Recently rewatched Hopkins vs Calzaghe and Hopkins vs Pavlik

[boxasmash]

And Hopkins is better than I thought (at least right now), I'd say he's still easily one of the top 3-4 fighters in the world and would beat Chad Dawson at 175.

The Calzaghe-Hopkins fight was much closer than I remembered.

[General Zod]

And Hopkins is better than I thought (at least right now), I'd say he's still easily one of the top 3-4 fighters in the world and would beat Chad Dawson at 175.

The Calzaghe-Hopkins fight was much closer than I remembered.

Its a shame that Hopkins isn't as confident about that as you are.

[SirTomJones]

only brave men dare to watch hopkins V calzaghe again.

[General Zod]

only brave men dare to watch hopkins V calzaghe again.

Very true, lol.

[-Reflexes-]

Every time I watch that fight Calzaghe always loses 114-113.

[Suckmedry]

I don't bother rewatching Hopkins-Calzaghe, very close, very messy at times and difficult to watch. I never properly scored it but I remember thinking it was a close one and could have been scored a draw.

[boxasmash]

Every time I watch that fight Calzaghe always loses 114-113.

lol depends how you score rounds, I think Calzaghe won on workrate but a lot of the rounds were 50/50

[-Reflexes-]

lol depends how you score rounds, I think Calzaghe won on workrate but a lot of the rounds were 50/50

When I look for punches that land they are few and far between for Calzaghe. Hopkins faded late which gave Joe the edge with the judges.

[boxasmash]

I'll say Hopkins fought his fight far better than Joe fought his and at times made Joe look very bad and limited his punch out put a huge amount but even then I don't think he threw enough to win the rounds late, I think Calzaghed pulled it off in the last 2 rounds.

[boxasmash]

When I look for punches that land they are few and far between for Calzaghe. Hopkins faded late which gave Joe the edge with the judges.

I agree, Hopkins threw it away last 2 rounds for me. Maybe the constant pressure, having to feint and retreat for 12 rounds caught up with him, he was 43 after all.