How Did Bernard Lose This?

[craigus1990]

I dont care what anybody says about Calzaghes strange looking punches he is heavy handed and if people think it looks amatuer who cares? its not all about punching... at the end of the day Manny Steward gives Calzaghe praise in all fights he commentated on for his skills and I think one of the all time great trainers knows what to look for in a skillful champ.

[djtmal]

yep thats right. they rewarded inaccuracy. i don't know how anyone can say calzaghe won if they used the actual rules of judging.

clean punching-all bernard calzaghe only a couple clean punches in the fight while hopkins outlanded him in real punches remember hitting air, shoulders, back, behind the head do not count as scoring blows. watch in slo mo whenever calzaghe throws for evidence of his impotence.

defense-all bernard he slipped nearly everything while calzaghe was caught flush time and time again

effective agression-bernard again. he picked his spots well and didn't waste any punches. effective when he was agressive. not agressive all the time but completely ineffective. calzaghe's agression was ineffective as he wasn't able to land anything or get hopkins out of his gameplan.

ring generalship-toss up i guess. you could say bernard countered then moved or you could say calzaghe made him back up and be defensive.

so calzaghe won 1 of the scoring criteria at best and he lost the most important criteria clean punching by a landslide. how did he win? yea hopkins fought a stinky fight but he won the boxing match. they punished his crappy style and rewarded a guy for trying but utterly failing. in boxing all you have to do is be better than your opponent and he was. but yea he fought like dirrell sr. so they robbed him.

ok bernard won in slow motion...which is the only way he can win against solid opposition these days....lol

[daggum]

look man i saw the fight...in the postfight interview your boy even admitted that calzaghe threw far more punches, so his 15 pitty pit lands are going to overwhelm his one accurate shot over the course of 12 rounds...because it isn't a ko shot...you're so in awe of his overdefensive style that it blinds you from the truth...and the truth is he doesn't throw any punches because he doesn't want to get hit solid on the chin...

you hopkins lovers want to give nard decisions because he lands 1 accurate shot per round, doesn't throw nothing for the first six or 7 rounds, and does too little too late in the championship rounds...

so calzaghe does the opposite and throws a lot of punches that miss and gets hit solid on the chin and you think he wins? how does that make any sense? this is boxing hit and not be hit remember. not charge!

[daggum]

ok bernard won in slow motion...which is the only way he can win against solid opposition these days....lol

no he won in all forms of motion but people kept saying calzaghe outlanded him or landed 200 punches and its just not true. i point out to them they can watch it in slow motion and they refuse. guess they don't care about the truth after all and will defend something that is wrong till they are blue in the face.

[djtmal]

so calzaghe does the opposite and throws a lot of punches that miss

see this is the root of your problem right here...calzaghe landed plenty of solid shots on nard...head and body...they may not have been the biggest of power punches, but he landed some solid shots all fight long...your hate for calzaghe's style won't allow you to come to grips with this...