Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel_K View Post
This article is clearly written with the sole purpose of creating attention to Kessler (for whom Marley is the US agent). Hell, it isnt even thinly veiled, if you read it to the end.

Comparing Kessler losing the decision to Calzaghe and Hopkins losing the decision to Calzaghe makes no sense, as they occurred under very different circumstanses. And while I had Calzaghe winning both fights by a couple of rounds, one fight was (relatively) easy to score and one was not.
I think it's just a case of certain people having an axe to grind with BHop. Like you say the Kessler fight was a clear win for Calzaghe, I've not heard a single person dispute that.

But the Hopkins fight was much closer. Calzaghe got floored and rocked again later in the fight. Barely more than a couple rounds were really decisive one way or the other. My own opinion of watching the fight was that Calzaghe swept the late rounds to win by a couple but you could conceivably have given Hopkins the first 4 rounds and I believe the 8th and already with the extra point for the knockdown it's level. I think many gave him the 11th as well so a Hopkins win was certainly not out of the question.