Quote Originally Posted by death View Post
Calzaghe's hands were bothering him in the Sakio Bika fight. They are gonna hurt even worse fighting Hopkins. It is likely that Hopkins is figuring out the best way to break Calzaghe's hands. Maybe with his elbows, perhaps when Clazaghe throws one of his wild uppercuts. He has probably been practicing lowering his head at the precise moment so that when the pulpous handed fighter throws a punch it lands on the hard part of the noggin. Whatever Hops game plan is, I think it's safe to say that trying to breaking calzaghe's hands will at least be a part of it.
I find that very difficult to imagine. Its seldom that trying to break an opponents hands has been a means of trying to get the win. Maybe trying to force a cut through head butts I can imagine...but to conciously think that a viable means of winning is to break a hand. Nah, can't see it. Not that I dont think Calzaghe may have hand issues in the fight. Its happened before. Calzaghe doesnt unload with power like he used to though. When required he can up the power as we saw in that bruising body shot that got Kessler but in general Joe looks to win rounds with his high output rather than put the hurt on his opponents. Im hoping the hands play no part in this though, because Calzaghe deserves this opportunity and it would be nice to see him play out the end of his career as I always thought he could.