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IMO Joe wins this fight easy.

Even in Hopkins prime Calzaghe would have a very good chance at beating him.

The best way to beat a counter puncher is to throw puches in 2 or 3s.But Calzaghe throws them in 5 and 6s.

Hopkins has no chance.

Dont be suprised if Hopkins backs out of this fight last minute.
Hopkins has no chance?

Oh please. That's about gotdam ridiculous.

Joe hasn't fought anyone ANYONE remotely close to Hopkins level...& I am a massive fan of both fighters. Yes...Calzahge is fast. Yes he throws punches in bunches...but Hopkins has mastered the craft...& I mean mastered it.

Joe can be as fast as he wants & throw as much as he wants...but he'll have a hell of a lot harder time connecting on Bernard than any of the youngin's that he's bested over the last three or four years. If you can't look at it with an open mind & see two sides of the same coin...your'e just wasting breath.

Bernard is technically a better fighter & technically...he knows more tricks than Joe.

Joe is awkward & oddly enough a better fighter.

Being the better boxer is what's going to factor into this one.

While I do believe Bernard to be the better boxer...I still think that Calzaghe will most likely be the better fighter. I'd look to see him bully Bernard around more than he ever has been...but I don't see him stopping Hopkins...just outpointing him down the stretch.

Outclassing him...him not having a chance in hell of winning...ridiculous.

You can like Calzaghe & not give him the feminine tug...there's no shame in having an open mind.
CC Wacko. Its bout time you stick up for old B-hop. Even if he is a racist piece of S***. I still love him.
I've always taken up for the Nard...I'm just not a blind nut hugger.

There's a difference in being a "boxing fan" & "being a fan of boxing"...I consider myself both...but more of the later. That being said...more times...nine out of ten...being a "boxing fan" equates to being a bit of a "blind nut hugger". I have often fallen guilty of wearing one of all of those three quotable name tags from time to time & quite often I find myself loathing the wearer...that one being me...depending on witch fight's gracing the small screen.

In my later years of following the game I've become more likely to see both sides of the coin.

If you don't try to do that...you just end up being a blind follower & when your man get's beaten...it's the end of the world for you. Been there...done that.

In the end...I'd favor Hopkins more...if not for the fact that Joe's just so awkward & so accurate & so much faster. There'n lies the factors that bother me most.