IF CALZAGHE LOST, WHY??? (That's for anyone who believes Joe to have lost that is)

[SalTheButcher]

i dont get these claims that cortez was letting hopkins get away with shit




most of the clinching was initiated from calzaghes sloppy girl punching style, he would lunge in and hopkins would evade his punches causing calzaghe to spastically throw shots and end up being tangled with hopkins




they both utilized headlocks




a low blow is an illegal maneuver even if it doesnt hit u dead on in the balls so if he wanted to be a dick he could have easily deducted points from calzaghe






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anyway calzaghe barely landed anything in that fight, the majority of the shots he threw hit hopkins in the arms/back or missed him completely



when he did land he was ineffective



each time he decided to trade hopkins would get off at least 1 hard shot and calzaghe would rethink trading



he really did look like an amateur in that fight


even if for whatever re3ason u think calzaghe won that fight u have to be able to understand why people feel he looked like an amateur, he was INCREDIBLY sloppy and was countered a huge amount of times

[:::PSL:::]

Good win by Calzaghe...


Good but not great.

[Markusdarkus]

I think Calzaghe underestimated Hopkins and didnt work out a game plan before hand. I think Calzaghe won it was close. Its the worst i had seen Calzaghe he wasnt fighting mid-range just flying foward and getting tied up.

If Pavlik can keep his fight at mid-range he will beat Hopkins if he jusy bores foward he will get tied up.

[Thread Stealer]

Calzaghe was rarely landing clean shots. He'd throw a lot of punches in a flurry and they'd hit air or Hopkins's arms and shoulders. Hopkins landed more clean shots. That's the best argument for Hopkins winning. A simple and clear one.

Of course, Hopkins wasn't landing too many either. It was an ugly fight, not the easiest to score. More of a case of preference on which style you preferred.

I didn't really have much of a problem with the decision, but it WAS a close fight.

[kingfrnk]

i thought joe lost and so did his and his daddy. hopkins landed the more effective punches even dropped him. and jermaine taylor put up a better fight than calzaghe and they still gave joe the decision that really pissed me off to see a guy get a title that he didnt deserve, atleast taylor didnt slap his way to victory.

[Pugilistic]

i thought joe lost and so did his and his daddy. hopkins landed the more effective punches even dropped him. and jermaine taylor put up a better fight than calzaghe and they still gave joe the decision that really pissed me off to see a guy get a title that he didnt deserve, atleast taylor didnt slap his way to victory.

In my opinion Calzaghe's win over Hopkins was more convincing than Taylor's 2 wins over Bernard, i can agree if you think otherwise.

[JLAQ]

i dont get these claims that cortez was letting hopkins get away with shit




most of the clinching was initiated from calzaghes sloppy girl punching style, he would lunge in and hopkins would evade his punches causing calzaghe to spastically throw shots and end up being tangled with hopkins




they both utilized headlocks




a low blow is an illegal maneuver even if it doesnt hit u dead on in the balls so if he wanted to be a dick he could have easily deducted points from calzaghe






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anyway calzaghe barely landed anything in that fight, the majority of the shots he threw hit hopkins in the arms/back or missed him completely



when he did land he was ineffective



each time he decided to trade hopkins would get off at least 1 hard shot and calzaghe would rethink trading



he really did look like an amateur in that fight


even if for whatever re3ason u think calzaghe won that fight u have to be able to understand why people feel he looked like an amateur, he was INCREDIBLY sloppy and was countered a huge amount of times

LOL and Baldomir was the aggressor, who ne'er got hurt from the pitter-pat punches of Floyd, who ran like a girl all night, content with just grazing Baldo's head once every round. Can't have it both ways.

[SalTheButcher]

i dont get these claims that cortez was letting hopkins get away with shit




most of the clinching was initiated from calzaghes sloppy girl punching style, he would lunge in and hopkins would evade his punches causing calzaghe to spastically throw shots and end up being tangled with hopkins




they both utilized headlocks




a low blow is an illegal maneuver even if it doesnt hit u dead on in the balls so if he wanted to be a dick he could have easily deducted points from calzaghe






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anyway calzaghe barely landed anything in that fight, the majority of the shots he threw hit hopkins in the arms/back or missed him completely



when he did land he was ineffective



each time he decided to trade hopkins would get off at least 1 hard shot and calzaghe would rethink trading



he really did look like an amateur in that fight


even if for whatever re3ason u think calzaghe won that fight u have to be able to understand why people feel he looked like an amateur, he was INCREDIBLY sloppy and was countered a huge amount of times

LOL and Baldomir was the aggressor, who ne'er got hurt from the pitter-pat punches of Floyd, who ran like a girl all night, content with just grazing Baldo's head once every round. Can't have it both ways.

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both ways?


i would have laughed if mayweather was robbed vs baldozar


anyway the two fights arent even comparable


mayweather is fast, accurate and he actually throws real punches that make contact with an opponenets head or body

[Pugilistic]

calzaghe fought hopkins fight at hopkins pace, didn't seem to be landing much and when he did they were uneffective while eating hopkins effective counters.

[Kel]

calzaghe fought hopkins fight at hopkins pace, didn't seem to be landing much and when he did they were uneffective while eating hopkins effective counters.

Only for the first few rounds did he fight at Hopkins pace, but you can't easily 'up' the pace with a guy molesting you. Also you say Calzaghes punches were soft 'pitter pats' I think I agree, makes Hopkins crying in pain at a 'low blow' look even more pathetic.