Hopkins Vs Calzaghe

[larryx]

hopkins landed the harder more accurate shots..but he didnt throw enough punches..i dont agree with punch stats cause calzaghe didnt land hardly any clean punches...but as sad as it is ..joe won that fight by throwing his patent windmill flurries

[weekender101]

I think, to summarise, regardless of who thought who won – it was a criminally dull fight, and im sure it would be again if there was a rematch.

I certainly don’t think it would be healthy for boxing to see them fight one another again.

However, Hopkins / Taylor, would be good.

If Calzaghe does has one more fight, and i really don’t believe he will, then as a Brit I’ll admittedly throw in my bias choice, and pip for Carl Froch. Im a big fan of Carl, and yes, he leave his chin out to dry, and yes he is a static fighter.....but......he’s an exciting fighter, and i dont know about you lot, but i like to watch exciting fighters in exciting fights, and the Pascal fight was an absolutely belter, in my top 3 of 2008, no question.

[Abstraction]

Many had Hopkins winning, including ESPN Sports, Assoiated press and Yahoo Sports.

thing is, the fight was dull and close, adn could have gone either way, in general it was a draw.

It was still, in the boxing world, a loss for Calzaghe in a way, since he really should have won comfortbally against a 43 year old, yet Hopkins held his own easily.

There should be a rematch, but like Calzaghe did against Robin Reid, he refused and ran.

However, against a mediocre fighter called "Veit". Calzaghe won by early stoppage, yet offered him a rematch.
lol pathetic

[Derranged]

A Scott/Welshman hater are we?

[andrewcuff]

but like Calzaghe did against Robin Reid, he refused and ran.

Calzaghe offered Reid immediately after the fight, but Reid refused. He would only call out Calzaghe after he lost another of his fights.

Also when Reid was WBC champ in the 1990s, he wouldn't discuss the possibility of giving Calzaghe a shot at his title. After Calzaghe become WBO champion, the question of a unification bout with Reid came up frequently and Reid would freeze whenever the question was asked.

[S A M U R A I]

Many had Hopkins winning, including ESPN Sports, Assoiated press and Yahoo Sports.

thing is, the fight was dull and close, adn could have gone either way, in general it was a draw.

It was still, in the boxing world, a loss for Calzaghe in a way, since he really should have won comfortbally against a 43 year old, yet Hopkins held his own easily.

There should be a rematch, but like Calzaghe did against Robin Reid, he refused and ran.

However, against a mediocre fighter called "Veit". Calzaghe won by early stoppage, yet offered him a rematch.
lol pathetic

You are missing out a few facts here.

Reid rematch: He was offered a rematch immediately after the fight. Reid refused. The reason being that he wanted more money. He was offered the same amount for a rematch as he earned in the first fight. Reid appears not to know how it works. You don't lose a fight, then suddenly become entitled to more money for a rematch. If anything, you're worth less money when you lose.

Veit: He was not offered a rematch. The second fight was forced, as Veit was a mandatory which Calzaghe had to take 4 years later. Calzaghe publicly stated that he didn't want the fight, he wanted to move on, but had no choice. It's no worse than Hopkins fighting Morade Hakkar, another mandatory challenger. However, the same year he fought Hakkar, he could have fought Calzaghe. The deal was on the table. Hopkins, unfortunately, didn't sign it.

Don't downgrade the quality of Hopkins, even at 42 years old. He was high on the P4P lists regardless of his age. Hopkins is still a brilliant fighter, and this was proven shortly after the Calzaghe fight against Kelly Pavlik. When you're as experienced as Bernard Hopkins, unless you're completely shot from taking many brutal beatings (which he hasn't), it should come as no surprise that he held his own for the most part, even against another highly-ranked P4P fighter. I guess, according to your logic, Pavlik should also have won comfortably? No one wins comfortably against Hopkins. The best they can hope for is an ugly, close win. He is still, even now, one of America's best currently active fighters and would give anyone in or around his weight class a loss, or at the very least, a run for their money. This includes Chad Dawson.

Calzaghe-Hopkins was indeed close and a case can be made for either fighter, however, the majority of fans and writers scored it for Calzaghe. In most of the polls I've seen since the fight, many were around 75% in favor of Calzaghe.

Nobody should be crying about Hopkins being "robbed". When a fight is close, it's not really possible to call it a robbery. It's only a robbery if one guy loses but was very clearly ahead, a recent example being Holyfield-Valuev.

It's a shame to see such a lack of class from boxing fans. They use this fight as an excuse to further hate Calzaghe because they already hate him. Well, Calzaghe didn't "rob" Hopkins. In a fight, there are these people called 'judges'. Direct your anger towards them, if you must, because they determined the outcome.



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[Grand Champ]

Hopkins won by a round or two..! He scored the knock down, got Joe out of his rhytm, Scored the cleaner and harder punches..! Calzaghe did pretty much what Oscar did against Mayweather..! He rushed in, during the later rounds, and tried to be aggressive, but wasn't IMO effectively-aggresive..! Which is why Calzaghe only got a SD on the official cards

[Pullcounter]

just because the first fight was "dull" doesnt mean the rematch shouldnt happen. some superbowls were "dull" but they still happened.

[Grand Champ]

just because the first fight was "dull" doesnt mean the rematch shouldnt happen. some superbowls were "dull" but they still happened.

Exactly. Bring on the rematch..! I personly think the only man able to ruin calzaghes flawless record IS Hopkins

[sparked_85]

another ****beam of a poster. Good news.