Quote Originally Posted by Taeth View Post
I saw it happening originally, then people on here, made me think a little more of Pavlik, but they were wrong, and I won't listen to them anymore.

Pavlik againt Calzaghe is a totally different ball game, Hopkins had the perfect style against Pavlik, he is slick, he disrupts rhythm and he doesn't get hit. Calzaghe gets hit, He prefers rhythmic fights, and he isn't super slick. I think Calzaghe wins, but its a much harder fight then this one was for Bernard, I think Bernard is better then JOe, and that he deserved the nod because he was landing real punches.
You say Hopkins is better than Joe ... on what basis bud ... Also I really believe that Joe woulda done a number on Pavlic .. Styles as we say make fights, & just in case of emergencies Joe's chin is as good as any one out there ask Kessler, Hopkins, Eubanks, Reid, Mitchell....it's all too easy to get caught up in the hype of a undefeated fighter, I remember when Lacy came over to fight J.C & most of the boxing world had him down as some immortal beast, one paper report I read describing him (Lacy) as the next BIG THING & was described as a cross between Evandwer H & Mike Tyson which thank God I never bought into..

Now back to the previous Hopkins vs Calzaghe .. never mind the result .. if the same reff .. namely Joe Cortez had reffed the Hopkins vs Calzaghe fight the same way that he did the Hatton vs Mayweather then B-Hop would have either been thrown outa the ring & disqualified for his antics, or failing that, Hopkins woulda been that far behind because of point deductions that the scoring would not have been close, & thats including the knock down which he never even tried to follow up on & that was in his own back yard..

Though I have to conclude by saying hats off to B-Hop for his job well done tonight ... more so given his age & last performance..