Reguardless of who you think won....

[BoomBoom]

Exactly my thoughts on the subject... If the fight had of continued down the same past they were heading through rounds 1, 2 & 3, Hopkins would have clearly had Joe's number... If you want to see an example of how Hopkins beats Joe, watch the first half of the fight... If you want to see an example of how Calzaghe beats Hopkins, watch the second half...

It's the middle rounds I believe where the judges had the fight go one way or another..

I agree 100% Extremely competitive fight on the elite level.

[Dean Duke]

Exactly my thoughts on the subject... If the fight had of continued down the same past they were heading through rounds 1, 2 & 3, Hopkins would have clearly had Joe's number... If you want to see an example of how Hopkins beats Joe, watch the first half of the fight... If you want to see an example of how Calzaghe beats Hopkins, watch the second half...

It's the middle rounds I believe where the judges had the fight go one way or another..

I agree 100% Extremely competitive fight on the elite level.

Agree to that, worth staying up for

[El Gamo]

I agree and disagree. Joe made adjustments,and won imo. B Hop,for 43 years old,looked amazing. However,neither looked like a P4P top 3 fighter. Their styles didn't compliment each other well,so even though there were plus points,there were also some negatives too.

[Dizaster]

Some fights are a battle of physical fitness, strenth, speed, endurance, youth..
This was a battle of wits, tactics, will & gameplan...

You don't often get 2 guys that have had that much winning experience that both give it 100%, and I appreciated every minute of it.. Even when I was getting pissed that Calzaghe could only get off 2 shots before Hopkins grabbing him.. But it just meant Calzaghe had to adapt by backing out as quick as he went in and attacked before Hopkins could grab him... But Calzaghe never really did that until later in the fight. And still not really nail it 100%.. If he had of fought more off his toes, bouncing in and out, he could have truely looked like he was completely outworking Hopkins... The only real hold that pissed me off was the one just after the taps for 10 seconds left of the final round, and 5 seconds of it was calzaghe trying to pull his arm out of Hopkins Grip... The last 10 seconds of a fight should be toe to toe...
If Hopkins still had that KO killer instinct of his younger days, I think it still would have been just as even, as it would have allowed Calzaghe to get more shot off as well... Two craftsman at work, and Hopkins fought a brilliant fight that on certain days would have won him the fight.. If Calzaghe had loosened up even later in the fight than he did, I think more rounds would have had to go to Hopkins, and the win..
Calzaghe just didn't look himself for most of the fight, but in the end on the cards, he won the fight...
It wasn't as explosive or action packed as other fights this year and last year, but I appreciated every minute of it, and equally appreciated that both these guys set this fight up for us fans....

[LondonBB]

I agree and disagree. Joe made adjustments,and won imo. B Hop,for 43 years old,looked amazing. However,neither looked like a P4P top 3 fighter. Their styles didn't compliment each other well,so even though there were plus points,there were also some negatives too.

Anyone hopkins fights doesnt look like a p4p top fighter.

Bhop has beaten trinidad, odlh, wright, tarver, johnson but hes not a p4p fighter?

Calz has beaten hopkins, kessler, lacy, eubank and reid and hes not a p4p fighter?

Jones didnt look like a p4p great when he squeezed a win against bhop either. Whenever nard fights its not a v exciting fight, thats his style.

The fact is, calzaghe now moves up the p4p list. He is 45,0,0 and just added a win against hopkins in las vegas to his record.

Not bad for the 'non straight punching, no power, slapping brawler' eh?

Wont it be funny when the 'non straight punching, no power, slapping brawler' beats jones and pavlik aswell

[Pugilistic]

both guys deserve credit. joe deserves credit for fighting in the states
and moving up in weight to fight bhop.