Who hits Harder ??? Hopkins or Calzaghe

[bzkfn]

Nowadays, I think Joe hits harder. A body punch nearly had Kesller down, something that has never happened to him. People underestimate Joe's power.

It was a sharp quick punch which caught Kessler by surprise, you don't have to have good punching power to hurt someone quite badly with a body shot. If you catch someone unexpected like Calzaghe did to Kessler.

Either agree with me or keep it quiet son. I have no time for opinions that don't agree with mine as they are wrong and are therefore not relevent.

[Dark Lord Al]

Nowadays, I think Joe hits harder. A body punch nearly had Kesller down, something that has never happened to him. People underestimate Joe's power.

It was a sharp quick punch which caught Kessler by surprise, you don't have to have good punching power to hurt someone quite badly with a body shot. If you catch someone unexpected like Calzaghe did to Kessler.

Either agree with me or keep it quiet son. I have no time for opinions that don't agree with mine as they are wrong and are therefore not relevent.

I agree with Ice , he caught Kessler with a sharp punch.
Hopkins looked pretty powerful at 175lbs , Calzaghe hasnt even fough there yet , Also Calzaghe doesnt hit with power anymore due to bad hands ,
as for your last statement i presume you were JOKING ? RIGHT ?
As for calling ICE " SON " since when was a 23 year old the daddy of this site

[bzkfn]

It was a sharp quick punch which caught Kessler by surprise, you don't have to have good punching power to hurt someone quite badly with a body shot. If you catch someone unexpected like Calzaghe did to Kessler.

Either agree with me or keep it quiet son. I have no time for opinions that don't agree with mine as they are wrong and are therefore not relevent.

I agree with Ice , he caught Kessler with a sharp punch.
Hopkins looked pretty powerful at 175lbs , Calzaghe hasnt even fough there yet , Also Calzaghe doesnt hit with power anymore due to bad hands ,
as for your last statement i presume you were JOKING ? RIGHT ?
As for calling ICE " SON " since when was a 23 year old the daddy of this site

How the hell could u not catch sarcasm in that? As for the daddy of this site...well I may not be older, but I'm much wiser

[affliction1]

i would say hopkins hits harder imo.

[Spicoli]

Hows the saying go.....Quality over Quantity.

Calzaghe is a hyper volume puncher,great pressure but sometimes less is more.

Hopkins Has evolved from an pressure Attacker with power into a Thinking sharp shooter............Sometimes he thinks Too much though

[GAME]

I'd probably say Joe . He delivers his punch with more speed and ferocity . Hopkins is gonna be mid 40s and Ive never seen him hurt a bigger man ( apart from when he got Tarver off balance .)

Joes hands have let him down but I think the extra weight will make Joe the puncher in this fight

[RP33]

I'd probably say Joe . He delivers his punch with more speed and ferocity . Hopkins is gonna be mid 40s and Ive never seen him hurt a bigger man ( apart from when he got Tarver off balance .)

Joes hands have let him down but I think the extra weight will make Joe the puncher in this fight

Calzaghe isn't bigger than Hopkins? They're basically the same size, if anything B-Hop is slightly bigger/taller..

anyway, Hopkins definitely hits harder, and ICB made all the major points already really.. Calzaghe just has super fast hands that eventually wear you down..

I'd go out and say that PBF lb4lb hits harder than Calzaghe.. so for the 5 or 6 or however many people who voted for Calzaghe, i bet they'd say PBF doesn't have any power.. making all of those voters basically fans for Calzaghe, and voting with their heart as opposed to their head.

[barrykil1980]

who has Hopkins been knocking out to make you guys rate him as a harder puncher than Calzaghe??
who has he even been busting up??
apart from the transvestite taking his "not exactly oscar winning" dive,when has he last scored a legitimate KO?
your all talking about the weight suiting Hopkins in terms of power.........why
whats he done at 175? he`s only beaten one 175 pounder,that hapless waster Tarver.
Hopkins is a middleweight cutie.he can punch with some snap but is not concussive at all.
Calzaghe is the more natural light-heavy and therefore i say he`s a bigger puncher.its a natural size thing!!!!!!!!!

[El Gamo]

Calzaghe knocked down Eubank with a single left hook and Eubank was known for having a good chin. He dropped Mitchel witha left hook en route to stopping him in two rounds . Stopped another former champ in Woodhall these are all pretty big men . Which big men has Hopkins stopped ? All his best wins were over washed up blown up welterweights .

We'll see whos the bigger puncher when they meet im saying it'll be Joe .

Calzaghe knocked Eubank down yes but thats not the full story is it ?? Eubank was caught cold because he was floored in the first 20 seconds, plus he was moving backwards at the time so Calzaghe caught Eubank with jolting shot and Eubank went down because he was moving backwards at the time, in fact i would compare that to Hatton vs Collazo, Mitchell's chin is decent but his chin isn't good or great by any means, he was knocked down and was hurt many times against Manny Siaca, Woodhall's chin has always known to be very suspect. Just before his fight with Calzaghe he was floored 3 times by light hitting Markus Beyer.

Hope this helps.

"I came out of the corner for round one smiling," remembers Eubank.

"I was moving around and sizing up the terrain, when 'Boom!' Calzaghe hit me with a huge shot that literally came out of nowhere and knocked me down.

"A first-round knock-down had never happened to me in my entire career.

"As I picked myself up from the canvas and brushed myself down, I thought to myself: 'You've got your work cut out tonight, guy."

Has Hopkins ever stopped anyone above middleweight? NO

Has Calzaghe ever stopped anyone above middleweight? YES

Now factor in who exactly Hopkins has stopped - which EVERYONE knows is welterweights and substandard middleweight bums. Would Calzaghe have NOT stopped ALL of Hopkins stoppable oppostion? Of course he would. That's obvious.

There you go, that's unquestionable evidence.

Calzaghe DEFINETLY hits harder. Fact.

Awesome posting,I wasn't sure at first but then I read this response.Nice.

[death]

who has Hopkins been knocking out to make you guys rate him as a harder puncher than Calzaghe??
who has he even been busting up??
apart from the transvestite taking his "not exactly oscar winning" dive,when has he last scored a legitimate KO?
your all talking about the weight suiting Hopkins in terms of power.........why
whats he done at 175? he`s only beaten one 175 pounder,that hapless waster Tarver.
Hopkins is a middleweight cutie.he can punch with some snap but is not concussive at all.
Calzaghe is the more natural light-heavy and therefore i say he`s a bigger puncher.its a natural size thing!!!!!!!!!

I wouldn't exactly say what Hopkins had to do to stay at middleweight was "natural". A middleweight cutie? please.

[Deanrw]

Punch for Punch, I would say Hopkins has more oomff to them. Calzaghe makes up for it by throwing and landing so much more.

You don't need to be a big puncher to f*ck someone up. The human body is frail in the big scheme of things.

[NUCLEAR BULL]

nither has ever really been a big one punch k.o hitter......... in there earlier days they both were considered powerfull, but once they went up to title level they didnt have as much effect in the k.o world. hopkins no longer lays it on the line, he chooses to save his stamina and joes hand injury's stop him from really letting it go

but overall i'd say hopkins was slightly the harder hitter

[elgaringo]

hopkins for me by a small margin but a lot of calzaghes shots are to set up the big ones. his power is underrated but i think hopkins hits slightly harder with a single shot