Calzaghe/Hopkins

[Pugilistic]

People always seem to disregard how dirty Calzaghe actually was in that fight.

He was throwing low blows and rabbit punches throughout the whole fight. He even admitted to hitting Hopkins low in the 2nd round because he got knocked down.

Calzaghe Says Low Blow Against Hopkins Deliberate!!! on Boxing Daily

Hopkins was dirty but Calzaghe was no better.

This fight had no clear winner, Calzaghe was sloppy and inaccurate and Hopkins was over cautious. You either had Hopkins winning because he landed the cleaner harder punches or you had Calzaghe winning because he threw more and controlled the tempo.

I can agree with majority favoring Calzaghe because he controlled the tempo of the right later on, but it wasn't a clear win.

LOL, I wondered when ya would get involved in this one bud.

Thing is would Joe have been as dirty IF Hopkins fought a clean fight ?

I doubt it, Joe is not a dirty fighter by nature, he simply responded to what was happening to him

Joe won this fight by a landslide

No, probably not. Thats the thing though, being dirty is apart of Hopkins style.

The thing with the thread starter is, he criticize's Hopkins for being dirty and totally ignores the fact that Joe fought dirty himself. It's just unfair.

The only thing clear about that fight was that it was shit to watch.