Calzaghe's win over B-Hop looks better all the time.......

[CFH]

Calzaghe lost the Hopkins fight .

[porkypara]

Calzaghe lost the Hopkins fight .

Not acording to the American judges who scored the fight for the boxer who was fighting away from home.

[CFH]

Calzaghe lost the Hopkins fight .

Not acording to the American judges who scored the fight for the boxer who was fighting away from home.

I'm aware of who got the decision, but I've watched it a couple of times and I always have Hopkins winning by a round. I don't want to start an old debate though, I was just being a jackass.

The victory does look very good for Calzaghe, regardless of how disputed it was.

[ElTerribleMorales]

i had B-Hop beating the coke snorter by about 3 or 4 points (including the extra point for the knockdown), so all B-Hop's wins do is go on to show how the only way he ever really "loses" a fight is if the judges decide to screw him over and take if from him, like they did in his fights against Taylor and Calzaghe

[Spicoli]

I had Hopkins beating slapsy Joe. Butt hey, fair enough. Maybe Hopkins will let him ride in his limo at the HOF induction

Btw Segundo Mercado beat Hopkins up worse then any other. Somewhere he was yelling at the tube lastnight

[Fenster]

Check this out for pure nerdness. In Hopkins last 9 fights he landed LESS on Calzaghe than any other fighter ( for the record - Calzaghe hit him more than any othr fighter too).

This is Hopkins punches landed.

Hopkins - Taylor 130/317 (35%)
Hopkins - Tarver 133/417 (32%)
Hopkins - Winky 152/640 (24%)
Hopkins - Calza 127/468 (27%)
Hopkins - Pavlik 172/530 (32%)
Hopkins - Ornel 205/497 (41%)
Hopkins - Jones 185/526 (35%)
Hopkins - Pascal 171/445 (38%)
Hopkins - Pascal 131/409 (32%)

Fact.

[porkypara]

Check this out for pure nerdness. In Hopkins last 9 fights, not only did Calzaghe hit him more than any other fighter, Hopkins landed LESS on Calzaghe than any other.

This is Hopkins punches landed.

Hopkins - Taylor 130/317 (35%)
Hopkins - Tarver 133/417 (32%)
Hopkins - Winky 152/640 (24%)
Hopkins - Calza 127/468 (27%)
Hopkins - Pavlik 172/530 (32%)
Hopkins - Ornel 205/497 (41%)
Hopkins - Jones 185/526 (35%)
Hopkins - Pascal 171/445 (38%)
Hopkins - Pascal 131/409 (32%)

Fact.

Interesting stuff.

What every way you want to look at it Calzaghe gave Hopkins a hard fight at worse or beat him by a good few rounds at best.

[Boxer4life]

wouldn't call it much of a win, a decision sure, but no win, he wont be remembered that poor undefeated fellow

[Fenster]

wouldn't call it much of a win, a decision sure, but no win, he wont be remembered that poor undefeated fellow

If you're a goldfish.

[Boxer4life]

wouldn't call it much of a win, a decision sure, but no win, he wont be remembered that poor undefeated fellow

If you're a goldfish.

i don't feel like he did enough, a close win over b hop is the only thing that really stands out on his resume, and thats it, its not gonna do shit for taylor is it? nope nor is it gonna do anything for calzaghe, he left boxing when he could have built a strong legacy, but he decided to play it safe

[Spicoli]

Calzaghe should make a comeback. I mean why not? Wonder if he's tempted

[No Contest]

Yep thats gotta be his best win, out of the 3-4 good fighters he's faced in 46 fights.

[marbleheadmaui]

I think this is right!

I wonder sometimes if BHOP wished he had that fight back. He fought like he had no faith in his own stamina.

Now that is to take nothing away from Clazaghe who I thought won nine rounds of that fight. But I do think BHOP matured in his understanding of his 40+ body after that (if that makes sense).

Of course all that matters is what happened so I'll stop speculating. A casae like this is why one cannot really rate a fighter until after hyis compeition has retired.

[Pavlik]

joe cal is truly underrated imo.

[roberto duran legend]

Calzaghe just had enough of the grind of training, and there was not a lot of A list fights out there for him , I know his resume is not top draw , but he did beat Eubank who was coming near the end of his career but still it is more than Nigel Benn could do . His victory over Kessler was a good win , he was the first man to beat him and he beat him easy . And i cant forget Jeff Lacy , I know he is a limited slugger but all you yanks Don king included , thought he was going to destroy Joe , but he absolutely destroyed him and finished his career, give the man the credit he deserves.