Joe's gotten a lot better

[warp1432]

Why Joe Calzaghe continues to amaze me is that he gets better each fight. In the bika fight, he'd do wild **** when Bika would do stuff to him. He didn't drop his hands all that much and just was paticent.

Regradless who you had winning the fight, I think this much is clear. Honestly, Hopkins was the best possible fighter that could beat Joe right now and I think he goes out undfeated. I really do...

[Jim Jeffries]

Finally, a sensible post from a Hopkins fan tonight.

Bernard made Joe look like crap tonight, for a 43 year old, that is phenominal. He could have showed a little more class after the fight, but I think he was still a bit pissed off at himself for letting the fight slip away like that.

[abadger]

I think you are still a bit pumped from the fight if you think Joe looked better in that fight than in his recent ones.

To me he looked to have lost reflexes, handspeed and seemed heavy on his feet.

He was dropping his hands way down at points in the fight too.

Maybe it was Bernard's spoiling tactics, and maybe it wasn't, but I'll be looking for Joe to step it up in his next fight, because I thoughtv that was his worst performance in years.

I'm one of his biggest fans too.
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[warp1432]

Well Joe always drops his hands, but he was much more in control of himself tonight. For a fighter of Hopkins calibar he handled himself really well. Didn't swing too wide. Had a great jab.

He may have not had an impressive offensive performance say as Lacy or Kessler, but he definietly showed more self control tonight. Joe right now is the best person in boxing who can make adjustments other then Mayweather.

[deanrw]

I think you are still a bit pumped from the fight if you think Joe looked better in that fight than in his recent ones.

To me he looked to have lost reflexes, handspeed and seemed heavy on his feet.

He was dropping his hands way down at points in the fight too.

Maybe it was Bernard's spoiling tactics, and maybe it wasn't, but I'll be looking for Joe to step it up in his next fight, because I thoughtv that was his worst performance in years.

I'm one of his biggest fans too.

Yeah Joe didn't look good tonight. Stamina won him the fight, but barely. I was expecting Hopkins to show his age and Joe to win an easy decision, but he eaked it out. A win is a win though.

[warp1432]

I don't see how people say he looked like ****. Bernard Hopkins is not an easy fighter to look good against at all and has the most threatning style out there to beat Joe.

Just because you struggle with a fighter doesn't mean you look terrible.

[Silencers]

Calzaghe looked better technically tonight IMO. He didn't let his feet get out of position too much, he wasn't throwing too many looping shots, he was patient, he pressure Hopkins much more than any opponent in recent times have pressured him and he didn't fight Hopkins' fight. It's hard to look good against a fighter like Bernard Hopkins.

[deanrw]

I don't see how people say he looked like ****. Bernard Hopkins is not an easy fighter to look good against at all and has the most threatning style out there to beat Joe.

Just because you struggle with a fighter doesn't mean you look terrible.

I never said he looked like ****, but he certainly didn't look good. It will be a good learning experience for him though, something to build on. It is hard to look spectacular against Hopkins.

[Jim Jeffries]

I don't see how people say he looked like ****. Bernard Hopkins is not an easy fighter to look good against at all and has the most threatning style out there to beat Joe.

Just because you struggle with a fighter doesn't mean you look terrible.

Joe looked pretty bad the first three rounds or so. After that he made the necessary adjustments and went on to clearly win the fight. Overall, he didn't look to good, but like you say, no one ever does against Hopkins.

[Clegg]

I don't see how people say he looked like ****.

He got knocked down, didn't land anything meaningful and didn't seem to find his rhythm until about the 7th or 8th round. I had him winning rounds before that, but he didn't look impressive doing it.