Official Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe Poll/Prediction Thread

[215Chaingang]

Hopkins by UD.

Too complete for Calzaghe's amateurish, European style.

the straight right hands down the pike while Calzaghe wings, and the short, accurate hooks and uppers to counter will cause Calzaghe fits.

Calzaghe's footwork and balance/stance are bad. That, coupled with Hopkins' superior movement/footwork/ring generalship will give Calzaghe a look he has never ever seen before. Bernard will clinch/maul and get rough when he needs to, and his in-fighting skills are superior to Joe Cal's.

Furthermore, Bernard's defense is not only better than Joe's, but it's a defenseive look the likes of which Joe has never faced.

Bernard has the uncanny ability to take your best weapons away from you.

Work rate is Joe's best attribute, and we have seen Bernard take that away from fighters already (See Holmes, Trinidad, Taylor, Wright, Tarver)

I really think Bernard has the more complete game here, and he's going to be ready with plans A, B and C. Age will not be a factor. I believe people are looking way too in to the Wright fight. NOBODY has has looked good against Wright, and, what's more, nobody has beat Wright as convincingly. Wright was flat out beat up in the championship rounds of their fight, and gassed at the end.

Joe can say whatever the **** he wants about "Who have you fought", but truth is that Joe Cal was targeting a few guys that Hopkins beat (Wright, Tarver) as a way NOT to fight Hopkins.

Time will tell, but I love Hopkins chances in this fight.

i like how u broke that down. i also think people keep thinking about the jt fight when his output was down but forget his number went back up in his last two fight. that why i think he could no longer make weight at 160

[Karlos81]

Hopkins by UD.

Too complete for Calzaghe's amateurish, European style.

the straight right hands down the pike while Calzaghe wings, and the short, accurate hooks and uppers to counter will cause Calzaghe fits.

Calzaghe's footwork and balance/stance are bad. That, coupled with Hopkins' superior movement/footwork/ring generalship will give Calzaghe a look he has never ever seen before. Bernard will clinch/maul and get rough when he needs to, and his in-fighting skills are superior to Joe Cal's.

Furthermore, Bernard's defense is not only better than Joe's, but it's a defenseive look the likes of which Joe has never faced.

Bernard has the uncanny ability to take your best weapons away from you.

Work rate is Joe's best attribute, and we have seen Bernard take that away from fighters already (See Holmes, Trinidad, Taylor, Wright, Tarver)

I really think Bernard has the more complete game here, and he's going to be ready with plans A, B and C. Age will not be a factor. I believe people are looking way too in to the Wright fight. NOBODY has has looked good against Wright, and, what's more, nobody has beat Wright as convincingly. Wright was flat out beat up in the championship rounds of their fight, and gassed at the end.

Joe can say whatever the **** he wants about "Who have you fought", but truth is that Joe Cal was targeting a few guys that Hopkins beat (Wright, Tarver) as a way NOT to fight Hopkins.

Time will tell, but I love Hopkins chances in this fight.

You sod i spilt my drink.

I was reading this post until you said Calzaghe had bad footwork!

WTF have you been watching?

[TheGreatA]

I stopped reading it right after he said Hopkins is too complete for Calzaghe's 'amateurish, European style'.
I wonder if he has ever even seen Calzaghe fight, Joe fights nothing like most robotic Europeans.

[sparked_85]

You sod i spilt my drink.

I was reading this post until you said Calzaghe had bad footwork!

WTF have you been watching?

he also said he wings his shots and sited in-fighting as a negative for Joey Cal.

But anyone who has watched Joe more than a little know that he loves fighting in the clinches. He's pretty dirty too. Nard has no advantage there in my opinion.

Calzaghe gets caught occassionally by long straight right hands, or at least he used to. He did a good job against Kessler and straight right hands are pretty much his bread and butter. Hops might be able to catch him more.......but thats the only reason he wins. He has to catch him.....alot.

[215Chaingang]

But anyone who has watched Joe more than a little know that he love fighting in the clinches. He's pretty dirty too. Nard has no advantage there in my opinion.

i give bhop the advantage on this cause he knows how to make it look like the other guy is doing the holding so he can continue to hit

[Karlos81]

i give bhop the advantage on this cause he knows how to make it look like the other guy is doing the holding so he can continue to hit

Calzaghe also does that better than Hopkins watch the Mitchell and Eubank fights.

[Karlos81]

i give bhop the advantage on this cause he knows how to make it look like the other guy is doing the holding so he can continue to hit

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3656521144755016334&q=calzage+eubank&total=11&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Watch from 50secs in.

Eubank had as many fight than Hopkins and for me a better fighter.