Hopkins Biggest Mistake was he didnt Go for the kill on Calzaghe!

[Drunk Punch]

I don't see it myself. He caught Calzaghe with a good shot, there is no taking that away from him, but the fact is Hopkins wasn't interested in looking for a finish and there was nothing to suggest Calzaghe was even dazed by the KD. Talking about a KO is just pure speculation, especially with a fighter like Calzaghe who has never seriously been hurt in his professional career.

[j.razor]

Hopkins is overated, he got beat by a girl slapping Welshman.

Enough said.

And I'll think what you'll find actually happened is that when Hopkins put Calzaghe down.....he was like "WTF?....he's got back up.....the mans made of cast iron steel....**** this ****"

no, its joke-cal-slappy thats overrated, & we all know B-Hop won that fight...even his father was like "come on joe, u have 2 knock him out 2 win!" in da last round. joke & his corner know they lost

[squealpiggy]

If Hopkins had spent any time whatsoever looking to make a fight he'd have been stopped. Both Calzaghe and Hopkins are counterpunchers. Apart from Hopkins looks to use his head more.

[Spiegelo]

I felt BHop did enough to win, but Calzags was more intelligent than I thought. Theres no way Hops would ever be KO'd by anyone much less than by Calzags, but it would be a very bad move to try to knock him out. He'd end up losing a good 9 rounds from wasted energy. Calzags was hurt maybe twice in the fight, but he's very durable.

[Stickman]

If Hopkins had spent any time whatsoever looking to make a fight he'd have been stopped. Both Calzaghe and Hopkins are counterpunchers. Apart from Hopkins looks to use his head more.

Your first remark is right on the money. Hopkins did what he had to in order to end the fight on his feet. If he did it any other way, he gets TKO'd.

[mojack]

no, its joke-cal-slappy thats overrated, & we all know B-Hop won that fight...even his father was like "come on joe, u have 2 knock him out 2 win!" in da last round. joke & his corner know they lost

If you know how to score fights you'd see Hopkins did not win that fight, now put yer dummy back in.

[Stickman]

I felt BHop did enough to win, but Calzags was more intelligent than I thought. Theres no way Hops would ever be KO'd by anyone much less than by Calzags, but it would be a very bad move to try to knock him out. He'd end up losing a good 9 rounds from wasted energy. Calzags was hurt maybe twice in the fight, but he's very durable.

Spiegelo....you're obviously a devout Hopkins fan, and I have no trouble with that, but I think you're being delusional about it.

I watched the fight twice (that was my dose of Hopkins for the year) and I can't see anywhere that Hopkins did enough to win. Yes, Calzaghe throws and misses alot, but you have to throw to win. You can't land (and I **** you not) 5 punches throughout a fight and expect to win. You can NOT win a round with a single punch unless it's a knockdown. Hopkins looks great fighting that way, in his own mind, but everybody else thinks it sucks, and I'm surprised any judge even had him close on the cards.

As for being KO'd....sure, he could be, and probably will when he fights Pavlik. Nobody's invincible, but Hopkins is smarter than most and doesn't allow himself to end up in a situation where he can be KO'd, at least not if he can help it. That's what the "low blow" break was about in the fight against Calzaghe...Hopkins was badly gassed and needed the break to survive the late rounds.

Also, I never saw Calzaghe hurt, not at all. In fact I've never seen Calzaghe hurt. Not yet, at least.

[RichCCFC]

Domain is such a ****ing idiot

[Patrick Bateman]

That is because he simply no longer posseses the ability to do so. The man is 44 for christ's sake. There DOES come a certain time when numerical age DOES make a difference.

[MANGLER]

Hopkins probably coulda finished him but he didn't have the energy to launch an all out KO rally at any point in the fight. He was comfortable doin his thing and expectin a win on points.