Calzaghe-Hopkins: Do I Need Glasses?

I have seen hundreds of prizefights in the last 35 years. Two decisions stand out as erroneous. The most outrageous was the result of the Whitaker-Cesar-Chavez fight. The second was the split-decision awarded Joe Calzaghe.

First, let me say that I am both a Super Joe and B-Hop fan. They are arguably two of the top five pound for pound boxers of the last 20 years. But immediately after the verdict was rendered I double-checked my eyeglass prescription. I saw a contest very differently from that of the two judges who saw it for Calzaghe.

http://fightbeat.com/news_details.php?NW=21497

 

great read,

Hopkins won

 

Please don't get me started on Whitaker/JCC..............:doh:

 

Pea won and Pea also won the DLH fight

 

Jose Luis Ramirez anyone!!!!!

 

deserves a rematch? is this guy on crack? no one wants to see that shit. even hopkins expressed zero interest in the rematch.

 

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By Round 4 or 5, REED Expressed ZERO INTEREST N a RE as Well...


REED

 

Sour grapes, read about it in the paper tomorrow crybaby :: . You can bet this article would not have been written if the roles were reversed and Calzaghe fought the 'heroic' fight that Hopkins did, and rewarded himself some rest breaks, and ofcourse put the full emphasis on race heading into the fight, I wonder if anyone would be coming to Calzaghe's rescue like this..?..:laughing:

What is it about Hopkins?.. Why can't Americans stand him losing?.. Jermaine won the first 7 fucking rounds against Hopkins in thier first fight, and that was it, shut the book,.. but we hear "ROBBED, ROBBED, ROBBED!! AAAAAAAAH!!!!"... this fight is even more a desperate case of clutching at straws,.. it's pathetic, stiff shit, grit and bare it,.. Hopkins lost, AGAIN.

 

Hopkins never loses.. only gets "robbed"

 

Just another case of the white man keeping the brother down.........

 

dsimon writes:

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The one positive I take from the fight is the skeptaciscm regarding compubox numbers. It seems like now a days its all about throwing lots of punches, not effective punches. I don't like that trend.

In point of fact a case could be made for either guy winning the fight.

 

I think they should'a gave it to Hopkins..

I mean who really cares about Joe C?

 

pure garbage

 

I think there's been plenty of skepticism of Compubox for years.

It's like Lederman's scorecard. People usually only start quoting them when it supports their scorecard, and often when they're outnumbered in an argument or unable to come up with bettering reasoning.

 

This line certainly is:

"In fact, Hopkins on my scorecard won anywhere from 10 to all 12 rounds depending on how you score."

 

Holy fucking shit.

Cupey where do you find these people?

"depending on how you score" :: ::

Yes, if you score like a blind 5 year old with down syndrome, Hopkins won all 12 rounds.

What a fucktard.

 

Thats one terrible article ::

 

:crafty: This month, that Alexa rating is going doooowwwwwwwwwnnnn like a trombone note.

 

It's hilarious just how retarded this thing that wrote that "article" is.

I didn't realise that between round breathing factored into scoring rounds these days ::

What a cunt.

 

Or the fact that Hopkins tried to buy time twice late in the fight and his best round after the middle part of the figth came in the one he recieved a long rest after what looked like a tap on his cup.

 

dsimon writes:

I know man.... I mean what the fuck is Wales anyway? Is it Britian? Another country where Brits who love sheep go? I mean if Joe was a scrub would the Brits say he was a Brit? :dunno:

 

dsimon writes:

Doesn't everybody have at least one drunk uncle in the family who scores fights like Lederman?

Seriously point taken. I have never liked Compubox. Actually I recieved a lot of shit from Muse and Donny about my ideas about scoring fights.:: ld:

 

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Oh good lord! I wanted Hopkins to win baaaaadly. I despise Joe C. more then my own mother in law.......................but........................Hopkins did not win this fight.

He maybe could have. He's still one of the most technically skilled fighters on the planet, even at his age..................but he just doesn't seem able to pull the trigger in certain spots as he used to. Therefore, he did not win this fight.

 

According to Compubox Joe C. landed 1 out of every 3 punches thrown. Not even close. :doh:

 

Yeah good point, whether it was from tiredness or frustration, that was a VERY obvious ploy to either buy time or get Joe disqualified. A point that's strangely absent from the genius that wrote that article.

You have to admit it's pretty funny - the dregs Cupey manages to find to write articles for this site, but this one is perhaps the worst yet.

The most badly written, the worst sentiment, the worst logic, just the worst.

It's not surprising I've never heard of the "writer" who shat out this drivel, and probably won't ever see his name again.

 

:: Nicely put.

Seriously, that was the worst article I think I've ever read on this site. It even makes that character assassination of Jermain Taylor someone put out after Taylor-Pavlik II look like a fair, balanced piece of journalism. :shit:

And there are people who think it's the forums which cause this site to struggle... ::