Hopkins: "I Took Joe Calzaghe To School"

[squealpiggy]

I gave Hopkins the first three and the tenth (but he wouldn't have won the tenth without his play-acting). Joe won every other round, 115-112 to Calzaghe.

[~Lucky13~]

I gave him rounds 1 and 10 (cheated on that one).
The rest belong to Joe.

[bundy7]

I gave him rounds 1 and 10 (cheated on that one).
The rest belong to Joe.

He won the first and 3 thru 5 and 10 easily. I'm not disappointed in the decision but all you people saying this and that. Joe won the fight but he got beat up and rough up thats why he won't fight him again. Even his dad was saying he was losing the fight during the fight. LOL cause he knew his son hasn't been hit that hard are often before hopkins hit him.

[bundy7]

I guess Espn.com, The associated press. and Yahoo sports are all from Philly too cause they had Hopkins winning too. LOL He got the decision but don't get overly excited.

[Mike Tyson77]

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[Knicksman20]

This fight went exactly how I expected and exactly, how a wrote about it in this column. Hopkins landed by far, the cleaner and more effective punches, but Calzaghe landed more pitty-pat punches. The compu-box numbers, are never accurate, and never judge a fight by those numbers. If Bernard was hit 223 times, you are going to see some swelling around the eyes, or the jawbone. I saw none, after the fight. After the one punch knockdown, in the first round, you saw Joe's nose bleeding, and busted. Calzaghe, was the aggressor, and let his hands go more, but the question is, was he effective in throwing those punches? It's all a matter, of how a person scores a fight while they watch. I believe the cleaner punches, are more effective. As I watched the fight with a freind, he said afterward, "Joe is not impressive at all. I would love to have seen these two fight, four or five years ago. At 43, Bernard can only fight in spurts, and can't let his hands go freely anymore. I tip my hat to him, because whether you are a fan of his or not, the reality is he's fighting at 43, at this level, because he has never been beaten up in the ring, and Saturday night proved that also. Joe can go on, and fight Roy Jones, but the sad reality is, Roy is past his prime also, but probably can defeat Joe, becasuse of the difference in power. When you watch a fight, you have to watch closely, and there is no question, Joe lookes amateurish, many times. I would love to see him fight a top american in their prime. Dawson, or Pavlik. It would be interesting to see. All in all, it was a decent fight, and let's see what the future holds for both. Bernard could fight again, and Joe will probably take on Roy, in Wales.

Best post I've read on this fight. While I scored the fight for Cal by 2 rounds, I could see someone scoring the fight for Hopkins by a round or two. Cal was the aggressor & threw more punches but Hopkins landed the cleaner, harder, & more effective punches. Cal was busier & to me that won him the fight even though he looked very amateur throwing those slapping combos at times. I enjoyed the fight though & it shows you both guys are elite & Hopkins fighting at this level at 43 is amazing.

[Mike Tyson77]

ass ****ing school?!!?

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[Carpo]

I've never know an american to take defeat graciously. Why cant they just accept the descision.

[PeterinMI]

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Yeah, I saw the compubox numbers too. The truth is that in terms of whose fight they fought, they fought Bernard's.

Calzaghe is my favourite fighter, but I cannot agree that he put in a good performance tonight.

That is the point isn't it. Bernard did force Joe to fight his fight. Clinches and fake nut collapses will do that. The fight was ugly and pretty frustrating to watch. The fact is Joe still won even fighting the fight that B-Hop wanted. Maybe 5 years ago B-Hop wins this fight with the same street smarts but not this time. I had many rounds close but nearly all of them to Joe.

[Drunk Punch]

The only school Hopkins took Calzaghe to was the school of running backwards.