Quote Originally Posted by Deanrw
Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Hopkins is somewhat of a dirty fighter. So the chance of him getting DQ'ed and Calzaghe winning is there. My opinion on the names listed is

Jones- I see Calzaghe being competitive with Jones. But Jones by UD
Pavlik/Taylor- I would make Joe the favored over both
Dawson- I see Chad being to big, to strong and to young for Joe
Johnson- No way this happens. Joe already ducked him 3 times. He would make it 4 if the opportunity presented itself
I agree, well mostly anyway :-)
I can see Calzaghe beating Hopkins, because Hopkins has the bad habit of waiting and waiting and waiting... Hopkins will not be able to maintain Calzaghe's pace and is simply too slow of a starter these days.

I cannot see Calzaghe beating Jones. Even Jones at this stage of his career, would tame Calzaghe IMO. His speed will neutralize Calzaghe's punch output and Joe will not hit hard enough for Jones to go into a shell. Joe will be the one that slows his output for fear of getting nailed with counter punches. Jones wins this.
Ok, so you can see Calzaghe beating Hopkins because Hopkins won't be able to keep up at Calzaghe's pace, a pace I might add that Hop wouln'dt try to maintain in the first place. Why? because that's not how he fights. But he does win fights. And to touch on Jones/Calzaghe, if speed can tame Calzaghe, why can't being extremely experienced and cagey neutralize as well? Oh, and very good rough inside fighting.
Oh, I would like to see Calzaghe/Jones or Hopkins/Pavlik please.