Apr
21
Calzaghe Retires Hopkins
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Joe Calzaghe battled his way back from a first-round knockdown to win a split decision over Bernard Hopkins on Saturday. Hopkins knocked down Calzaghe with a right hand just 70 seconds in at the Thomas & Mack Center. With a Ruiz like defense and good counterpunching, Hopkins repeatedly negated Calzaghe’s attempts to trade blows and gain physical control, causing more frustration than Calzaghe has ever felt. Calzaghe landed 33 percent of his 707 punches, while Hopkins connected with 27 percent of his 468 blows. Calzaghe had the edge in power punches with both total blows and accuracy, and he also outjabbed Hopkins. After 12 rounds, Judge Ted Gimza scored it 115-112 for Calzaghe, and Chuck Giampa favored Calzaghe 116-111. Judge Adalaide Byrd gave it 114-113 to Hopkins, as did many reporters at ringside—including The Associated Press, which also favored Hopkins 114-113 despite Calzaghe’s dominance in the final five rounds.
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bruno conti on April 21st, 2008 10:00 pm
write that judge’s name down that scored the fight for hopkin. if he makes two more mistakes like that, no more j.o.b. hey, they do it to criminals.three strikes and you’re out. i bet the judges would start paying more attention. hopkin stated after the fight that the fans know he won the match. those taylor fight were really close. not this one. calzaghe ran away w/ it.
bruno conti on April 21st, 2008 10:03 pm
which fans is hopkin talking about?
tom on April 25th, 2008 1:15 am
Fight fans;
If Adelalenine byrd is black, does that make her judging look suspicious? I am afraid that Byrd, along with Cortez, made that fight for calzaghe a very difficult one to win!
I also think Cortez was “On the take”, especially with the hatton fight! I wouldn’t be surprised if he was paid 20 G’s by Mayweathers’s camp, my opinion of course…This guy’s bank trail should be investigated as far as I am concerned!!!!!!!
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