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Following his loss to Joe Calzaghe Saturday night, Bernard Hopkins, who is nothing if not a kind of politician, tried to use his considerable powers of persuasion to convince everyone that they had seen something they clearly had not.
"I wanted him to run into my shots," Hopkins said. "I think I made him do that, and I think I made it look pretty easy. I think I controlled the pace, and I controlled the fight."
Politicians do this sort of thing all the time.
What most of us saw was a competitive, close fight (from my recliner I scored it 115-114 for Calzaghe) that Hopkins controlled early, but whose tempo and choreography came under Calzaghe’s control about midway through and only in the briefest moments thereafter swayed back the other way.
"I wanted him to run into my shots," Hopkins said. "I think I made him do that, and I think I made it look pretty easy. I think I controlled the pace, and I controlled the fight."
Politicians do this sort of thing all the time.
What most of us saw was a competitive, close fight (from my recliner I scored it 115-114 for Calzaghe) that Hopkins controlled early, but whose tempo and choreography came under Calzaghe’s control about midway through and only in the briefest moments thereafter swayed back the other way.
Just like to remind people that the ring has yet to do anything to lose its credibility. Also don't be suprised if Nigel Collins scores the fight for Hopkins (He's from Philly)