Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Calzaghe ['08]
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Yeah, I think he should have let them fight out of 99% of those clinches, but he seemed to be afraid to let them in close together; could be because he didn't want to be at fault if Bernard headbutted Calzaghe and he missed it. LOL but you have to give him credit for that swift takedown of Joe he did at the end of one of the rounds. LOL
DAN RAFAEL'S UNOFFICIAL SCORECARD
ROUND // 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
HOPKINS// 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 9 9
CALZAGHE // 8 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 10 10
I DIDNT SEE THE FIGHT BUT EVERY SCORE CARD I SEEN LOOKS LIKE THIS SAYIN HOPKINS WON BUT DIDNT DO ANYTHING THE LAST LIKE 5 ROUNDS AND THATS WHAT GOT CALZAGHE THE WIN---------RE-MATCH
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DIDNT CARE ABOUT THE KNOCK DOWN IN THE FIGHT
ROUND // 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
HOPKINS// 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 9 9
CALZAGHE // 8 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 10 10
I DIDNT SEE THE FIGHT BUT EVERY SCORE CARD I SEEN LOOKS LIKE THIS SAYIN HOPKINS WON BUT DIDNT DO ANYTHING THE LAST LIKE 5 ROUNDS AND THATS WHAT GOT CALZAGHE THE WIN---------RE-MATCH
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DIDNT CARE ABOUT THE KNOCK DOWN IN THE FIGHT
^^^ I wouldnt say he got schooled, he just wasnt aggressive enough. In no way did Calzaghe even hurt him and quite honestly if Hopkins would have been the one to come forward he would have easily won cuz Calzaghe wasnt really landing to many clean punches but he did appear to be the quicker fighter in terms of throwing punches.
Hopkins has a really intelligent way of looking like he never loses but in reality he acted hurt on that low blow to rest for 5 minutes and then tried acting like he got lowed blowed again in an attempt to take a point from calzaghe...Hopkins never got hurt true but the only worthwhile thing he did in the fight was a 1st round knockdown, half of which was a push.
Hopkins got 43 years old. That's what happened.
In all honestly I scored it a draw. Calzaghe winning one more round than hopkins, but the knowdown made it a draw. Hopkins landed the harder, cleaner punches, AND more importantly, made calzaghe fight the kind of fight hopkins wanted him to fight, but hopkins basically ran out of gas in the later rounds and calzaghe landed much more of his pillow case punches vs hopkins' two to three hard punches per round. So, Calzaghe won this fight on the higher workrate alone, not because he hurt hopkins or schooled him at all. This is a classic case of the better veteran boxer simply being out worked by the faster/younger fighter that threw more punches in the mid to late rounds Hopkins again landed the harder/cleaner punches, but ran out of gas early, which cost him important rounds.
Regardless of the scoring, I give Hopkins mad credit for doing what he did and knocking down the undefeated champion at age 43. Nothing can take that away from bhop. On the flipside, Joe didn't look impressive AT ALL. He threw piss shots and almost got KO'd two/three times at least. He takes on chad dawson or glen jownson, he's done. He might beat pavlik, but let's see. I thought he mostly threw pillow punches against hopkins, up till the later rounds he landed a few sharp shots, nothing serious though. we'll see.
In all honestly I scored it a draw. Calzaghe winning one more round than hopkins, but the knowdown made it a draw. Hopkins landed the harder, cleaner punches, AND more importantly, made calzaghe fight the kind of fight hopkins wanted him to fight, but hopkins basically ran out of gas in the later rounds and calzaghe landed much more of his pillow case punches vs hopkins' two to three hard punches per round. So, Calzaghe won this fight on the higher workrate alone, not because he hurt hopkins or schooled him at all. This is a classic case of the better veteran boxer simply being out worked by the faster/younger fighter that threw more punches in the mid to late rounds Hopkins again landed the harder/cleaner punches, but ran out of gas early, which cost him important rounds.
Regardless of the scoring, I give Hopkins mad credit for doing what he did and knocking down the undefeated champion at age 43. Nothing can take that away from bhop. On the flipside, Joe didn't look impressive AT ALL. He threw piss shots and almost got KO'd two/three times at least. He takes on chad dawson or glen jownson, he's done. He might beat pavlik, but let's see. I thought he mostly threw pillow punches against hopkins, up till the later rounds he landed a few sharp shots, nothing serious though. we'll see.