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

[SalTheButcher]

Has the thought crossed anyones minds yet that it might not be hopkins who will dictate the tempo of the fight?

That perhaps calzaghe has the ringcraft and ability to dictate the pace of the fight and to make hopkins fight the way he wants. To me it seems that calzaghe can counter, fight at distance, infight/scrap...he was the one who started dictating the pace and fight in the kessler fight. He has shown it many times before.

I think people are underrestimating calzaghe's own ability to dictate the pace and style of fight.

Of course hopkins is fantastic at doing this, BUT if youve watched calzaghe's fights over the years like i have, then you know that calzaghe dictates his fights.

As for 'non straight punching, ive got to say that is the most stupid comments ive ever heard about calzaghe.

Do you know who else didnt use many straight punches, his name was MIKE TYSON.

Sorry guys, he threw many straight punches against kessler and lacy. In his career his always shown good jabs and right crosses, the calzaghe jab is a brilliant jab...i dont know what planet you guys are on.

You cant just look at the manfredo fight, manfredo didnt throw one punch in that fight, he was simply getting hammered by all sorts of punches and just covered up, he couldnt even take his gloves away from his face it was ridiculous.

the issue with calzaghes punches is that he doesnt know how to throw punches


he throws arm punches, and he taps people, which is why people think he is fast


there is a story that calzaghes father knew NOTHING about boxing, and calzaghe wanted to be a figher, so his father went out and got a book about boxing and used it to teach calzaghe how to throw punches, i guess he didnt comprehend what he read cuz calzaghes punching technique is awful

Sorry fella, you havent said whether or not you will agree though that you are WRONG and your boxing knowledge is pretty awful should calzaghe beat hopkins, pavlik and dawson

If calzaghe comes to america and batters all the american champs then will you admit you dont really know much?

If he doesnt, then i will put my hands up and wont make any excuses...BUT WILL YOU

Or will you make an excuse for every fighter hes fought?

If calzaghe is such a weak, crap slapper how come he beat lacy, beat kessler, beat eubank, beat mitchell and beat reid

Ali was a 'slapper' compared to foreman, but ali is the greatest fighter of all time.

What does it make kessler, lacy and eubank? What will it make bhop, pavlik and dawson should he beat them?

What if he batters bhop and totally schools him?

Lets wait n see what happens, who knows, maybe you are correct and joe is a horrible boxer who has no punch.

What you say about him fighting manfredo is a pile of garbage, DONT WATCH THE MANFREDO FIGHT AND RATE JOE ON THAT PATHETIC PERFORMANCE, MANFREDO IS A TOTAL BUM, THAT WAS A JOKE FIGHT!!!

Manfredo went the distance with lacy, he took all of lacy's shots easily...does lacy not hit hard? Sorry lol, before the calzaghe fight wasnt lacy being touted as the ko expert?

Please though mate, IF YOU ARE WRONG will you admit you dont know much about boxing then?

Certainly if im wrong then i will put my hands up and admit it the very next day!

ive seen calzaghe fight many times and dont base what i think about him on one fight, and yes manfredo is a bum, and lacy showed that he is close to a bum by having a competitive fight with manfredo


i think lacy turned out to have ZERO defense and i think if it wasnt for an accidental headbutt lacy would have lost to typsko before getting a belt and we never would have seen the calzaghe fight


i cant imagine calzaghe doing anytthing in this fight, i expect it to be like wright soliman, and unless hopkins turns out to be osteoporosis ridden or something i cannot imagine him losing this fight


and wasnt eubank like 42 when he fought calzaghe?



i bet anything that calzaghe starts calling out sven ottke again

[LondonBB]

the issue with calzaghes punches is that he doesnt know how to throw punches


he throws arm punches, and he taps people, which is why people think he is fast


there is a story that calzaghes father knew NOTHING about boxing, and calzaghe wanted to be a figher, so his father went out and got a book about boxing and used it to teach calzaghe how to throw punches, i guess he didnt comprehend what he read cuz calzaghes punching technique is awful

Sorry fella, you havent said whether or not you will agree though that you are WRONG and your boxing knowledge is pretty awful should calzaghe beat hopkins, pavlik and dawson

If calzaghe comes to america and batters all the american champs then will you admit you dont really know much?

If he doesnt, then i will put my hands up and wont make any excuses...BUT WILL YOU

Or will you make an excuse for every fighter hes fought?

If calzaghe is such a weak, crap slapper how come he beat lacy, beat kessler, beat eubank, beat mitchell and beat reid

Ali was a 'slapper' compared to foreman, but ali is the greatest fighter of all time.

What does it make kessler, lacy and eubank? What will it make bhop, pavlik and dawson should he beat them?

What if he batters bhop and totally schools him?

Lets wait n see what happens, who knows, maybe you are correct and joe is a horrible boxer who has no punch.

What you say about him fighting manfredo is a pile of garbage, DONT WATCH THE MANFREDO FIGHT AND RATE JOE ON THAT PATHETIC PERFORMANCE, MANFREDO IS A TOTAL BUM, THAT WAS A JOKE FIGHT!!!

Manfredo went the distance with lacy, he took all of lacy's shots easily...does lacy not hit hard? Sorry lol, before the calzaghe fight wasnt lacy being touted as the ko expert?

Please though mate, IF YOU ARE WRONG will you admit you dont know much about boxing then?

Certainly if im wrong then i will put my hands up and admit it the very next day!

ive seen calzaghe fight many times and dont base what i think about him on one fight, and yes manfredo is a bum, and lacy showed that he is close to a bum by having a competitive fight with manfredo


i think lacy turned out to have ZERO defense and i think if it wasnt for an accidental headbutt lacy would have lost to typsko before getting a belt and we never would have seen the calzaghe fight


i cant imagine calzaghe doing anytthing in this fight, i expect it to be like wright soliman, and unless hopkins turns out to be osteoporosis ridden or something i cannot imagine him losing this fight


and wasnt eubank like 42 when he fought calzaghe?



i bet anything that calzaghe starts calling out sven ottke again

Please just answer the question mate.

IF Calzaghe beats all the american champions in their own back yard, then will you finally rate him as the greatest fighter out there?

IF HE BEATS hopkins, pavlik and the winner of woods/tarver/johnson/dawson...will you admit you are wrong and rate him as p4p number 1?

Or will you make excuses up about every one of those fighters aswell?

Let me guess, hopkins is 'past it', dawson is 'inexperienced and a bum who was overhyped just like lacy' and pavlik is 'a big hitter who was inexperienced and moving up in weight'...am i correct?

Or will you finally rate joe as p4p number 1?

I personally believe he will smack the fuk out of all the u.s fighters as super middle and light heavy.

Oh by the way, what is your excuse for calzaghe beating kessler? Is kessler an 'overated, useless european fighter that couldnt handle being slapped?' or something.

Face it mate, something has to give...if you are wrong and calzaghe smashes up all the us champions, you cant seriously keep this 'hes a slapper, he doesnt know how to punch, he only knows how to swing and brawl, he has no power' attitude up Surely not

So...after this fight, do we have a deal mate? If you are wrong you admit that you dont know anything about calzaghe. If i am wrong then i will put my hands up and apologise and then leave the forum even.

Is that a deal?