Calzaghe/Hopkins article

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I don't know

Were you?

Maybe you're having a Calzaghe bashing day?

Your comments.

Tarver looked awful beating Jones the 3rd time. He had been messing about with his weight making Rocky movies.

Fighting him at that point was an extremely shrewd pick from Hopkins. He was there for the taking.

So i comeback using Calzaghe as an example considering this is a Calzaghe and Hopkins thread yes ?? and i used the facts about most of Calzaghe's best opposition had looked garbage shortly before fighting Calzaghe. You keep bashing Hopkins but forget that your favorite fighter Calzaghe or one of your favorite fighters, has also done the same. But except Calzaghe was a big favorite in those fights i mentioned where as Hopkins was the underdog against Tarver.

I didn't bash Hopkins.

I PRAISED Hopkins for making an extremely shrewd fight pick.

Get your facts staight, son

You was taking credit away from Hopkins,

He was there for the taking.

Tarver looked awful beating Jones the 3rd time.

Fighting him at that point was an extremely shrewd pick from Hopkins.

You know what you was implying so don't try and twist it around, you was taking credit away from Hopkins. Even though Hopkins was a big underdog, and Hopkins gave Tarver a boxing lesson and won every single round. Hopkins deserves all the credit in the world for taking the risk to move up 2 weight divisions to beat Tarver.

No I wasn't taking credit away from Hopkins. YOU just assumed that.

Do you believe Hopkins would have fought Tarver if he didn't think he could beat him? Tarver was ready for the taking. Old BHOP recognised that. It takes skill and intelligence to recognise that type of thing.

Guys like you THOUGHT Hopkins was a big dog, guys like ME and old BHOP KNEW he could beat him.

Yes you was you was implying Tarver was there for the taking, even though hardly anyone thought that before the fight. You also tried to take credit away from Hopkins basing Tarver's performance against Jones in there rubber match, but lets not forget Jones was incredibly gun shy and was there to survive. And its hard to look good against someone who is there to survive but he still won easily by 9 rounds to 3 or 8 rounds to 4. Tarver was still a big favorite and Hopkins was considered the underdog by mostly everyone and he moved up 2 weight classes and took a major risk.

You just contradicted yourself with this comment.

Guys like you THOUGHT Hopkins was a big dog,

Now your the one assuming that i thought Hopkins was the big underdog when i never said that. I said *MOST* people considered Hopkins the underdog. I thought Hopkins would win but i thought he would win a close decision i don't think anyone could of predicted that Hopkins would of shut out Tarver.

Anyways i still think Calzaghe wins a UD 115-113, 116-113, 115-113.