Hopkins kicks calzaghes ass with naz in his corner!

[a-raines21]

i just remembered that the roach was i hopkins corner for that fight....... no wonder joe didnt take the rematch

[Edward Hitler]

dreamer hopkins get beat dont matter whos in his corner take ur toung out of his arse and admit your man lost to a better fighter

[Tony628]

hopkins had 3 trainers in that fight and still couldn't beat calzaghe

[ИATAS]

It may have had more to do with his thyroid condition (which causes fatigue) then freddie roach being his trainer for that fight. Hopkins never mentions it as an excuse, but after hopkins beat pavlik freddie roach was asked why hopkins looked so different and roach said he knew hopkins was having a hard time controlling his thyroid condition while training for Calzaghe. He said Mackie Shilstone was trying to control it by diet, which is very hard to do, and he thinks that it wasn't an issue for hopkins against pavlik but was against joe. He said he couldn't explain why else hopkins didn't have the energy to throw punches in the later rounds, as he's never been a guy to get tired in the later rounds.

We'll never know now though.

[americanme]

i just remembered that the roach was i hopkins corner for that fight....... no wonder joe didnt take the rematch

Naz was in the 'corner' during that fight..

[ИATAS]

Naz was in the 'corner' during that fight..

Naz had a much less active role as it wasn't long after he had a stroke, which is why Roach was there in the first place.

[Dynamite Kid]

Calzaghe never lost with Roach in the corner. Like i keep saying to win a Boxing match you have to score with punches, Calzaghe wasn't doing that.

[Ryn0]

Naz was the co trainer for that fight. He has a stroke so he was in camp but not at the fight. Naz also trained Hopkins for Both Taylor fights remember? So Hopkins can be beat (not convincingly)

[Ryn0]

It may have had more to do with his thyroid condition (which causes fatigue) then freddie roach being his trainer for that fight. Hopkins never mentions it as an excuse, but after hopkins beat pavlik freddie roach was asked why hopkins looked so different and roach said he knew hopkins was having a hard time controlling his thyroid condition while training for Calzaghe. He said Mackie Shilstone was trying to control it by diet, which is very hard to do, and he thinks that it wasn't an issue for hopkins against pavlik but was against joe. He said he couldn't explain why else hopkins didn't have the energy to throw punches in the later rounds, as he's never been a guy to get tired in the later rounds.

We'll never know now though.

I actually think the reason he got tired is because he kept tieing Joe up and because Joe has the greater stamina the two fighters wrestling in clinches wore out Hopkins more than Joe.

If the rumours of the thyroid condition are true thats proberbly the reason though.

[Testdead]

Hopkins lost to a white boy.

Who had him rolling on the floor like a girl.