Look Back In Anger: Rereviewing Calzaghe vs. Hopkins

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[Guest]

So even you have Hopkins winning 114-113.

When a "bias Brit" has no choice but to score against his own countryman that pretty much says it all, doesn't it?

Maybe for your next thread in this series you can analyze Calzaghe vs Manfredo Jr. I'd be curious to hear your count of how many slaps actually landed in that final flurry before Terry O'Connor jumped in to stop the fight.

Technically he's not my countryman, of course, as I don't shag sheep.

My score is open to question, but the boring one looked unlucky.

As for Terry O'Connor, he saved Manfredo Jr. from certain death that night.

[Guest]

I never use Compubox (or, in this case, Compuslap and Compubutt) to score fights, it's pointless. It doesn't take into account ring generalship, etc. Just as an example of how useless it can be, those stats have Slapsie winning the round he was KD'd in, if taken on face value.

I agree that Hopkins lost that fight but to call Calzaghe's resume historic is ridiculous.

I assumed he was being ironic, but you never know...

[SterlingStained]

hopkins and roy both wayyyyy past prime in their 40s yet dropped calzaghe.

what would have happened had they fought in their primes???

calzaghe stayed in his division and decided to move up only when the legends were senior citizens.

if that wasnt bad enough, he retired when his career division supermiddle finally got hot with the supersix.

calzaghe is worse than floyd.

[Enzo Calzaghe]

So even you have Hopkins winning 114-113.

When a "bias Brit" has no choice but to score against his own countryman that pretty much says it all, doesn't it?

Maybe for your next thread in this series you can analyze Calzaghe vs Manfredo Jr. I'd be curious to hear your count of how many slaps actually landed in that final flurry before Terry O'Connor jumped in to stop the fight.

Bloody facking ****!

Anyone 'as a fackin problem with Joe getting the facking decision can facking come to facking Newbridge and say it to me facking face!

Fackin 'opkins couldn't land facking shite and you facking fat yanks are facking blind! If Joe wasn't on the facking 'alf the fackin time he woulda facking kicked the facking crap outta that facking Ward. Ward is a facking **** and Joe woulda facking ruined 'im!

[Guest]

hopkins and roy both wayyyyy past prime in their 40s yet dropped calzaghe.

what would have happened had they fought in their primes???

calzaghe stayed in his division and decided to move up only when the legends were senior citizens.

if that wasnt bad enough, he retired when his career division supermiddle finally got hot with the supersix.

calzaghe is worse than floyd.

That's not all quite true. Obviously he was fighting a Hopkins who was two divisions heavier than he was in his prime, and that was only a flash KD anyway, I can excuse that.

Far more embarrassing was Roy Jones' granddad nearly KOing him a round.

As for the Super Six, Calzaghe retired when Froch was still fighting at domestic level. There's a fan myth that Calzaghe ducked Froch, but he was already retiring before Froch had entered world class.. the myth was largely put about by Froch himself, of course.

Though Froch's best-ever line was about Calzaghe: "his career's got more question marks than the Riddler's cat suit."

[Beercules]

[ShoulderRoll]

Technically he's not my countryman, of course, as I don't shag sheep.

The United Kingdom is a country that includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

http://www.infoplease.com/uk/languag...and-isles.html

[The Gambler1981]

Indeed thinking about Calzaghe's ***** fighting through spider webs punching technique does make the blood boil~

[-Kev-]

This is one of those fights you never rewatch. Props for actualy doing it