OK, you people have to give Calzaghe more credit for beating B-Hop

[Pugilistic™]

Yeah, Dan Rafael reported on it I think, or was it Steve Kim?

The reason you don't hear much about it is because Bernard fans aren't keen on making excuses, unlike Joe fans.

You got a point there.

[Pullcounter]

I hear all this talk about how he beat a washed up fighter and he should get no credit. To see if a fighter is washed up or not, you can't just look at the age, you have to look at the way they fight. You can't just look at the age and say, oh he's washed up. B-Hop is 43, he is a physical specimen though, Hopkins hasn't really shown signs of being tired in the later rounds, a perfect example is the Pavlik fight. Hopkins killed him by landing those quick flurries, throughout the whole fight, he had pretty much the same work rate in rounds 10-12 as in rounds 1-3, and Pavlik is known for his constant pressure but Hopkins didn't get tired one bit. Hopkins is still able to hang with ANYONE in the general area of his weight class, and he's P4P#3.

I'll give Calzaghe full credit if he rematches Bhop and wins CONVINCINGLY.