Did Hopkins past antics and play acting catch up with him last night?

[porkypara]

In the past Hopkins has faked injury to give him an advantage,the Calzaghe fight is a prime example.

Do you think this afected the reffs desisions last night.

[RohanKnight]

In the past Hopkins has faked injury to give him an advantage,the Calzaghe fight is a prime example.

Do you think this afected the reffs desisions last night.

wel, using your example, JC faked hitting people to gain advantages in his fights and never got reprimanded for it.

I think the referee should be sacked, tbh. They employee some idiots as refs.

[porkypara]

In the past Hopkins has faked injury to give him an advantage,the Calzaghe fight is a prime example.

Do you think this afected the reffs desisions last night.

wel, using your example, JC faked hitting people to gain advantages in his fights and never got reprimanded for it.

I think the referee should be sacked, tbh. They employee some idiots as refs.

Dont understand your point about Calzaghe fake hitting people.

[RohanKnight]

In the past Hopkins has faked injury to give him an advantage,the Calzaghe fight is a prime example.

Do you think this afected the reffs desisions last night.

wel, using your example, JC faked hitting people to gain advantages in his fights and never got reprimanded for it.

I think the referee should be sacked, tbh. They employee some idiots as refs.

Dont understand your point about Calzaghe fake hitting people.

Sorry, I was referring to Calslappy. Different guy entirely.

[porkypara]

In the past Hopkins has faked injury to give him an advantage,the Calzaghe fight is a prime example.

Do you think this afected the reffs desisions last night.

wel, using your example, JC faked hitting people to gain advantages in his fights and never got reprimanded for it.

I think the referee should be sacked, tbh. They employee some idiots as refs.

Dont understand your point about Calzaghe fake hitting people.

Sorry, I was referring to Calslappy. Different guy entirely.

The reality is you dont know what you are talking about.

[RohanKnight]

In the past Hopkins has faked injury to give him an advantage,the Calzaghe fight is a prime example.

Do you think this afected the reffs desisions last night.

wel, using your example, JC faked hitting people to gain advantages in his fights and never got reprimanded for it.

I think the referee should be sacked, tbh. They employee some idiots as refs.

Dont understand your point about Calzaghe fake hitting people.

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Sorry, I was referring to Calslappy. Different guy entirely.

The reality is you dont know what you are talking about.

Well, true, I'll concede that 'faking anothers punches on you' and 'faking your own punches perceived effect' are on different levels, the former is a direct cheat but still a common tool(Calzaghe used it too), the latter is a boxing tool to pick up points a la Sugar Ray Leonard v Hagler. I was definitely below the belt there, if you'll forgive the pun.

Mind you, I think you'll find the nickname Calslappy is well known in boxing, so I'm happy to be in a good company not knowing what its talking about.

[Rantcatrat]

In the past Hopkins has faked injury to give him an advantage,the Calzaghe fight is a prime example.

Do you think this afected the reffs desisions last night.

wel, using your example, JC faked hitting people to gain advantages in his fights and never got reprimanded for it.

I think the referee should be sacked, tbh. They employee some idiots as refs.

That's iditiotic. By that logic, Paulie Malignaggi should get points deducted for punching.

[rampant]

Another awful decision in boxing....no wonder the sport struggles to increase its fan base.


Dawson clearly pushed him off, both legs off the ground and landed on his elbow regardless of if he was making it look worse, thats what happened and he could have easily been injured from a result of that.

[Rantcatrat]

Another awful decision in boxing....no wonder the sport struggles to increase its fan base.


Dawson clearly pushed him off, both legs off the ground and landed on his elbow regardless of if he was making it look worse, thats what happened and he could have easily been injured from a result of that.

Why was Hopkins on top of Dawson though? He put himself in that position. Dawson nudged because Hopkins was leaning all his weight on him to push him to the ground.

[rampant]

Another awful decision in boxing....no wonder the sport struggles to increase its fan base.


Dawson clearly pushed him off, both legs off the ground and landed on his elbow regardless of if he was making it look worse, thats what happened and he could have easily been injured from a result of that.

Why was Hopkins on top of Dawson though? He put himself in that position. Dawson nudged because Hopkins was leaning all his weight on him to push him to the ground.

How can I answer that? Hopkins was probably leaning on him like you said and pushing him down (basically being a bit dirty) like most do in that situation...Dawson didnt just nudge him though he wasnt liking it and fair enough so the nudge ended up being more of a throw. A nudge wouldnt have lifted both legs off the floor.

Dont get me wrong Hopkins is just as much too blame but you cant end the fight as a TKO thats just a joke.

[RohanKnight]

In the past Hopkins has faked injury to give him an advantage,the Calzaghe fight is a prime example.

Do you think this afected the reffs desisions last night.

wel, using your example, JC faked hitting people to gain advantages in his fights and never got reprimanded for it.

I think the referee should be sacked, tbh. They employee some idiots as refs.

That's iditiotic. By that logic, Paulie Malignaggi should get points deducted for punching.

hi - my actual point is explained above. that post was simply my BHop style setup so as to land my knockout.

[erics44]

Dunno if its affected the refs decision but its definately why here is so much talk about the validity of the injury

When it happened my first reaction was he was faking it

He had his face screwed up before he hit the floor the lent on it to get up

I cant understand why he would fake an injury to end a fight at the stage it was at tho, whats the point?

[CFH]

In the past Hopkins has faked injury to give him an advantage,the Calzaghe fight is a prime example.

Do you think this afected the reffs desisions last night.

Absolutely. It was a terrible call and I'm certain it will be overturned, but it was 100% due to Hopkins reputation. Refs don't like being made fools of and all Hopkins bullshit caught up to him last night.

That said, I expect it to (rightly) end up as a N/C and we'll see a rematch within 6 months. Hopefully it's not a career-ender, but at Hopkins age it might be.

[RohanKnight]

I reckon the crowd had a LOT to do with the decision, a hall full of booing all round, they were out to shoot down Hopkins based on his reputation.

Such a bad ref to be influenced so markedly, but he must have been swayed by that, did he even examine Bhops shoulder before making that decision?

Referees should have some minimum medical knowledge, for instance to recognise a possible lumped out shoulder, if they are allowed to make decisions like this. I absolutely cant see a football referee not noticing that a player has a dislocated shoulder, even the worst possible fakers like some of Italy's squad (many times owrse than Bernard) you can determine if they are faking it with a close look, so I think its fair to call the referee a complete oaf on this one for not getting a doctor to look at the shoulder properly before deciding.

[FinitoElDinamita]

I think his history has something to do with it, yes..

Nard has a long history of bitchassness and the ref knew about it.. obviously.

He tried that bullshit with Antwon Echols, Robert Allen, Calzaghe, Roy rematch and now this... Ref isn't stupid.

Conman got conned..