Hate to say it but..Hopkins might do a number on Calzaghe!!!

[Violent Demise]

Loves ruining a southpaw and is a classic counter puncher even at his age...
Vastly experienced and dirty with it plus Joe has NO experience at Light Heavy at all.
Just think he might have the awkward style to frustrate Cally and grind out a street war.
Just a gut feeling
Yours?

I agree. Hopkins is beating Calzaghe ass

[RP33]

Loves ruining a southpaw and is a classic counter puncher even at his age...
Vastly experienced and dirty with it plus Joe has NO experience at Light Heavy at all.
Just think he might have the awkward style to frustrate Cally and grind out a street war.
Just a gut feeling
Yours?

I agree. Hopkins is beating Calzaghe ass

one can only hope VD.

This fight is totally sneaking up on me.. i've been so busy with school work and stuff, the fight is right around the corner.. Def my most anticipated of the year til now..

I hope Hopkins makes it a dirty ass fight, and the vegas judges score a close fight which could go either way, a UD for Hopkins just like Joe has gotten some gifts in the past ..

[ICB]

Loves ruining a southpaw and is a classic counter puncher even at his age...
Vastly experienced and dirty with it plus Joe has NO experience at Light Heavy at all.
Just think he might have the awkward style to frustrate Cally and grind out a street war.
Just a gut feeling
Yours?

I agree. Hopkins is beating Calzaghe ass

one can only hope VD.

This fight is totally sneaking up on me.. i've been so busy with school work and stuff, the fight is right around the corner.. Def my most anticipated of the year til now..

I hope Hopkins makes it a dirty ass fight, and the vegas judges score a close fight which could go either way, a UD for Hopkins just like Joe has gotten some gifts in the past ..

Joe has gotten some *gifts* in the past ?? the only close fight he has ever had is against Robin Reid so i don't understand what you mean by *gifts*.

[Violent Demise]

I agree. Hopkins is beating Calzaghe ass

one can only hope VD.

This fight is totally sneaking up on me.. i've been so busy with school work and stuff, the fight is right around the corner.. Def my most anticipated of the year til now..

I hope Hopkins makes it a dirty ass fight, and the vegas judges score a close fight which could go either way, a UD for Hopkins just like Joe has gotten some gifts in the past ..

Joe has gotten some *gifts* in the past ?? the only close fight he has ever had is against Robin Reid so i don't understand what you mean by *gifts*.

Joe got a gift when the ref stopped his fight with Byron Mitchell prematurely. Even though Mitchell landed the last punch.

[Kev]

I think it will be a really tough fight for Joe. As ICE says traditionally the fighters Calzaghe has had the most trouble with are those who employ rough house tactics and try to turn the fight into a physical brawl with headbutts, elbows, clinches etc.

There is nobody better at that in the whole of boxing than the Nard so it is a worry.

When you factor in that he is something like 11-0 against southpaws or something crazy, and on home turf, you really must like the odds that are on Hopkins.

It wouldn't suprise me if Joe gets caught like he's never been caught before and even hits the deck.

I see B Hops withering shots becoming more and more of a factor as the fight goes on.

It won't be an easy win for Joe at all in my mind.


Tough fight, made even tougher by the fact that most uneducated fans feel he should win easily. He's on something of a hiding to nothing.

[Mar]

....hopkins has the ability to beat anyone, joe is no different. Joe is probably going to be favored by most understandably, but how many times has hopkins been in that situation. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see hopkins win. It's a golden boy event, joe is a foreigner, american judges etc...all that stuff doesn't matter joe knows all this going in so that is more reason for him to cleary win this fight. The last thing we need is a close fight with a bunch of excuses afterward...he knows what he's up against yet he still signed the contract.....no excuses.

[Violent Demise]

I think it will be a really tough fight for Joe. As ICE says traditionally the fighters Calzaghe has had the most trouble with are those who employ rough house tactics and try to turn the fight into a physical brawl with headbutts, elbows, clinches etc.

There is nobody better at that in the whole of boxing than the Nard so it is a worry.

When you factor in that he is something like 11-0 against southpaws or something crazy, and on home turf, you really must like the odds that are on Hopkins.

It wouldn't suprise me if Joe gets caught like he's never been caught before and even hits the deck.

I see B Hops withering shots becoming more and more of a factor as the fight goes on.

It won't be an easy win for Joe at all in my mind.


Tough fight, made even tougher by the fact that most uneducated fans feel he should win easily. He's on something of a hiding to nothing.

Add to the fact that Hopkins would never lose to a "White Boy." There's no doubt Calzaghe is losing his 0.

[Fenster]

Can someone tell me why Hopkin's record against southpaws is such an important factor in their reasoning?

Calzaghe's never lost to an orthodox fighter.

[RP33]

I agree. Hopkins is beating Calzaghe ass

one can only hope VD.

This fight is totally sneaking up on me.. i've been so busy with school work and stuff, the fight is right around the corner.. Def my most anticipated of the year til now..

I hope Hopkins makes it a dirty ass fight, and the vegas judges score a close fight which could go either way, a UD for Hopkins just like Joe has gotten some gifts in the past ..

Joe has gotten some *gifts* in the past ?? the only close fight he has ever had is against Robin Reid so i don't understand what you mean by *gifts*.

by "gifts" i don't mean gift decisions, or anything specifically to the extent that Calzaghe got a win that he didn't completely deserve.. With the exception of few fights, Calzaghe has clearly beaten his opposition, don't get me wrong..

what i'm saying is that he's constantly been fighting at home, with everything possible on his side.. The Robin Reid decision goes under this category, VD mentioned the Mitchell fight when Calzaghe first hit the deck, and there could have been controversy in that stoppage.. Even though Manfredo had no chance in hell to win their fight, but it was still one of, if not the worst stoppages i have seen.. He constantly has had this subconscious pampering.. that's all im saying.