Thread: Calzaghe's Win Over Hopkins.................

How does Calzaghe's win over Hopkins rate in the all time wins for the UK against USA ??

On paper quite higjly, yet it wasn't as unexpected as Honyghan's victory.

Nor Robinson/Turpin

IMO it automatically outranks Benn-McClellan, as I'll go to my grave feeling only the ref carried Nigel Benn through that first round. Maybe not on par with Lennox beating Evander though.

To be honest I thought BHop came out of this fight better than Calzaghe.

Joe was expected to win, BHop was 43 years old. In the end it was a razor thin win for Calzaghe in a fight in which it really could have gone the other way given a different set of judges.

I thought Calzgaghe would win a relatively comfortable decision but the Nard almost pulled it out.

Originally Posted by Bilbo

To be honest I thought BHop came out of this fight better than Calzaghe.

Joe was expected to win, BHop was 43 years old. In the end it was a razor thin win for Calzaghe in a fight in which it really could have gone the other way given a different set of judges.

I thought Calzgaghe would win a relatively comfortable decision but the Nard almost pulled it out.

Totally agree Bilbo have some rep.

The ref carried Hopkins through the fight or he would have been stopped. With a fair ref Calzaghe would have won much more clearly than he did.

Originally Posted by Bilbo

To be honest I thought BHop came out of this fight better than Calzaghe.

Joe was expected to win, BHop was 43 years old. In the end it was a razor thin win for Calzaghe in a fight in which it really could have gone the other way given a different set of judges.

I thought Calzgaghe would win a relatively comfortable decision but the Nard almost pulled it out.

hit the nail on the head there!

I see that some people said that this fight was robbery , but in my opinion i saw that fight Calzaghe winning , he won clearly , in the first round that was BH did good , after that he looked tire and been holding all the time .I think that we have to admire BH because at his age of 43 years he keep an try making a competitive fights and i like that , but now he have to think that in this Div. he will going face with other more young and going find more problem , i don't know if have to retire , but i see that his prime is going down now.........

joe didn't look good at all.

i would not rate it high as he was meant to overwhelm hopkins and win easy but it ended as a really close fight.

Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

The ref carried Hopkins through the fight or he would have been stopped. With a fair ref Calzaghe would have won much more clearly than he did.

Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

The ref carried Hopkins through the fight or he would have been stopped. With a fair ref Calzaghe would have won much more clearly than he did.

bEST POST ABOUT THE FIGHT.

Whoa! Hopkins getting stopped? Didnt see that. I did see Hopkins cheaply try to get a breather, but getting stopped? lol.

As far as "How big was the win for the UK?" It was big for Joe, regardless of what the fight looked like. As for it being big for the UK, well, it's nowhere near anything Lennox did, but it's still a win over a legend, in his country.

If Lacy would have beat Joe, where would that rate for a U.S fighter? HMM............... Joe deserves credit, good for him.

Originally Posted by Unknowndonor

Whoa! Hopkins getting stopped? Didnt see that. I did see Hopkins cheaply try to get a breather, but getting stopped? lol.

As far as "How big was the win for the UK?" It was big for Joe, regardless of what the fight looked like. As for it being big for the UK, well, it's nowhere near anything Lennox did, but it's still a win over a legend, in his country.

If Lacy would have beat Joe, where would that rate for a U.S fighter? HMM............... Joe deserves credit, good for him.

The ref was protecting Nard as if he was his son. Without that protection Nard wouldve got KTFOd, and you know it.

Well you have to rate this as Calzaghe's biggest victory because, well he went to the states to do it. I'd say it goes like this. Not as legendary as Honneyghan but certainly it ranks up there as one of the greatest on paper even though I agree with those in the thread that think Joe didn't look all to spectacular.