Your Calzaghe-Hopkins Scorecard

[BIG H]

Such a hard fight to score. Infact the hardest to score since Hopkins Taylor 1 imo. I think we all agree it was VERY close

[porkypara]

I think I scored it 115-112 to Calzaghe.

Cant find my score card.


Hopkins used every dirty trick in the book and he still got beat.

The ref should have warned Hopkins for his constant holding and taken a point if it continued.

THE BEST MAN WON.

[Dizaster]

I'm not getting into the arguements of scoring.. Some of the rounds could have gone either way.. The first knockdown was definetly a knockdown, but certainly had no effect on Calzaghe being hurt.. It was a nice punch that had Calzaghe's feet squared up and obviously not balanced, and then Hopkins pushing forward to make sure Calzaghe went onto his ass..

No my stream was pretty crappy, but the other times I saw a punch get Calzaghe wobbling, it was a punch that had shortly followed a head clash.. So it could be argued that it was the butts that had Calzaghe almost out a few times... I don't think Calzaghe would have gone down in the first from the punch, if Hopkins did not continue to come forward and push him off balance..

100% agree though that Hopkins landed the better punches.. By far.. And did not run.. He was tactical. If he stood and traded with Joe, it would have been Joe's fight..

Everyone someone chooses as part of their gameplan NOT to stand their and go blow for blow with their opponent,,,, someone will accuse them of running..
Boxing is a game of tactics, as much as it is a game of punching.. Hopkins is one of boxings best tacticians, and gave Joe one hell of a run for his money...
Jlaq, i'll give you the benifit of this one, as you may be a hard core Joe fan and can only see this fight through one eye... But come some newer fights, I hope your fight analysis extends past just the guy you support...
Hopkins performed better than any of Joe's previous opponents.. And if they fought 10 times, I have no doubt he could win at least half of those...

I don't argue with the Joe win which is already going against a lot of people, but calzaghe 120-108 is just showing a lack of respect for proper judgment of a bout.

[ICB]

Such a hard fight to score. Infact the hardest to score since Hopkins Taylor 1 imo. I think we all agree it was VERY close

I don't think Taylor vs Hopkins 1 was that hard to score, Taylor pretty much clearly won most of the early rounds, with Hopkins at best winning 2 rounds out of the first 8 with 1 even round. Then Hopkins clearly won the last 4 rounds.

[BIG H]

Such a hard fight to score. Infact the hardest to score since Hopkins Taylor 1 imo. I think we all agree it was VERY close

I don't think Taylor vs Hopkins 1 was that hard to score, Taylor pretty much clearly won most of the early rounds, with Hopkins at best winning 2 rounds out of the first 8 with 1 even round. Then Hopkins clearly won the last 4 rounds.

I agree with your scoring, but rounds 1-8 were so tight they could've gone either way. If you remember there was such a big differnce in so many peoples cards on here after that fight.