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did you watch the same fight as everybody else? WOW!! look at the stats, while the fight was close, calzaghes workrate and pressure was sureley enough. remember, hopkins was on home turf, but did not do enough to win.. period.

Calzaghe's workrate doesn't mean ****, Bernard landed the harder cleaner punches. All Calzaghe did ALL FIGHT LONG was throw wild punches, the stats don't mean ****, do they re-watch the fight in slow motion to see how many punches actually landed? NO! Stop relying on Compubox, it's not accurate. Bernard gave Calzaghe a boxing lesson at age 43. In one of the replays it even shows Calzaghe throwing a BUNCH of punches landing two on Hopkins' back and shoulder while Hopkins lands 1 hard right hand to the chin of Calzaghe which almost dropped him. Calzaghe is so damn overrated, the time he finally did step up to a legit guy he lost, Hopkins won this fight. The name of this sport is BOXING which is exactly what Hopkins did, all Calzaghe did was throw wild punches that weren't really landing most of the time.

Calzaghe a slapper says CHarlesCurtis, Overated says Tek9? If Calzaghe is a slapper how come people Like Lacey looked such a state after losing to him. Are these people really saying a ten year undefeated champion, who has won a belt in two divisions is an overated slapper??? He's beat Jeff Lacy, Kessler, Byron Michell, Charles Brewer, Chris Eubank, Richie Woodhall and now Hopkins. He's had 32 Ko's (he must slap hard!) If he was an American he'd be a legend but becasue he's from Wales (where's that , somewhere in England!?!) you wont give him respect. He has heart (knocked down more than once and still won) superb fitness, an exemplary professional. Like all true champs, he finds a way to win, even on his bad days. Who does he have to beat before America rates him??
Also if Calzaghe had said that no black man will ever beat him before this last fight, he would have gone to jail! Hopkin's racist taunts were sickning - racism is not a white mans disease, blacks can be just as bad and the press shouldn't be scared to crticise black people when they bring shame on their own.

I think the problem you have, with alot of people judging fights from their nice sofa is that, I have a feeling before this fight Tek9 and Curtis told people Hopkins would win so your scoring and viewing of the fight shows that. In a time were no one will say I was wrong, then people think if my man didn't lose... It must be the judges. Calzaghe did what had to be done, from the fourth round on it was Calzaghe fight. Score cards are NOT for who ever hits harder and cleaner, it's whoever lands MORE punches. How can someone say Hopkins won when he would hardly throw a punch. ten punches a round is no going to beat someone of Calzaghe work rate. Face it, you were and still are wrong.

Perrins 57 makes a good point and I didn't get to this in my entry, but Hopkins racial taunts were a lot to stomach and I certainly don't agree with them. I made an earlier entry some months back about Isiah Thomas and how black people can be just as racist as white people.
Anyhow, I do stand by what I said about Calzaghe being a slapper. really, who has he fought? Lacy was tremendously overrated (see some of his earlier fights, such as Syd Vanderpool for example, and you'll get what I'm talking about) and had one weapon: his left hook.
I saw the Kessler fight and at best it was 115-113 Calzaghe, not 116-112 or 117-111. I also disagree with Scotsmen when he says it's about who lands more punches. Not so. Scorecards are for who does the most damage with their punches. If what he says is true, then all boxers need in order to win is a halfway decent chin and 100 punches thrown per round.

Calzaghe had better retire now if he knows what's good for him. He's in with the big boys now. Glen Johnson would embarrass the hell out of him, as would Tarver or Dawson. Hell, even Kelly Pavlik could probably come up and beat him. 45-0 is a good number, even if all the opponents weren't (Who is Peter Manfredo?)

Here's another thought. Roy Jones wants a shot at Calzaghe. People might disagree, but I think Roy has one good fight left in him, and I really think he can get up for this one. He has more power than Hopkins and his speed is returning. 168 or 175, let's see it happen.

If Roy Jones beats Calzaghe, everyone in America will say "See Calzaghe's no good, as soon as he faces a good fighter he looses. But if Calzaghe beats Roy Jones you'll say "Roy was over the hill, doesn't prove anything" Calzaghe can win as many fights as he likes, against whoever he likes, the Yanks won't rate him.

Well, what has the OP got to say now that Calzaghe dominated Roy Jones and was the very FIRST man to open a cut on Jones' face? That one must've been a particularly ferocious slap. I'm a Roy Jones Jr fan, but Calzaghe tooled him and before anyone mentions age, Calzaghe was only 2 years younger than him. The 10 point must system is the way boxing bouts are scored. Calzaghe out pointed Hopkins in most rounds so be angry at the system, not the judges. Whoever landed the harder punches is irrelevant when it comes to the 10 point must system. Calzaghe is one of the greatest boxers to ever wear gloves and your criticism's of him are only sour grapes because the man isn't American or isn't black, take your pick!