Calzaghe's Win Over Hopkins.................

[Wacko3205]

Being a fan of both fighters (Hopkins first) I have to say...a win is a win is a win as long as it is legit.

Calzaghe won that fight...period. Close or not...he still won.

The fact of the matter is this : both men, IWHO, were exceptional fighters & between them both men were known for being awkward, technical, old school, fundamentally sound, cagey, unbeatable, throwbacks, & so on & so on...& in the end I saw both men take one another out of their respective zones & games.

The fight may have been ugly to some...but to those of you who watched it as fans...you should have gotten what you wanted.

Me...I was just glad to see the two finally meet.

Calzaghe's win over Hopkins was more impressive to me than Roy Jones's win over Hopkins because it came at a time when Hopkins was in the better of his game.

Jones fought a greener Hopkins & Calzaghe fought a late prime Hopkins still able to take men to task.

View it how you want...but it was an accomplishment for Joe.

One thing that always bothered me about Hopkins as a fan was the age factor & how he used it accordingly win, lose, or draw.

[Taeth]

Calzaghe didn't win the fight, and compubox was out to lunch for the fight so I don't rate it as win for him. I think it was impressive what he was able to do against Hopkins despite that fact, but Hopkins landed way more clean punches and made Calzaghe look foolish quite a few times in that fight. I thought it was really close fight, but I think Hopkins distinctly beat Calzaghe.