De La Hoya: "Hopkins Will Beat Joe Calzaghe"

[TheSurgeonMDMPH]

This is the same guy who is giving us a rematch with PBF strictly for profit. If I wore cowboy boots I would use his hide.

[Moon]

OSCAR says about Hops ... "He's patient".

My translation = "Hops will not throw enough leather to win the fight".

OSCAR says about Zaghe .... "He throws combinations there are a lot of kind of pitty-pats, you know?"

My translation = "Hops will be the busier fighter and the judges will see it that way"

OSCAR says about Hops ..." He studies you, he dissects you and he takes care of you".

My tanslation = "Hops studied me, dissected me and dropped me bad".

[slickPUG]

Bernard is a good fighter, but I don't think I have it in me to get excited for another "superfight" he's involved in that goes 12 boring rounds.....

[Technical_Skill]

Calzaghe is the favorite.

But people need to understand.

Timing beats speed.

[-Swizzy-]

So will you finally give Joe his props if he wins? or will you claim Hopkins was too shot?

I'm not british, I don't make terrible excuses for boxers. Hops isn't my favorite boxer and calzaghe is not on my hated list of boxers. I judge boxers on their skills and nothing else. So by you posting that and implying otherwise is lame. Get over it. I don't think calz is as good as his p4p ranking. Hops is gonna beat him. If calz wins I will give him his due. But I know for sure that you will not give hops the respect after he beats calzaghe. hell, mayweather is still not getting the respect from the brits after ko'ing hatton and I hear excuses that it was the referee's fault hatton lost. Hopkins is gonna win by UD so imagine the excuses that are gonna be made for that.

[Degsy]

I'm not british, I don't make terrible excuses for boxers. Hops isn't my favorite boxer and calzaghe is not on my hated list of boxers. I judge boxers on their skills and nothing else. So by you posting that and implying otherwise is lame. Get over it. I don't think calz is as good as his p4p ranking. Hops is gonna beat him. If calz wins I will give him his due. But I know for sure that you will not give hops the respect after he beats calzaghe. hell, mayweather is still not getting the respect from the brits after ko'ing hatton and I hear excuses that it was the referee's fault hatton lost. Hopkins is gonna win by UD so imagine the excuses that are gonna be made for that.

Don't tar us all with the same brush mon ami. I thought Ricky beat collazo by a cigrette paper margin and on that basis I couldn't see how he could ever beat Floyd, despite his heart. Joe is a different animal and Bernard has a great pedigree, it should be a great fight. If Bernard wins fair and square (not some iffy decision) there is no one that will pay him bigger dues than me.

[-Swizzy-]

Don't tar us all with the same brush mon ami. I thought Ricky beat collazo by a cigrette paper margin and on that basis I couldn't see how he could ever beat Floyd, despite his heart. Joe is a different animal and Bernard has a great pedigree, it should be a great fight. If Bernard wins fair and square (not some iffy decision) there is no one that will pay him bigger dues than me.

yes, I do realize that there are a select few brits that are clear headed but, for the most part not. I hear the most screwed up arguments in this forum from the british fans like the example I gave you about the referee being responsible for mayweather ko'ing hatton. I mean, that is truley screwed up. but cheers to you for being sane minded.

[borikua]

Gamboa looks like a young Tyson...

[niceguy45]

dlh knows deeply inside that calzaghe got this one, b-hop is partner he is not going against him

[BattlingNelson]

Sure he will....not

In a recent interview with Sporting Life, Oscar De La Hoya, as one may expect, picked his Golden Boy Promotions partner, Bernard Hopkins, to beat Joe Calzaghe on April 19 in Las Vegas.

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DLH is obviously suppossed to say that thereby trying to make the fight look competitive and thereby increasing PPV.

Hopkins is overthehill and will be stopped late by Calslappy's pitty-patty arm-slaps.