Who will win- bernard hopkins or joe calzaghe?

Question

Who will win- bernard hopkins or joe calzaghe?

Answer 1

joe will win the fight, but the judges will give it to hopkins, because americans are lying cheating hypocritical ********

Answer 2

hopkins, wait for the calzaghe brigade below

Answer 3

Calzaghe, split decision.

Answer 4

Calzaghe leaves himself open allot, his sloppy aggressive style works well against lesser fighters. But Joe has nobody on his record like Hopkins. If you took all Joe's opponents together they wouldn't come close to the experience and intelligence of a Bernard Hopkins.

Hopkins doesn't win fights with Power or speed, he uses his wits to beat opponents. Hopkins also has Mosley and DeLaHoya to help  prepare him for this fight.

Look for Hopkins to counter Calzaghe and eventually stop him around the 8th round.

The only chance Joe got is to hope that Hopkins becomes 43 years old over night. But from what i seen of him training he looks better then most 20 year old fighters.

Hopkins in 8

Answer 5

If u asked me 4-5 years ago i'd laugh and say hopkins.

But now Calzaghe has proved why he's champion for so long.

Hopkins is 43 but remenber he beat winky wright oscar de la hoya antonio tarver Felix trinidad and glen johnson.

On the other hand joe has beathen Chris eubank mikkel kessler Sakio bika and jeff lacy.

On paper it looks like Calzaghe from recent form.

Although Hopkins made 20 defences of his belt and has beathen better oppents than joe has.(in my opinon)

Calzaghe who beat mikkel kessler comfortalby on points and bernard winning as underdog against winky.

Verdict:I think by recent form Joe will take this but you can't rule out hopkins EVER.I think joe on points by 3-5 rounds.

It wouldn't shock me if hopkins won.

Answer 6

I think this is going to be a really good fight.  I think the fight could go either way, but my gut says hopkins is going to pull this out.  

Many people think hopkins is an old man but he is in much, much better shape than most 40 year olds.

Answer 7

I want B-hop, but i think Calzaghe

Answer 8

paulie with the girlie name, what newspaper did you pelagerise that **** from?

Its quite obvious you havent a clue about boxing.

Hopkins to win it in 10.

Answer 9

Just to kick things off...Hopkins has not KO'd anyone since he fought Oscar (who started his pro career at 130) in 2004. He couldn't even take out Winky (a natural Light Middle), so what chance has he got of knocking out a natural Super Middle/ Light Heavy who has a very solid chin? I take it you did watch Joe's fight with Mikkel Kessler, whereby he took all of Kessler's best shots...

There is a very good chance that by all rights, Calzaghe should give Hopkins a thrashing that should end his career. But Hopkins will probably retire, then un-retire, and seek "one last payday" against an equally faded Roy Jones.

People go on about how great Hopkins is, because he defended the Middleweight title (or portions of it) so many times. Who did he beat? Morrade Hakkar and William Joppy? And then at Light Heavy, he beat a guy (Tarver) who had to lose 40 Ibs after beefing up to Heavyweight to act in Rocky VI, and then at 170 Ibs, beat a blown-up Light Middle. He'll get into the Hall Of Fame, no question (lets face it, they let Barry McGuigan in), but they are hardly accomplishments worthy of making him 'legendary'.

He was unwilling to gamble when Roy Jones outclassed him, and he avoided a fight with James Toney. People tout Hopkins as a legend, but he is no more than a very good boxer and title holder - call a Spade a Spade. Lots of Americans agree with this view. When someone asked Russel Peltz, the legendary promoter of the Blue Horizon club in Philadelphia, whether Hopkins could have beaten Hagler, Peltz LAUGHED, and just said: "Hopkins? Beat Hagler? Hey, Hopkins couldn't have even beaten [Bennie] Briscoe."

But to give Hopkins his due - he is a defensive master, and as brilliant at taking away the opponent's chief weapon. But he cannot take away Calzaghe's hand speed, agility and workrate. Hopkins is too old to live with the workrate of Calzaghe - maybe ten years ago, but not now. When he fights, Hopkins has absolutely no urgency. He seeks a pace befitting a drunken snail, and I feel Calzaghe's workrate - 1000 punches thrown in a 12 round fight - speed, agility and concrete chin will see him beat Hopkins by Unanimous Decision (I have a sneaky feeling that the judges may get desperate, and try and score the fight closer than it actually is, in an attempt to save Hopkins from defeat), or maybe even overwhelm B-Hop for a late - 11th or 12th round - stoppage victory, completely ensuring his place in Cannastota. After that, Calzaghe should retire. He will have nothing left to prove to himself, or to anyone.

That's all, folks.

Kid below me~

Just because my opinion and thought-out answer doesn't agree with your one-line statement that Hopkins will win in 10. It's all very well and good saying that, but I'm certain the Answers community would like to hear how you came to the conclusion.

No plagiarism (correct spelling!) involved. It's called logically thinking something through. You should try it sometime.

Answer 10

Hopkins is a fighter who will make you look sloppy no matter how good your offensive tactics are. He's a very crafty fighter and usually wins now not by his aggression but by making the fight slow and boring because of his style. If Calzaghe finds a way to knock Hopkins out, he'll win. The judges will probably favor hopkins more on accuracy though if it goes the distance.

Answer 11

Hopkins is still a good fighter, but i'm definately going to have to go for Calzaghe - His hands should be way too fast for the old man

Answer 12

grandpa hopkins is gonna get his azz knocked out

Answer 13

This should be a very good fight, but id have to say calzaghe is much fitter than hopkins so hopkins will have to ko calzaghe.

personally i dont think that will happen, but maybe its becoz im welsh!  Cymru am Byth!