Calzaghe's Win Over Hopkins.................

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To be honest I thought BHop came out of this fight better than Calzaghe.

Joe was expected to win, BHop was 43 years old. In the end it was a razor thin win for Calzaghe in a fight in which it really could have gone the other way given a different set of judges.

I thought Calzgaghe would win a relatively comfortable decision but the Nard almost pulled it out.

People keep saying this like Calzaghe is 21 or something.

Joe is just as battle worn as B-Hop.

B-Hop's style means that being a 43 year old isn't as much as a factor as a Ricky Hatton still fighting at 43. He's just such an awkward fight for anybody.

If you look at his recent opponents

Taylor twice (very close fights....boring as hell)
Winky (close fight but B-Hop won)
Tarver (B-Hop embarrassed him)

Going by how well he did against these 3 fighters, age doesn't seem to be that much of a factor. His stye is the biggest factor. He's so cagey, dirty, intelligent, wiley etc...and i was very surprised at the speed of his straight right.

The fight pretty much panned out how i expected it to. Quite a cagey affair. I thought Calzaghe won 115-112 but i'm going to re-watch it and score the fight soberly.

I think both guys come out of this with great credit.

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To be honest I thought BHop came out of this fight better than Calzaghe.

Joe was expected to win, BHop was 43 years old. In the end it was a razor thin win for Calzaghe in a fight in which it really could have gone the other way given a different set of judges.

I thought Calzgaghe would win a relatively comfortable decision but the Nard almost pulled it out.

People keep saying this like Calzaghe is 21 or something.

Joe is just as battle worn as B-Hop.

B-Hop's style means that being a 43 year old isn't as much as a factor as a Ricky Hatton still fighting at 43. He's just such an awkward fight for anybody.

If you look at his recent opponents

Taylor twice (very close fights....boring as hell)
Winky (close fight but B-Hop won)
Tarver (B-Hop embarrassed him)

Going by how well he did against these 3 fighters, age doesn't seem to be that much of a factor. His stye is the biggest factor. He's so cagey, dirty, intelligent, wiley etc...and i was very surprised at the speed of his straight right.

The fight pretty much panned out how i expected it to. Quite a cagey affair. I thought Calzaghe won 115-112 but i'm going to re-watch it and score the fight soberly.

I think both guys come out of this with great credit.

There is a difference though ONO, Calzaghe looked like he was in his absolute prime against Kessler, where as except the Tarver fight, Hopkins hadn't looked good in quite some time.