Quote Originally Posted by Greig View Post
Just watched this again on Youtube and it was so nice to see Calzaghe beat him.

As much as you have to respect Hopkins for how good a fighter he was, and how good a fighter he still is - he really is a classless piece of shit times. I mean, he LOST that fight quite clearly IMO, and he couldn't even so much as give Calzaghe an ounce of credit.

He used his head like a battering ram, shamelessly stalled for time after two soft, unintentional low blows, then threw several of his own intentionally when Cortez was blind sided and he generally fought in a 'one punch-clinch' pattern the whole night...

If Hopkins had even a speck of grace he'd be one of my favourite all time fighters.
If you watch a bunch of Calzaghe's old fights, you will see a pattern. A lot of the opponents he face were dirty and ruthless in the ring. I give credit to Joe C for fighting these guys. Just watch some of them old fights of his and you will be shocked at how dirty these son of bitches can be in the ring. I am not against dirty or ruthless, these are fights and you want to win, so it shows their competitive spirit if you will