Who should Joe fight next??

[Iamnotausername]

Retire or Dawson.

[Mr. Philadel]

It cant be disputed Calzaghe did enough to beat B-Hop.From round six onwards Calzaghe dominated.
Although I do agree a MORE comprehensive victory over Hopkins would add significantly to Joe's resume.

Especially when you consider how the fight went thanks to Cortez showing favour towards Bernard the American fighter in the same way he showed favour towards Mayweather Jr when he fought Hatton.

If Cortez had done his job properly the outcome would have been a clear points win for Joe Calzaghe IMO.

Cortez was biassed,simple as that.

The reason I don’t think Hopkins should get a return fight, put simply is the utterly unsportsmanlike way he conducted himself throughout the whole of the proceedings. Before the fight he belittled Calzaghe any way he could, which is par for the course in boxing, but his ignorant & racist comment ‘I’ll never let a white boy beat me’ was completely unacceptable – Mores because it showed how much of a racist society we still live in when several people had the audacity to jump to Hopkins’s defence unbelievably. It goes without saying that had Calzaghe made similar remarks the world would have been up in arms. Being any race doesn’t excuse making prejudiced statements against another – case closed.

Following this, Hopkins did another forgivable thing within the fight itself – Pretending to be hurt by a low blow that didn’t even land & playing to the judges to try & get time to recover (which he did) at a point when it was obvious that he was losing, and more shamefully trying to get a point taken off Calzaghe. Hopkins had every advantage in that fight – Joe Cortez let him fight his fight in close with hold after hold (showing the apparent bias leaning in favour towards American fighters he also displayed in the Hatton-Mayweather bout when he refused to let Hatton fight in close), the fight was in the states & the psychological upper hand in being able to say whatever he wanted in the build up knowing full well Calzaghe couldn’t employ similar tactics.

Yet he lost, making a mockery of his ‘I’ll never let a white boy beat me’ idiotic statement. I’m sorry Bernard, you made your made & you’re going to lie in it. I 100% agree with Calzaghe,he won and after the way Hopkins was allowed to cheat who can blame him for not wanting to give him a rematch.

Dont get me wrong I like Bernard but after the way he acted he doesn't deserve a rematch.
If he'd have fought without cheating and not acted like a idiot during the build up then Id be saying the opposite.

A Calzaghe Hopkins II fight doesn't seem likely.
IF the fight was to happen again a LEGIT referee should be appointed.

man stay off that Calzaghe penis juice ok?........your anti-American story direct claims that Cortez is or was bias against the UK fighters Hatton and Calzaghe......thats a bunch of BS shorty.......Hopkins-Calzaghe II is the ONLY fight WORTH B-Hop's time, so if Joe feels like you do.....I guess he's OFFICIALLY a *****, because only a ***** would feel like that.....this is a MAN'S sport or better yet.... a BLOOD sport, so the build up to war is NEVER supposed to be pleasant ......so if the words that were said offended you or any particular race, then they did its job. I don't agree with what B-Hop said, but I know WHY he said it.....get over it......just like we did that BS decision.

[Squabbles94806]

I think Calzaghe should fight Chad Dawson. That would be a good match up.
It'll be good PR for Dawson and it'll give Calzaghe an opportunity to clean up any remaining contenders within the ranks.

There's always retirement...

[Pullcounter]

only 3 guys should calz be considering... bhop, dawson, and johnson

[Allucard]

It cant be disputed Calzaghe did enough to beat B-Hop.From round six onwards Calzaghe dominated.
Although I do agree a MORE comprehensive victory over Hopkins would add significantly to Joe's resume.

Especially when you consider how the fight went thanks to Cortez showing favour towards Bernard the American fighter in the same way he showed favour towards Mayweather Jr when he fought Hatton.

If Cortez had done his job properly the outcome would have been a clear points win for Joe Calzaghe IMO.

Cortez was biassed,simple as that.

The reason I don’t think Hopkins should get a return fight, put simply is the utterly unsportsmanlike way he conducted himself throughout the whole of the proceedings. Before the fight he belittled Calzaghe any way he could, which is par for the course in boxing, but his ignorant & racist comment ‘I’ll never let a white boy beat me’ was completely unacceptable – Mores because it showed how much of a racist society we still live in when several people had the audacity to jump to Hopkins’s defence unbelievably. It goes without saying that had Calzaghe made similar remarks the world would have been up in arms. Being any race doesn’t excuse making prejudiced statements against another – case closed.

Following this, Hopkins did another forgivable thing within the fight itself – Pretending to be hurt by a low blow that didn’t even land & playing to the judges to try & get time to recover (which he did) at a point when it was obvious that he was losing, and more shamefully trying to get a point taken off Calzaghe. Hopkins had every advantage in that fight – Joe Cortez let him fight his fight in close with hold after hold (showing the apparent bias leaning in favour towards American fighters he also displayed in the Hatton-Mayweather bout when he refused to let Hatton fight in close), the fight was in the states & the psychological upper hand in being able to say whatever he wanted in the build up knowing full well Calzaghe couldn’t employ similar tactics.

Yet he lost, making a mockery of his ‘I’ll never let a white boy beat me’ idiotic statement. I’m sorry Bernard, you made your made & you’re going to lie in it. I 100% agree with Calzaghe,he won and after the way Hopkins was allowed to cheat who can blame him for not wanting to give him a rematch.

Dont get me wrong I like Bernard but after the way he acted he doesn't deserve a rematch.
If he'd have fought without cheating and not acted like a idiot during the build up then Id be saying the opposite.

A Calzaghe Hopkins II fight doesn't seem likely.
IF the fight was to happen again a LEGIT referee should be appointed.

How about a legit opponent? Someone who can fight for 12 rounds and as active as Calzaghe, so the fight can be decided on the class of the fighters instead of their biology, you know, like in real sports. Dawson can give him all he can handle and i'm afraid, much more.

[dans]

Retire or Dawson.

Amen to that