Photos: Joe Calzaghe is so small?

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So the advantages are ...

Power: Hopkins

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Er Calzaghe has stopped 32 super middle weights, Bernard hasnt stopped anyone over middle weight

[XaduBoxer]

So the advantages are ...

Power: Hopkins

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Er Calzaghe has stopped 32 super middle weights, Bernard hasnt stopped anyone over middle weight

If those 32 guys had faced B-Hop instead, they will be murdered... Calzaghe's hands right now were already fragile that might prevent him throwing "true" power punches... What Joe throws were mostly pitty pat punches... So I think Hopkins will be throwing the harder punches during the fight...

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So the advantages are ...

Power: Hopkins

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Er Calzaghe has stopped 32 super middle weights, Bernard hasnt stopped anyone over middle weight

If those 32 guys had faced B-Hop instead, they will be murdered... Calzaghe's hands right now were already fragile that might prevent him throwing "true" power punches... What Joe throws were mostly pitty pat punches... So I think Hopkins will be throwing the harder punches during the fight...

Dyou think Trinidad would have lasted as long against Joe, or Joppy, or Wright.

Taylor would have been knocked all over the place, didnt Jermain have Bernard floundering all over the place? Pavlik stopped him but Bernard couldnt.

Bernard will be happy to do what he did in the Taylor fight, he will realise he cant keep up early but it wont be like Taylor, Joe will keep the pace up and either Hopkins stays in his shell doing piss all or tries to fight and gets stopped

[XaduBoxer]

Er Calzaghe has stopped 32 super middle weights, Bernard hasnt stopped anyone over middle weight

If those 32 guys had faced B-Hop instead, they will be murdered... Calzaghe's hands right now were already fragile that might prevent him throwing "true" power punches... What Joe throws were mostly pitty pat punches... So I think Hopkins will be throwing the harder punches during the fight...

Dyou think Trinidad would have lasted as long against Joe, or Joppy, or Wright.

Taylor would have been knocked all over the place, didnt Jermain have Bernard floundering all over the place? Pavlik stopped him but Bernard couldnt.

Bernard will be happy to do what he did in the Taylor fight, he will realise he cant keep up early but it wont be like Taylor, Joe will keep the pace up and either Hopkins stays in his shell doing piss all or tries to fight and gets stopped

Actually comparing who they have fought is like apples and oranges... I'm just giving the power advantage to Hopkins right now mainly due to Joe's fragile hands...

[ICB]

Er Calzaghe has stopped 32 super middle weights, Bernard hasnt stopped anyone over middle weight

If those 32 guys had faced B-Hop instead, they will be murdered... Calzaghe's hands right now were already fragile that might prevent him throwing "true" power punches... What Joe throws were mostly pitty pat punches... So I think Hopkins will be throwing the harder punches during the fight...

Dyou think Trinidad would have lasted as long against Joe, or Joppy, or Wright.

Taylor would have been knocked all over the place, didnt Jermain have Bernard floundering all over the place? Pavlik stopped him but Bernard couldnt.

Bernard will be happy to do what he did in the Taylor fight, he will realise he cant keep up early but it wont be like Taylor, Joe will keep the pace up and either Hopkins stays in his shell doing piss all or tries to fight and gets stopped

Why do people keep trying to discredit Hopkins because he lost to Taylor ?? Taylor is a hell of an athlete and if he had better stamina i think he could beat Calzaghe. Taylor has excellent boxing skills and a superb jab a much better jab than Calzaghe's IMO. And Hopkins only lost two razor thin decisions against Taylor its not like he was completely out classed. And yes actually i do think Tito and Wright would of lasted 12 rounds with Calzaghe 100 percent. Calzaghe hit a much lesser fighter like Lacy with 1006 punches and couldn't even stop him.

Pavlik stopped Taylor for two reasons 1 because of his punching power, and 2 because Taylor has not got good stamina. That doesn't mean he is a bad fighter just because he lost to Pavlik, boxing is all about Rock, Paper, Scissors.

[RozzySean]

If those 32 guys had faced B-Hop instead, they will be murdered... Calzaghe's hands right now were already fragile that might prevent him throwing "true" power punches... What Joe throws were mostly pitty pat punches... So I think Hopkins will be throwing the harder punches during the fight...

Dyou think Trinidad would have lasted as long against Joe, or Joppy, or Wright.

Taylor would have been knocked all over the place, didnt Jermain have Bernard floundering all over the place? Pavlik stopped him but Bernard couldnt.

Bernard will be happy to do what he did in the Taylor fight, he will realise he cant keep up early but it wont be like Taylor, Joe will keep the pace up and either Hopkins stays in his shell doing piss all or tries to fight and gets stopped

Why do people keep trying to discredit Hopkins because he lost to Taylor ?? Taylor is a hell of an athlete and if he had better stamina i think he could beat Calzaghe. Taylor has excellent boxing skills and a superb jab a much better jab than Calzaghe's IMO. And Hopkins only lost two razor thin decisions against Taylor its not like he was completely out classed. And yes actually i do think Tito and Wright would of lasted 12 rounds with Calzaghe 100 percent. Calzaghe hit a much lesser fighter like Lacy with 1006 punches and couldn't even stop him.

Pavlik stopped Taylor for two reasons 1 because of his punching power, and 2 because Taylor has not got good stamina. That doesn't mean he is a bad fighter just because he lost to Pavlik, boxing is all about Rock, Paper, Scissors.

I don't remember, especially in the first fight, Bernard getting knocked all over the place. It was a close fight and I though Hopkins one the first one.

The Taylor fight (and other, like Mayweather/ODLH) showed that Hopkins can be outworked and that his defense and potshoting isn't as popular with judges as a guy who lets his hands go. This isn't to discredit Hopkins at all, because I agree with you, but Calzaghe will let his hands go and he won't slow up. He'll hit Hopkins more than Hopkins has been hit in a long time. At the same time, Calzaghe as never been in with somebody as crafty as B-Hop and Hopkins will find ways to land short straight rights in between Calzaghe's combos.

I can't pick I winner in this one. I'm leaning to Calzaghe, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Hopkins pull it off.

[JLAQ]

If the ref prevents Nards holding like the ref in Floyd-Hatton, Joe absolutely SCHOOLS Nard all twelve rounds, and when I mean school I don't mean school like Floyd doing nothing in the Baldomir fight, I mean school like the way Ricardo Lopez did his opponents or the way JMM did Juarez.

[mickeyluvsu]

NICE pic with both of them staring down at each other.

first of all.......... i do see a little tip toe action by BHOP. it's either the angle of camera or the shoes have a thick sole.

second.......enzo is not amazed by the size of BHOP but the little grin of his comes from the amazement of JOE giving him what BHOP least expects coming 2morrow.

Anyhoo.....nice pic once again and hope to see a gr8 fight.

I bid you all a safe wild night 2morrow with a nice pint filled to the top............cheers!!!!!!

[GAME]

Hopkins defo looks significantly bigger than Joe but we havent seen anything yet .

Wait til the weigh in. I sense alot of money is gonna shift in Hopkins favour with the bookies after that .

[XaduBoxer]

Hopkins defo looks significantly bigger than Joe but we havent seen anything yet .

Wait til the weigh in. I sense alot of money is gonna shift in Hopkins favour with the bookies after that .

They both weigh 173 lbs. at weigh-in ... but Joe still looks smaller...

[XaduBoxer]

All Joe can do on Hopkins' fierce staredown is laugh...

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