I'd like the Calzaghe victory to be the final chapter.

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Calzaghe has said for the past 3 years or so that this is the time at which he should retire.

Cleaner more effective punching scores well when done in adequate volume. It cannot compensate for a gap as bl;atantly obvious as there was between Calzaghe and Hopkins.
Coupled with the tactics employed by Hopkins the judges scores are completely understandable and justifiable.

What gap ?? Calzaghe was throwing more but a lot of his punches were landing on the arms and gloves, where as Hopkins punches were much more effective and cleaner, Calzaghe never really landed a solid shot on Hopkins except some straight lefts later in the fight.

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123456789101112Hopkins4/168/2810/457/2810/4112/3312/4115/3813/4114/5411/5111/5225%29%22%25%24%36%29%39%32%26%22%21%Calzaghe7/3513/4523/7016/5616/5819/5824/6422/6525/6123/6320/5724/7520%29%33%29%28%33%38%34%41%37%35%32%

That gap!

Donny that was poorly copy and pasted i can't make that out bro, and secondly why are you using punch stats which by the looks of it you are. Why don't you just go with your own opinion and actually look back and watch how many of Calzaghe's punches missed, Calzaghe never really landed a solid hurtful shot on Hopkins until the later rounds, punch stats are very mis leading in some cases.