Hopkins-Calzaghe: Post-Fight Report Card

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By Cliff Rold - It wasn’t pretty. No one bore witness to a classic. But at the end of the day, the pride of Wales embraced the concept of winning today, looking good tomorrow, and maintained his career long undefeated run. This scribe ultimately came up with a score of 116-111 in favor of the victor but opinions vary with an educated minority leaning towards Bernard Hopkins. [details]

[venomk1]

brag brag!!!

[Burner]

He'll be 50 in 7 years.

[TommyGunn.]

He'll be 50 in 7 years.

[kayjay]

Good **** as always

[crold1]

Gracias sir

[NachoMan]

I really hate when boxing writers talk about 'intangibles' and don't bother to explain what they are specifically referring to. Here's what happened...
Bernard showed better boxing ability, but faded down the stretch due to his old age. Calzaghe, who looked amateurish on both offense and defense, was hesitant throughout most of the fight and was given the nod based on ineffective aggression. CompuBox credited Calzaghe with landing 232 punches. In reality, it may not have even been 32.