Just watched Calzaghe vs Hopkins again

[djtmal]

Haha. It was very funny he said that and then lost... Haha, I don't understand why people think Hopkins is such a 'prophet'. The guy chats complete **** lol.

...and what was up with him faking like he was hurt from the lowblow?...they showed the slow mo replay and it looked calzaghe grazed his trunks...nard should have been pistol whipped for that one...

[Clyde Barrow]

Horrible fight. Guy who lands 5 out of 10 punches a round vs guy who throws 80 arm punches a round. Style wise, Hopkins was programmed to lose that fight.

[LoStranger]

underrated fight with a ton of technical skill on display

yes i had Calzaghe ahead by two points

[johnm is...]

Yup me too... at the end of the day he just wasn't active enough towards the later rounds to win it.. but Joe kept his workrate going consistently.

Exactly. And it's that simple. Sure, a lot of what Calzaghe was throwing wasn't landing... but he was throwing SOMETHING. And Bhop just wasn't firing back.

[Mr. Philadel]

at that decision....I don't watch the fight that much no more...but EVERYTIME I did...I had B.Hop winning a close one...the knock down being the difference

[djtmal]

at that decision....I don't watch the fight that much no more...but EVERYTIME I did...I had B.Hop winning a close one...the knock down being the difference

of course we knew you had the fight scored for nard...you probably had him beating jones in '93...

[THE REED]

of course we knew you had the fight scored for nard...you probably had him beating jones in '93...

[RichCCFC]

at that decision....I don't watch the fight that much no more...but EVERYTIME I did...I had B.Hop winning a close one...the knock down being the difference

How?

[βetamax]

Exactly. And it's that simple. Sure, a lot of what Calzaghe was throwing wasn't landing... but he was throwing SOMETHING. And Bhop just wasn't firing back.

I'd tend to agree that if you have a situation where one person is doing nothing and the other person is at least throwing punches then they deserve the round and there were a rounds that fit into this scenerio. However, in many rounds even though Hopkins had a lower workrate he would land a clean, effective punch for every 5 slaps to the arm and back that Calzaghe threw. To me that's just ineffective aggression if your not landing anything and getting countered in between. Even the clean punches Calzaghe did land were mainly just ineffective arm punches where Hopkins was actually sitting on his shots.

[IIG]

at that decision....I don't watch the fight that much no more...but EVERYTIME I did...I had B.Hop winning a close one...the knock down being the difference

The same here. A draw in rounds plus the KD.