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This fight was close as hell and Bika should've won, wow. I remember watching this fight live and thinking Calzaghe had dominated him, agreeing with the wide scorecards, but after watching it again it was obvious who the real winner was.
Calzaghe was getting credited for a ton of ineffective aggression, he would throw 10 shots and land 3 but would get credited for landing most of them, it was a joke. The crowd went crazy with every punch he threw. He did occasionally land some hard lefts, but Bika was landing the harder, cleaner shots that kept stunning Calzaghe, especially the 2nd half of the fight. Bika even got robbed of a knockdown in round 10 that was ruled as a slip.
It's best to mute HBO's biased commentary, they were all over Calzaghe's knob, they acted like Bika was getting dominated, probably fooled by Joe's phantom punches:
In the corner before the start of the 12th round (a round I gave to Bika) Joe was even asking his father what he should do, even he knew Bika was arguably winning the fight.
Calzaghe was getting credited for a ton of ineffective aggression, he would throw 10 shots and land 3 but would get credited for landing most of them, it was a joke. The crowd went crazy with every punch he threw. He did occasionally land some hard lefts, but Bika was landing the harder, cleaner shots that kept stunning Calzaghe, especially the 2nd half of the fight. Bika even got robbed of a knockdown in round 10 that was ruled as a slip.
It's best to mute HBO's biased commentary, they were all over Calzaghe's knob, they acted like Bika was getting dominated, probably fooled by Joe's phantom punches:
In the corner before the start of the 12th round (a round I gave to Bika) Joe was even asking his father what he should do, even he knew Bika was arguably winning the fight.
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