Calzaghe was clearly not up for Hopkins

[Silencers]

right.. plus after fighting Hopkins at 175 he probably stayed there or around there up until the Jones fight

He was reportedly at about 200 pounds before signing on to fight Jones, but his body looked much more filled out at 175 against Jones, his upper body looked much better, I remember him looking much smaller in the upper body against Hopkins.

[Pullcounter]

He looked fat against Hopkins, like a real blown up Super Middleweight, against Jones he looked like he always does just at 175. Calzaghe really underestimated Hopkins, you can tell by all the press conferences, "You will lose, you can't beat me man" was all he really said. He was up for the Jones fight and you saw the difference there, he admitted he trained an extra 2 weeks for the Jones fight compared to the Hopkins one.

if it was clear that calz was not up for hopkins, why don't he give bhop the rematch?

answer: because calz is overrated and got knocked down by a 43 year old.

is it shameful that the toughest fight of his entire career is against a 43 year old? is this why this excuse was made up?

[Ian_ST24i]

B-Hop makes most fighters look bad.

If Joe had took the fight seriously he would've won more comfortably against Hopkins. Joe doesn't need Hopkins anymore - nobody does.

[MANGLER]

Nobody looks good against B-Hop. I don't buy the not up excuse. But he still won so why make excuses?

[-EX-]

Are these excuses for it being a close fight. Ya boy won I give him dat but **** outta here wit the rest of that nonsense. He aint look good cuz no1 looks good against Bernard.

[starjammer]

He looked fat against Hopkins, like a real blown up Super Middleweight, against Jones he looked like he always does just at 175. Calzaghe really underestimated Hopkins, you can tell by all the press conferences, "You will lose, you can't beat me man" was all he really said. He was up for the Jones fight and you saw the difference there, he admitted he trained an extra 2 weeks for the Jones fight compared to the Hopkins one.

Yeah I agree, Joe fitted much better into the LHW build for the Jones fight. He looked bit more muscular. I was surprised.

[wmute]

So, let's see... Joe fights his biggest fight and underestimates his opponent, who makes everyone who shares the ring with him look bad, but he comes in fully prepared for Jones who hasnt won a championshop fight in 5 years.

BULL****

The only part that makes sense is the adjusting at the weight one.

[CaRnAgEViOLaToR]

nobody looks good against hopkins.

joe is a great fighter but his fans need to stop making excuses as to why he looked bad vs. hopkins. he looked bad because he was fighting an extremely skillful and smart fighter.

and i give joe alot of credit for making that a close close fight.

[stefjonno1]

Joe was'nt up for the biggest fight of his career! Nonsense.

[billionaire]

So, let's see... Joe fights his biggest fight and underestimates his opponent, who makes everyone who shares the ring with him look bad, but he comes in fully prepared for Jones who hasnt won a championshop fight in 5 years.

BULL****

The only part that makes sense is the adjusting at the weight one.

exactly how could he not get prepared for a title fight at a higher weight?