Hopkins Won In My Eyes

Most likely.Remember this all started over two guys fighting in a street somewhere.The sport of boxing that is.Take out all the mumbo jumbo point shit and just see who throws more and who lands more and usually that's your man.People may laugh but look at it this guy didn't seriously hurt Hopkins but he sure as hell went after him didn't he,he did throw alot of "pitty pat" shit and what did Hopkins do cover up and shoot 1 punch at a time and hold.It's clear as day who is holding,Joe is throwing and Hopkins is clinching.Even when Hopkins waived his arms in the 11th I believe he threw 2 shots and held on to Joe.

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Originally Posted by Lyle

....well if we scored the fight your way Pernell Whittaker would never have won a single fight

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Whitaker used to land solid jabs and straight left hands, Whitaker never threw pitter patter punches, and lets not forget his opponents couldn't even touch him ;)

Calzaghe won the fight.I had it nip & tuck but Calzaghe was coming on later when Hopkins fell into the Damn wait around mode late.Just the way I saw it,period.

By no means was it the trouncing and over whelming of Hopkins some were predicting though.Respect is due both fighters!

Hopkins loses fights by being lazy and giving away rounds...he lost to Taylor that way and he lost to Calzaghe that way

Whittiker never left the Parish to avoid the Punch he wasnt a Bottle job.

all i will say is I had it even - but damn those rounds were hard to score

had one man nicked it 114-1113 on the deciding score then fair enough


thought 116-111 was a bit off the mark mind :rolleyes:

Very very hard to score, especially rounds 3 & 4. Hopkins did better than I thought he would, but it would be very hard to make a case for him winning with his work rate and punches thrown. I had it 115-112 for Calzaghe, but would not argue with 114-113.

Round 1 Hopkins 10-8
Round 2 Hopkins 10-9
Round 3 Hopkins 10-9 Could have gone either way imo
Round 4 Calzaghe 10-9 Could have gone either way imo
Round 5 Calzaghe 10-9
Round 6 Calzaghe 10-9
Round 7 Calzaghe 10-9
Round 8 Calzaghe 10-9
Round 9 Calzaghe 10-9
Round 10 Hopkins 10-9 Could have gone either way imo
Round 11 Calzaghe 10-9
Round 12 Calzaghe 10-9

I had it 7-5 Calzaghe, one point win with the knockdown. The most I could see Calzaghe winning by is 2-3 points because of pure work rate.

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Originally Posted by superheavyrhun

The only thing that kept Hopkins in the fight was one good punch in the first round giving him an early advantage.

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Yes. Plus it definitely slowed Calzaghe for the first three rounds, he didn't really get going till round four. But that makes his victory all the more great. Making your Vegas debut, getting knocked down in the first minute of the first round, then getting butted fouled and cheated for twelve rounds and a biased referee and Calzaghe still won.

rd 1: 10 - 8 Hopkins
rd 2: 10 - 9 Hopkins
rd 3: 10 - 9 Hopkins
rd 4: 9 - 10 Calzaghe
rd 5: 9 - 10 Calzaghe
rd 6: 10 - 9 Hopkins
rd 7: 10 - 9 Hopkins
rd 8: 9 - 10 Calzaghe
rd 9: 9 - 10 Calzaghe
rd 10: 10- 9 Hopkins
rd 11: 9 - 10 Calzaghe
rd 12: 9 - 10 Calzaghe

114 - 113 Hopkins

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Originally Posted by Pacstraightleft

Yeah.

Hopkins won an Oscar for best actor.

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More like best actress because he was acting like a real BITCH.

Ugly fight. I give the nod to Joe barely. i had Joe winning 7-5, plus 1 for BHOP, for the knockdown. Could have been scored even, but the main reason Joe got the decision, and deserved the desicision, is because BHOP made Joe fight BHOP's fight at first, but then Joe switched it, and BHOP couldn't switch it back, or make proper adjustments, besides trying to catch an extra breather on some cheap shat. Now with that being said, when it was BHOP's fight, it was dominating, Joe's wasn't. But, Joe's run was through more rounds. IMO, if this fight happened a few years ago, BHOP wins for sure.

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Originally Posted by Lyle

....well if we scored the fight your way Pernell Whittaker would never have won a single fight

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Whitaker made a lot more of his punche then Calzaghe does. Look at the Chavez fight and the power shots Whitaker was throwing that night. Calzaghe's punches are literally slaps.

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Originally Posted by amat

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Originally Posted by Lyle

....well if we scored the fight your way Pernell Whittaker would never have won a single fight

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Whitaker made a lot more of his punche then Calzaghe does. Look at the Chavez fight and the power shots Whitaker was throwing that night. Calzaghe's punches are literally slaps.

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More hate.

Well, he rocked hopkins in the 10th with a 'slap', he floored eubank with a 'slap', he floored lacy in the final round with a 'slap'.

Beaten lacy, kessler, hopkins, reid, eubank, has a record of 45,0,0 and been champ for 11 years, now a two weight champ.

Nor bad for a 'slapper with no power'. :rolleyes:

It doesnt take a genius to work out that a 'slapper with no power' doesnt get to be 45,0,0 champ at two weight divisions and champ for 11 years without being good at something?

Whats he good at? What are joes good points? Or is it all fluke? Is he a cheater or something? A conspiracy?

Surely you must have something good to say about a champ such as calzaghe?

Atm you seem like a hater, whatever he does, whoever he beats you will never rate him.

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Originally Posted by southakron314

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Originally Posted by tysonbruno

Hopkins won in my eyes Calzaghe didn't do enough to take it

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Hopkins landed the cleaner shots. Calzaghe fights like a kitten and could not hurt Hopkins. Hopkins hurt Calzaghe on the other hand.

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O RLY? Who held like a beeyotch for dear life COUNTLESS of times, who NEEDED to rest for an eternity in boxing, who RAN all night long like a puyee, who looked as if he didnt want to be WITHIN TEN FEET from the mighty JoeCal? :rolleyes: