: Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:25 am  

Hopkins started well but went into Judo mode for second half of the fight.

Milked a low blow for all it was worth as well.

He was hanging on from round 8 onwards I think.

Even allowing for the knockdown I had Calzaghe by a couple of points.

: Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:30 am  

Wembley '83 wrote:

Watched it on HBO and they had it exactly the same, 116-111.

Yeah, not that surprising to me either. Think John Rawling and Richie Woodhall fell into the trap of giving rounds to Hopkins purely for the fact that they thought the judges would favour Hopkins being the home fighter if you know what I mean?

He may have been the home fighter, but you can't win a big fight like that doing as little as Hopkins did IMO. Anyone who takes 2 minutes to recover from the softest low blow I've ever seen deserves exactly what he got.

: Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:32 am  

i had calzahg with 2 just got home mow never felt so good theres only 1 joe calzahghe lol

: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:15 am  

damm, Audley Harrison won his comeback on the Calzaghe undercard

[John_D]

: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:26 am  

Classic Hopkins really. Only one person wanted to fight there and that's got to be how Chuck Giampa saw it to come up with a 6-point gap.

Joe Cortez.... Get rid. He's a Golden Boy ref who allows the Golden Boy fighter to do what he wants.

: Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:47 am  

Listened to it on Radio 5 live and was slightly confused by the guy describing the action sounding like it was all Calzaghe then Duke "I know I'm a three weight world champion but I'm as daft as a brush" Mackenzie would say how much Hopkins was on top.... I decided to watch the fight for myself on HBO with Manny Stewart et al and yes they had him winning 116 - 111 quite rightly so, Hopkins was defensively great but didnt do anything really except hold and look for the odd right hand. Duke seemed to have difficulty seeing the fight properly with his head so far up BHops BHole

: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:24 am  

beax wrote:

Listened to it on Radio 5 live and was slightly confused by the guy describing the action sounding like it was all Calzaghe then Duke "I know I'm a three weight world champion but I'm as daft as a brush" Mackenzie would say how much Hopkins was on top.... I decided to watch the fight for myself on HBO with Manny Stewart et al and yes they had him winning 116 - 111 quite rightly so, Hopkins was defensively great but didnt do anything really except hold and look for the odd right hand. Duke seemed to have difficulty seeing the fight properly with his head so far up BHops BHole

I listened to 5live as well and was convinced by their comments that Hopkins had won comfortably, very odd commentry, Mckenzie seemed to have Calzaghe behind by at least 2/3 rounds.

: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:40 am  

Shameless wrote:

Watching the Hopkins interview it's hard to believe he lost. Not a mark on his face. Looks like he's just done a 30 minute training session with Dwaine Chambers. For me Hopkins made more impact in that fight, although Joe landed more technical hits.

Calzaghe, you are one lucky if hard working barstard.

Agree 100%, although Hopkins spent most of the fight cheating, Calzagie spent his time tip-tapping away to a points decision akin to and ameture fight.

Both fighters are cr@p and gave poor entertainment.

Roy Jones will smash Calzagie easily...

: Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:45 am  

Don't be daft.... Roy Jones is washed up and chinny

: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:04 pm  

Wouldn't want to see him take on Roy Jones as he's another who's way past his best IMO and beating a past it Jones would be no better than beating a past it Hopkins.

The fight I'd like to see Joe take would be Kelly Pavlik, someone who's a big puncher and in his prime. If Joe were to come through a fight like that with his unbeaten record intact, then that would more than cement his legacy IMO.