Comments Thread For: Joe Calzaghe: Hopkins in a Dangerous, Difficult Fight

[daggum]

I find it hard to give it to either of them. Sure I get the people who think Joe didn't win, but do you really think Hopkins did?? What did he do all fight except spoil and play act? He wasn't racking up any points that's for sure.

*except round 1

land clean punches and made calzaghe miss everything he threw. aka boxing. there wasn't even as much holding as modern fights like brook-porter and some people say that was a great performance lol. hypocrisy.

[Foreign Soil]

Oh yes that was one fight. Kessler too that was a good fight.

Lacy, a bum but going in was considered dangerous so you've got to give him that.

Then there's er, erm, yeah well 3 is good.

Do you rate Ward's resume? It's worse than Calzaghe's.

[Foreign Soil]

I find it hard to give it to either of them. Sure I get the people who think Joe didn't win, but do you really think Hopkins did?? What did he do all fight except spoil and play act? He wasn't racking up any points that's for sure.

*except round 1

Hopkins landed 1 right hand in the 1st round for the KD and a few more throughout the fight. The rest of the time he was getting bossed via ring generalship. Easy fight to score for me. Calzaghe by wide decision.

[Mr. Philadel]

Joke Alzaghe should just shut his cowardly ******* and pecker smoking sewer hole. Nobody wants to hear anything from a guy who picked the bones of a few ex-big name corpses then "retired" when the going got tough so he could have a Maynever like "undefeated" crutch to live off of. Piss off, Joke.

good post

[Gary Coleman]

Bernard always struggles with guys who are more athletically gifted than him. Not sure if Kovalev fits that mold.

The fact that Hop is 49 and this fight is widely considered 50/50, is amazing in itself.

[mathed]

Oh yes that was one fight. Kessler too that was a good fight.

Lacy, a bum but going in was considered dangerous so you've got to give him that.

Then there's er, erm, yeah well 3 is good.

He whopped up on Bika too after Bika headbutted and cut him proper.

People are gonna see in a week's time, Hopkins is going to put on a session and I think Kovalev's nerves will prevent him from finding a groove.

[mathed]

Joke Alzaghe should just shut his cowardly ******* and pecker smoking sewer hole. Nobody wants to hear anything from a guy who picked the bones of a few ex-big name corpses then "retired" when the going got tough so he could have a Maynever like "undefeated" crutch to live off of. Piss off, Joke.

You mean the corpse that will undoubtedly be considered one of the greatest boxers of all time should he win next weekend?

[kafkod]

I just said he gets some credit because he was considered a hard fight. Not to me, but to most.

But there's no maybe about it, he WAS terrible. Always has been always will be.

And that was one of three fighters he fought who was ranked on the top 5 in the divison being fought in. Epic stuff.

So you thought Lacey was terrible even before Calzaghe beat him? Yeah right.

You have no idea how good Chris Eubank was, btw. Outside of the UK, Eubank would be my pick as the most under-rated boxer of all time. He was enormously strong, unpredictable, granite chinned and could hit like a mule.

[daggum]

He whopped up on Bika too after Bika headbutted and cut him proper.

People are gonna see in a week's time, Hopkins is going to put on a session and I think Kovalev's nerves will prevent him from finding a groove.

he whooped bika? um no. it was a close fight. if anyone got whooped it was calzaghe in the last 3 rounds where he was dead tired and bika was whooping him.

[daggum]

Hopkins landed 1 right hand in the 1st round for the KD and a few more throughout the fight. The rest of the time he was getting bossed via ring generalship. Easy fight to score for me. Calzaghe by wide decision.

yes he bossed the fight by following hopkins around, missing his punches, and running into counters lol. how is it easy to score a fight for the guy not landing and getting countered? because he was trying hard isn't a legit reason.