Who has more in ring skills and boxing IQ? Bernard Hopkins or Joe Calzahe?

[bsrizpac]

if calz knows he needs 10 rounds to warm up, why not do enough warm up exercises to get warmed up?

calz always fails in the first few rounds because he actually thinks he's a good technician and tries to box.

calz would be better served to just start windmilling like an amatuer right off the bat.

lmfao.....this made me laugh

[Patheticfraud?]

The only thing Calslappy has going for him is Stamina and good match making.

[Allucard]

I think it also helped that Hopkins was running out of gas. Hopkins started conserving his enery a lot more after Tito...or maybe I'll add a couple of fights and put it towards Allen in their third meeting. I remember Allen saying that Hopkins had declined as a fighter...even saying his power declined from their previous two meetings.

But who knows what happens with those two at their best.

I just think Calzaghe at that point had more left (especially in the gas tank) than Hopkins at that point.


Calzaghe does adjust as well though. But I wonder how well he could adjust if put in front of a fighter that can also adjust. I'm not sure Kessler is really a fighter to adjust that well...although I admit I haven't watched his whole career.

this is the winner post

[MANGLER]

Bhop. Better defender, better counterpuncher, better at neutralizin his opponents strengths.

[TRAVI$]

I'd say Hopkins, but Joe is a very clever fighter... to Joe's credit his style is incredibly awkward to deal with as he uses it effectively.

[bsrizpac]

this is the winner post

Benny is correct once again.

I love how people forget Hopkins age in their encounter