i honestly believe hopkins will school joe.

[Loco LeftHook]

ive been going over this fight in my head a lot and think the occasion will get to joe and he will play right into bhops plan and eat right hand counter shots all night.

[GazOC]

I really can't see it but thats what makes it an interesting fight, differing opinions.

[Cobbler]

With Hopkins workrate. eating right hand counter shots all night equates to about seven punches.

I doubt that will be enough.

[mike464]

Calzaghe wins this unless he makes a mistake, in which case Hopkins will school him.

[Farmboxer]

Calzaghe is not Enzo. He will outwork Hopkins, but the judges belong to Hopkins, so does the referee.

[oztriker]

ive been going over this fight in my head a lot and think the occasion will get to joe and he will play right into bhops plan and eat right hand counter shots all night.

I have my doubts about Hopkins in this one....

He is 43 years old and has only fought twice in the last two and a half years...

Age and inaction..... not to mention JC's speed and workrate will be Hopkins downfall.:deal

[D.Haye-no1-p4p]

I honestly believe Joe will school Hopkins.

[scurlaruntings]

I honestly believe Joe will school Hopkins.Hopkins wont get schooled. His too wise and smart for that. This guys knows every trick in the book. If this was 5 years ago it wouldnt have been close. But at Hops age and with his conservative punch output im not sure his going to be able to fight the full 12 minutes of every round. One thing is certain Hopkins has an excellent right counter on southpaws. If Joe eats a dozen of those he WILL get cautious and this could play into his hands.
But to be fair thats being optimisitc.

[GazOC]

Hopkins wont get schooled. His too wise and smart for that. This guys knows every trick in the book. If this was 5 years ago it wouldnt have been close. But at Hops age and with his conservative punch output im not sure his going to be able to fight the full 12 minutes of every round. One thing is certain Hopkins has an excellent right counter on southpaws. If Joe eats a dozen of those he WILL get cautious and this could play into his hands.
But to be fair thats being optimisitc.

I don't think Joe will be able to fight the full 12 minutes of every ound either...;)

[scurlaruntings]

I don't think Joe will be able to fight the full 12 minutes of every ound either...;):lol: Oops its early morning! You know what i meant!:smoke

[DamonD]

With Hopkins workrate. eating right hand counter shots all night equates to about seven punches.

I doubt that will be enough.
Yeah, that's exactly it for me.

Unless Hopkins can seriously ring Joe's bell, I simply don't think he's going to land enough shots to win this one. Joe will be far too busy.

[GazOC]

:lol: Oops its early morning! You know what i meant!:smoke

Aye!!:good

[robpalmer135]

when the fight was first made i was 100% for Calzaghe. Then the more i thought about it I realized that Hopkins would
a) not have taken the fight if he didn't have a game plan for how to beat Joe
b) is one of the best ever at spoiling and making guys fight the wrong fight

also i felt that Enzo Macceranelli did not train properly for the time differenence. I really hope that Joe goes out to the states at least 3 weeks before the fight.

However Calzaghe is world class, so its a 50-50 fight.

[GazOC]

The Kessler fight was at 2am and Calzaghe did OK in that. I know Enzo looked like he'd just got out of bed on Saturday night but, other than that, theres not a great deal of evidence that the time had much to do with him getting KO'd or that he didn't prepare properly for it.

[DamonD]

Enzo kinda always looks like he's gotten out of bed. That guy is a shining icon of bed hair and stubble.

[dwilson]

I really hope Calzaghe wins and I expect him to lose the decision if the fight gets that far but I really can not see it.

Both are durable but either Joe's work rate will be too much for te old Hopkins to keep up with for the full twelve or due to how great Hopkins is against south paws JC will get too reckless and put on his arse for the ko.

[D.Haye-no1-p4p]

Hopkins wont get schooled. His too wise and smart for that. This guys knows every trick in the book. If this was 5 years ago it wouldnt have been close. But at Hops age and with his conservative punch output im not sure his going to be able to fight the full 12 minutes of every round. One thing is certain Hopkins has an excellent right counter on southpaws. If Joe eats a dozen of those he WILL get cautious and this could play into his hands.
But to be fair thats being optimisitc.
To be honest I think it's the speed of Joe that will prove to Hopkins' downfall, I don't think he'll be able to cope with Calzaghe's fast in and out style combinations.

I see a wide UD decision. If Joe does find himself being counterd I have no doubt he will alter his gameplan much like he did vs Kessler to turn the fight in his favour.

I see Hopkins having some success but not enough for him to beat Calzaghe.

[Max Molyneux]

Hopkins Is In for a beating, same would of happened a few years ago too.

[toffeejack]

Neither of them are getting schooled they are both way too good and experienced for that.

[Doyley10]

It'll be a close, technical, boring fight. Joe will probably win on a split decision, with Hopkins getting an unflected nod from one idiotic judge who likes to watch an old man smother someone's work while throwing almost fuck-all in return.

That's about how I see it, or JC wins by 6 rounds but is given it by 1 point.

[TFFP]

People are going to be in for a big suprise

It won't even be close. Joe will completely dominate this fight.

[mattress]

If this was 5 years ago it wouldnt have been close.

Joe would have schooled him?