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    Default Re: Hopkins Won In My Eyes

    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by tysonbruno View Post
    Hopkins won in my eyes Calzaghe didn't do enough to take it
    I had it 114-113 for Hopkins.
    You deserve some reps from me ICB for that scorecard.


    Am still a fan of Hopkins no matter what.

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    Default Re: Hopkins Won In My Eyes

    I give hopkins credit for his fighting ability.

    I was worried when calzaghe went down, it was on his nose and not chin and he got up immeadiately but it was a great test for joe.

    Hopkins showed that he is a great counter puncher with probably his best performance in a long time.

    However the dirtyness from hopkins was a joke, the claiming of low blows was pathetic when everyone saw it wasnt a low blow. The use of the head was pathetic, immense clinching made for an ugly fight...he really did try everything in the book (or, not allowed in the book, to win). I didnt like this aspect of it AT ALL!

    However as a true champ, calzaghes class came through at the end, bar the 9th, the last 6 rounds were all calzaghe, hopkins only took the 9th because of the rest he forced (by cheating) when it clearly was not a low blow.

    I dont like cortez' referring though, it was too leanient towards hopkins who constantly broke the rules by use of the head. BUT I MUST SAY that i have respect for cortez in that he saw that hopkins was cheating and did not deduct a point for the 'pretend low blow'.

    All in all on my scorecard it was as follows.

    1. hop 10,8
    2. hop
    3. hop
    4. calz
    5. calz
    6. calz
    7. draw
    8. calz
    9. hop
    10. calz
    11. calz
    12. calz

    Giving the overall decission to calzaghe by 115, 113

    The judges decissions were all over the place, only 1 got it right i thought, 115, 113 to calzaghe.

    Dont know how the others gave it 114,113 bhop and 116,11 calzaghe.

    In summary calzaghe showed his champ ability to work out hopkins (something very very difficult to do), he went down in first round from some great boxing by bernard but claz forced his way back into the fight by workrate and managing to plant the most punches on bhop that anyone has ever done before.

    Of course there will be doubters but any legitimate boxing fan knows that calzaghe is the real deal, he got knocked down in the first only to come back and start dicatating against the great hopkins.

    Respect to both fighters, but the champ won on the day. It was in the later rounds where i knew bhop was gone because calzaghe rocked him with a good combo, i thought bhop was gonna go down if joe hit him a few more times, probably stay down, but bhop managed to clinch (suprise suprise lol)...it was clear that whilst his philly style and defense/counter was top class, joe started dicatating the fight and adaopted later on to bring his game in, hopkins trid every dirty trick but calzaghe was just too good for him.

    Calzaghe to fight jones next and beat him (either in millenium stadium, madison square or vegas), then in his final fight beat pavlik (in vegas) and then retire totally unbeaten 47, 0 A true cut above the rest

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    To have Calzaghe winning 7 of last 8 and 9 of last 10 is just ridiculous.

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    Default Re: Hopkins Won In My Eyes

    I agree that a few rounds were tough to score on the fly but I think the right guy got the decision.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tysonbruno View Post
    To have Calzaghe winning 7 of last 8 and 9 of last 10 is just ridiculous.
    I had Calzaghe winning 116-111 or 115-112....sure Hopkins landed some clean shots BUT Joe just landed so much more than Hopkins and he took the fight to Bernard, dictating the pace and that has to count for something

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    Default Re: Hopkins Won In My Eyes

    Stevie Wonder saw it the same way, Bruno
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    Default Re: Hopkins Won In My Eyes

    I scored it for Joe as Hopkins just retreated and stayed mostly in a defensive shell. First rule of boxing is to throw punches and Hopkins was either unable to or unwilling.

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