Photos: Joe Calzaghe is so small?

[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 .

[Mad_Dog]

joe is still way to quick. both fighters are old now. so I guess the winner would be determined who can continue the way they have been fighting. I think Joe will win. This guy is quick, HOpkins, has not faced a fighter that quick since jones and look at what happened then.

[The Fightfan]

How much are affliction paying MMA fighters and boxers to wear those piss poor t-shirts?
If my mam had bought me one of those when I was a kid I would have turned my nose up at it.

Sorry to get off Topic,but have you seen how much that affliction shit is.It's like 50 bucks for a F**KING T-Shirt.

[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.

[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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[XaduBoxer]

Smaller Joe shocked and intimidated by Hopkins?





Smaller Joe shocked and intimidated by Hopkins?

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[eagle]

Roach can be full of it sometimes.

Yep, Roach overdo it sometimes... but I still consider Roach the better coach, trainer and cornerman compared to Enzo...

So the advantages are ...

Size: Hopkins
Corner/Coach: Hopkins
Speed: Calzaghe
Age: Calzaghe
Power: Hopkins
Experience: Hopkins
Workrate: Calzaghe


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I wouldn't say Hopkins has more experience than Joe. Calzaghe has experience of actually fighting and beating prime undefeated fighters from his weight class. That's something the Nard has never experienced.

Glen Johnson anyone?

[cpcompany]

How much are affliction paying MMA fighters and boxers to wear those piss poor t-shirts?
If my mam had bought me one of those when I was a kid I would have turned my nose up at it.

Sorry to get off Topic,but have you seen how much that affliction shit is.It's like 50 bucks for a F**KING T-Shirt.

25 quid isnt exactly much money for a t-shirt. Normal price for a t shirt in England or Japan.

[Memphis]

Agreed, nothing in it size wise, odd angle, Hopkins in high heels, nuff said.

Logic says that Calzaghe's workrate should win out, but I reckon he's got to win 8 rounds minimum to get the nod.

Could be a stinker, could be great, either way I cant wait.


Come on Joe

[Memphis]

I really should have quoted

[El Gamo]

I don't really see why you guys would dispute the sizer advantage? Is that going to be that great a factor? I don't think so. I think figting in US could me a major factor. Hatton couldn't do it. Ref or not,he would have been KTFO. Will the pressure get to Joe? I hope not and I hope it's a great fight too.

[Tito BHB]

Could be ... to Calzaghe fans... but I do think that Bernard has the size advantage over Calzaghe ...

How about the trainer advantage? I think this also goes to Bernard... Freddie Roach is much better trainer compared to Enzo Calzaghe...


Coach Roach Promises That Hopkins Will Stop Calzaghe In Later Rounds!

Roach can be full of it sometimes.

Yep, Roach overdo it sometimes... but I still consider Roach the better coach, trainer and cornerman compared to Enzo...

So the advantages are ...

Size: Hopkins
Corner/Coach: Hopkins
Speed: Calzaghe
Age: Calzaghe
Power: Hopkins
Experience: Hopkins
Workrate: Calzaghe


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Mind you when it comes to Bhop workrate isnt really the issue..

Its really Not always what bernard is doing, but what his opponent isnt doing, what he cant do, what Bhop wont let them do.. he fights his fight whether its walk 'em down tarver style or whether its blast em out tito style whatever rate the fight goes hopkins is going to be there the man is always in crazy shape.