Reguardless of who you think won....

[LondonBB]

I am gonna get grilled for this but I thought both could have looked a lot better. Both of them looked over the hill in there. I know Hopkins can make guys look bad but it was just so slappy and sloppy to me.

Were you expecting jc to ko hopkins

Is anything other than a ko not good enough?

We saw bhop against jones and taylor when he lost, they were also sloppy fights. You cant beat bhop with a ko or a clear cut schooling, the guy just has too much class and is too experienced and tough for that.

The most likely outcome ocured in the end. Joe won the fight in a scrappy fight, bhop put joe on the floor once but joe came back and started beating him at his own game, he figured out how to beat bhop, he adapted and although scrappy THATS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BEAT BHOP! His philly style defense and clinching is very very difficult to beat and be convincing...in the end despite being knocked down joe came back to start to show why he is champ, he pushed the fight and out mastered the master!

Both fighters showed that they truly are brilliant BOXING MINDS! They both showed their greatness (albeit i dislike hopkins dirty tactics a lot, uneccessary), and although bhop lost he did prove why he is a hall of famer, he has that philly style defense and awesome counter punching ability.

But in the end it wsa the work rate and determination i think that combined with calzaghes boxing mind to figure out how to beat bhop at his own game, something that he could not do earlier on.

Both are marvellous tacticians and boxing minds, on this occassion it was joe who out mastered the master

Edit... a lesser fighter would have crimbled against hopkins and not found a way back in the fight because although they might have the determination and stamina, they wont have the same ability to adapt and improvise in the situation to beat bhop at his own game...this is where the ring craft of joe calzaghe came into action, the combination of his stamina, dertermination and ring craft ability.

I tell you what though, if anything this fight has proved that hopkins is a hall of famer and can retire proud, he put on a great performance even though losing on the day by a slim margin.