Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny View Post
Yesterday evening, pondering the impending Calzaghe Hopkins fight, I took some time to consider the clash of styles.

Calzaghe is what I view as a "reactive" boxer; at this stage of his career he boxes best when the opponent forces the action and he adapts, countering in volume.
With Hopkins we have a fighter who will take no issue with throwing very little and likes to react to the opponents actions himself.

In my mind Joe does not have the patience of Hopkins and will lead if Hopkins is threatening to cause a stalemate. By forcing the action, Calzaghe will endanger himself of being tied up, a position he does not want to be caught in against Hopkins. Could this be Joe's undoing?

Hopkins is commonly perceived to have one of the best chins in modern boxing. That along with rugged tactics could result in broken hands and cuts on Joe's belhalf?
What do you guys think?

This thread will serve as the abstract prediction thread for the fight. (for example I think Calzaghe gets cut etc.)
Good point and i have noticed Calzaghe does lose concentration when an opponent uses rough house tactics on the inside plus clinching and etc. Robin Reid and Sakio Bika are perfect examples. Both men didn't throw a lot of punches but they were able to slow Calzaghe down quite a bit by using the right tactics which was rough him on the inside and clinching to off set his rhythm. Another thing im worried about is Calzaghe's big weakness to right hands, which is Hopkins best punch.