Calzaghe and Hopkins were BOTH...

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  1. steve_dave

    steve_dave Hard As Fuck

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    ... absolute shit tonight. Bottom line, end of story.
     
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  2. OCAZ

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    I don't think it covers it also Hopkins is a moaning slag
     
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  3. Roll With The Punches

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    the mod has spoken: case closed

    no more discussion about this fight.........the 6 hours window to disucss the big fight has finished....3 threads have been made, which is way too many and they should be merged immediately
     
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    Shut it slag you sound like hopkins moaning:lol:
     
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  5. Mean Mr Mustard

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    That's what happens when you get two fighters with a combined age of 79, both wayyyyyyyyyyyyy past their prime and out of their optimal weight-classes.


    It should've happened 5 years ago....it didn't...so this is what we get.
    :dunno:
     
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  6. steve_dave

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    That sounds a lot like me.
     
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    steve_dave Hard As Fuck

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    Even though he won pretty clearly, I would like to note that Calzaghe started over 75% of the clinches.
     
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    PetreTG WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Hmmm ... I don't think I can agree with that. :nono:

    Bernard was the one constantly holding. Very craftily I might add . Whenever Joe got in close he was hooking and locking his right arm. And during the course of the fight , Bernard was one or 2 punch and hold. Most of the time leading with his head , as much as Evander ever did.
     
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  9. Mean Mr Mustard

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    Maybe too craftily for some folks to see who was actually initiating all the holding? :dunno:
     
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    PetreTG WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Maybe :lol:

    I know Cortez FINALLY warns Bernard for holding Calzahge's arm. :clap:

    Hell , fighting a non stop 2 fisted puncher like Calzaghe , you KNOW that was part of Hopkins plan to disrupt his flow.
     
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    Some of you are really starting to sound clueless.

    Who HAS looked good against Hopkins? He's so fucking tough, tricky, crafty and dirty that it's an absolute impossibility to look good against him, even if you win clearly.

    Nobody has ever looked good against Nard, not even Roy.
     
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  12. PetreTG

    PetreTG WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Calzaghe would stop Roy , because unlike Hopkins , Roy would try to box Calzaghe and not use all the crafty techniques Hopkins has honed over the years to disrupt Joe's rhythm.

    Calzaghe has the better chin and would tap Roy's chin to a KO around the 8th round.
     
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    Roy will dominate Joe
     
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    Man you really know how to pick em!
     
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    As REED Suspected, the SIGNIFICANCE of Calzaghe-Hopkins OUTWEIGHED the Actual Bout...

    What REALLY Sucks is Some CASUAL Fan Bought Into the HYPE Behind this Matchup & will Probably NEVER Watch Boxing Again...

    NEITHER Guy Looked Great Last Night...NEITHER Guy Looked like a Lb for Lb'der...


    REED:cool:
     
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    Correct:clap:

    It just happens in boxing that sometimes even the best fighters produce stinkers when their styles don't mix.
     
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  18. Neil

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    what were you guys expecting here?

    to me the fight was better than I anticipated. it did suuck tho.
     
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    There you have it! Guaranteed Calzaghe victory! :clap:

    :bears:
     
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    I wasn't expecting anything, I figured it would be crap... I know how Hopkins is. For some reason, Calzaghe's slaps were pissing me off way more than usual last night.

    I should let you guys know that I was absolutely obliterated when I made this thread before I went to bed. It was a long night.
     
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    Nothing too surprising about the fight. The styles simply didn't add up to a great fight on paper. More often than not the "conventional wisdom" is correct.
     
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    Compared to other Bernard Hopkins fights

    this was a barn burner. Hopkins makes everybody look bad, calzaghe included. This played out just like the robin reid fight, throw 2 or 3 punches then hold, repeat again and again.
     
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    I gotta agree. Hell no I would never want to watch it again,but considering it was BHOP fight,it was his most entertaining fight since Tito!! And hell that fight really wasn't even good at all:lol:
     
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    I enjoyed the fight because it was so fascinating and close - ultimately any fight carrying that kind of historical significance has me gripped by default. But I will never, EVER rewatch it. As far as action goes it ranks way down there as one of the worst fights we've seen this decade.:shit:
     
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    No way did calzaghe start 75% of the clinches. Hopkins started 90% of them.
     
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    The fight sucked because Hops is a stinker (& in that fight ,also a bitch)
     
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  27. Haymaker

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    Anyone remember the last exciting Hopkins fight?? If he ever had one?

    And no, the one-sided beating he gave Tito doesn't count, since it was one-sided. I mean an exciting fight with back and forth action.
     
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    Parts of the first Taylor fight, particularly late, were exciting.

    But overall...maybe the first Echols fight, or Johnson, or Mercardo.
     
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  29. Neil

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    the first echols fight
     
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    Both guys didn't perform to the best of their ability on the night, no doubt about that and the fight probably turned out the way everyone expected.
    B-Hop spoiling and roughing Calzaghe up while Joe was trying to pressure Hopkins through out the fight but I was really disappointed with Hopkins cheating acting hurt, that shit really pisses me off. :flip:
     
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