Round by Round: Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe

I agree with that.

 

::....right...

 

based on that fact that he'd beat hopkins head-to-head

 

It wasn't close at all

but hopkins fought damn well for a guy over 40. He fought well but i had calzaghe 117-110.

 

Oh yeah!

 

Oh man, if you had Hopkins winning you need to stop watching boxing.

Calzaghe was the aggressor, controlled the pace, and landed almost twice as many punches.

Nard won the first 3 rounds, Calzaghe won EVERY round after that.

9 rounds to 3 Calzaghe.

 

Thta´s why Joe never fought Ottke in Germany. Same shitty tactical fight, but German judges have more repsect for their countryman unlike Chuck Gayamba.

 

I didn't see a "fight that could have gone either way."

I had Calzaghe winning 115-112.

The absolute best I can see is 7-5 in rounds for Calzaghe.

There's a reason Hopkins was looking for point deductions late.

Peace.

 

Hopkins is smokin.:laughing:

 

HOPKINS...

"Everyone but the brits know i won the fight"..

"He was missing a ALOT...if he threw 5 he landed with 2... or something"
"I TOOK a guy to school..i made him fight my fight HALF OF THE FIGHT" ::

 

Hopkins: "look at my face...."

:: :: ::

 

Case in point: Bernard's interview.

 

Hopkins just took a shit on Kellerman stupid FACE....

 

If someone scored that fight for Nard, they seriously need to stop watching boxing.

I like Nard a lot, I thought he swept the first 3, and I honestly thought Calzaghe was doomed, I was sure nard would win. He just looked too crafty.

But shit, as soon as Calzaghe found his rhythm he won every fucking round.

 

Calzaghe outworked Hopkins to the point that Hops needed to take a break and catch his breath and like you said, look for point deductions as well.

 

:: at Hopkins.

"I took him to school"

"This was a boxing execution"

"I made it look easy"

 

That's why the whole crowd's booing his ass. :: :laughing:

 

He lost the 10th. What rhythhm? Neither guy was landing sh*t. That fight was so fuckin shitty, it was like a running UFC ad.

 

The crowd is mostly brits

 

I thought Calzaghe won the 3rd, and I thought Hops won the 6th and 10th because he landed cleaner counters and landed that good lead left hook.

Nevertheless, I had it 8-4 in rounds. Competitive, but clear.

Peace.

 

Now we get Roy Jones fighting Calzaghe. His lead right hand is the key to winning the fight :bears:

 

You know even in those first three shitty rounds I could still see that Calzaghe would win this fight. That's why I suckered fat Joe into betting me. I could still tell he was about to get into a rhythm and come back.

 

Both guys did the best they could do,and the best man won:bears:

Mad props to Joe:clap:

Also,those two acting performances by BHop was his way of deciding if he wanted to quit or not!!

 

Donny, the 10th was the only round that I had to consider. It was confusing because of the break in the action.

I gave it to Calzaghe, but it could have been a Nard round. He looked fresh after the break

Either way, that fight was 8-4 at worst.

If you scored that fight for nard, you seriously need to stop watching boxing.

It was an ugly fight, but Calzaghe came forward, threw more punches, landed almost twice as many punches, controlled the pace, made nard retreat etc etc.

If Nard won that fight, then Oscar won his fight against Hopkins.

 

Yep, props for predicting it at that stage.

Even though I picked Joe, the way Hopkins swept the first 3, and Calzaghe looked a bit clumsy, I really thought he would win.

Joe is such a strange fighter. He REALLY needs to find his rhythm. He's either there or he's not, and there's a huge difference between the joe that's in his rhythm or not.

 

Yet if that was Mosley beating Vargas, Mayweather beating DeLaHoya, or Roy Jones beating Tito, he'd say:

"They're both not at their bests... so neither fighter has an excuse for losing."

 

The 6th was very close and I thought Hops edged it by countering with clean flurries off the ropes.

The 10th was pretty clear to me, IMHO. After the low-blow break where Hops got quite a breather; I thought it was pretty clear that Hops won that round...Joe took a while to get back into rhythm and in the process took quite a few clean shots from Hops and was inaccurate in return.

As for the rest of the post....I made the same point that it was a clear Calz win, stop copying and pasting that crap. :tease: ::

 

That's why they BOOED Calzaghe on his way to the ring. :nono:

 

Roy Jones would be the cherry

on top of the cake. He is the upper echelon of all boxers, with some of the other younger champions playing second fiddle. It would be a major surprise if Calzaghe could beat jones.

 

They cheered him to the ring.