Joe won't get rocked, clocked and taken out if caught by these counter punches?

That should explain my signature below. The way Bernard will reduce the workrate of Joe's is by making him pay with counters. The same way Marquez made Pacquiao pay in their first fight. Will Joe be able to adjust his gameplan if Plan A isn't working throwing alot of punches?

When it comes down to it, we all know that Bernard is a better all around boxer/technician then Joe is..

you'll see calzaghe coming out cautiously, everyone thinks he is just going to come out and throw 80 punches a round, that aint going to happen. he will let hopkins dictate the pace of the fight for the first 3 rounds, it will be a chess match. calzaghe has multiple styles but at 43 hopkins has one, and its clinching, fouling and counters. now calzaghe is also a counter puncher so this has the potential to be a very boring fight. calzaghe will go to the body and wear hopkins down over the first half of the fight. Hopkins is going to try and spoil the fight, lead with his head and rough calzaghe up. calzaghe has can box or brawl, this aint going to be a pretty fight but im picking calzaghe to win a close decision.

[Vladimir303]

you'll see calzaghe coming out cautiously, everyone thinks he is just going to come out and throw 80 punches a round, that aint going to happen. he will let hopkins dictate the pace of the fight for the first 3 rounds, it will be a chess match. calzaghe has multiple styles but at 43 hopkins has one, and its clinching, fouling and counters. now calzaghe is also a counter puncher so this has the potential to be a very boring fight. calzaghe will go to the body and wear hopkins down over the first half of the fight. Hopkins is going to try and spoil the fight, lead with his head and rough calzaghe up. calzaghe has can box or brawl, this aint going to be a pretty fight but im picking calzaghe to win a close decision.

Calzaghe wearing down Hopkins with bodyshots, haaaa not gonna happen.

[rusticraver]

****s sake, you people make out like joe aint got a job and tremendous upper body movement.

He's better than hopkins then and now. Both have questionable resumes but Calzaghe is more versatile and has impressed more over his last few fights

[duffgun]

Bhop will try and turn it into a dirty fight like the bika one.