Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Calzaghe I and result of a hypothetical rematch

[Dia bando]

It' 'seem's old Joe leave's a nasty taste in some of your mouth's
O yes Undefeated Undisputed Champion Of The World.? Ha Ha

[erics44]

The fight was easy to score

8-4 to calzaghe, and add the knockdown to that

Yes hopkins probably landed the best 4 or 5 punches of the fight but thats all he landed

i can see both sides to the argument on a lot of fights but i cant understand how anyone can score that fight to bhop

The result would be similar although joe could get out of the blocks quicker and win by more

[Althugz]

Bernard won this fight easily under the rules of "boxing", heck if you put a bet on in the 12th round for a JC victory, you would have made a killing.

Cleaner, harder shots - He could have been busier but why does it matter when your opponent isn't landing effective punches. (Landed more punches on Hopkins than Roy Jones, my left nut!)

Again I refer to this wonderful stoppage from this barrage of bitch slaps whilst Daddy Enzo holds Joe's handbag...and again I say, FUCK Joe Calzaghe..



I hope he's still arrogant enough to come out of retirement so he can take a blemish on that BS undefeated record of his

[TitoFan]

I don't know........ the ref did step in and prevented Manfredo's cheeks from becoming seriously reddened.

[erics44]

Wo


Why are people so bitter about calzaghe?

[TitoFan]

Not bitter at all, bro. But i HAVE seen more meaningful combinations thrown by middle-aged women fighting over a Kmart "blue-light special".

[erics44]

Not bitter at all, bro. But i HAVE seen more meaningful combinations thrown by middle-aged women fighting over a Kmart "blue-light special".

That sounds bitter

[Pugilistic]

I thought Bernard edged it 114-113.

Close fight with hard to score rounds.

Hopkins did the better work early where Calzaghe did better in the second half of the fight.

The majority of fans favored Calzaghe which i have no problem with.

[johnsebastianmiran]

Plain and simple Joe C. maybe not impressively but he did win. If he came out of retirement to fight Hopkins, B. would send him packing this time.

[JonnyFolds]

This is one of those fights that baffles me when people try to score it for a guy who threw like 350 punches in 12 rounds (Hopkins). Hopkins was buying all the time he could get in the last 3 rounds by faking the low blows. HBO shows clear replays of shots landing on the belt and some not even landing at all with Hopkins reacting like a maimed duck.

The KD never had joe in trouble. He was off balance, but yes, effectively hit on the chin.

Hopkins is one TOUGH cat. He was obviously out of energy in the last 3 rounds and was buying time. If Joe's punches were so Slappy and soft why did he seem so fatigued and overwhelmed? Why didn't he answer with fists instead of looking right at the judge during the match.
And those low blows... really? The ref never saw them, and was giving Hopkins the benefit of the doubt every time he reacted. Hopkins is crafty. realllly crafty.

Joe has no interest in boxing anymore. He cannot compete on that level anymore, and I wish him well in retirement. He's not going to give us swansong after swansong like RJJ. Hopkins on the other hand has earned a new level of respect from me after the two Pascal fights..

Hopkins prob loses the rematch narrowly

[C.J.Rock]

It' 'seem's old Joe leave's a nasty taste in some of your mouth's
O yes Undefeated Undisputed Champion Of The World.? Ha Ha

Easy to be undefeated when you duck most of your dangerous opponents & get decisions which he no way in hell deserves if he does. Hopkins won 115-113 & thats being generous to Slappy.
The proof of the pudding was when Nard offered the Welsh Wonder a rematch in his home country, in front of Calzaghe's fans who'd followed him throughout his career, What a way for Joe to repay those fans, BUT what does Joe do?? Joe RETIRES!!! to go sniffiin, drinkin, chasin ho's & killing innocent little rabbits.
Calzaghe a true chamion you say

[Dia bando]

It' 'seem's old Joe leave's a nasty taste in some of your mouth's
O yes Undefeated Undisputed Champion Of The World.? Ha Ha

Easy to be undefeated when you duck most of your dangerous opponents & get decisions which he no way in hell deserves if he does. Hopkins won 115-113 & thats being generous to Slappy.
The proof of the pudding was when Nard offered the Welsh Wonder a rematch in his home country, in front of Calzaghe's fans who'd followed him throughout his career, What a way for Joe to repay those fans, BUT what does Joe do?? Joe RETIRES!!! to go sniffiin, drinkin, chasin ho's & killing innocent little rabbits.
Calzaghe a true chamion you say

Can't remember Joe doing hard time, but if I recall Bernardo did a nasty crime if I remember, from zero to hero a great roll model not really in the words of Mr king Only In America.
Get back behind the garden gate carry on Barking.

[Master]

The fight was a stinker and that was mainly due to Hopkins, no way could he keep up with Joe. No body wanted to see a return of that fight, if Joe won on B Hop’s turf, there was no need to fight again.

I agree Joe wasted a large portion of his career and tried to make amends near the end of his career, so Roy Jones was logically the next fight for him. He had beaten 2 young undefeated fighters and 2 old legends.

[Dia bando]

The fight was a stinker and that was mainly due to Hopkins, no way could he keep up with Joe. No body wanted to see a return of that fight, if Joe won on B Hop’s turf, there was no need to fight again.

I agree Joe wasted a large portion of his career and tried to make amends near the end of his career, so Roy Jones was logically the next fight for him. He had beaten 2 young undefeated fighters and 2 old legends.

I agree with you but injury did stop him from fighting on many occasion's, Joe had bad hand trouble
all through his career,let's face fact's in boxing you hand's are your tool's.
At the end of his career he was no spring chicken, himself, but I agree he did waste a large part of his
career.

[Master]

Yes Joe had hand trouble, just imagine if he did not he would have stopped Lacy and Kessler for sure. Reember he had elbow problems against Starie, which was a poor fight and against Robin Reid. He came back against Omar Sheika and never looked back.