20
Apr

Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe a Split Decision

Author: jps61974

‘ve just seen the match between Bernard Hopkins and Joe Calzaghe a few minutes ago and I was so impressed with the fight given by Calzaghe to Hopkins. He totally dominated the fight and the decision should have a unanimous decision in my view. Their fight was tagged “Battle of the Planet”.

The Associated Press website stated that “Judge Ted Gimza scored it 115-112 for Calzaghe, and Chuck Giampa favored Calzaghe 116-111. Judge Adelaide 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.

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 and accuracy, and he heavily outjabbed Hopkins.”

As for a boxing aficionado like me, the fight should have been scored a unanimous decision for Calzaghe because he has been more aggressive landing the crisper shots than Hopkins. Hopkins was even holding Calzaghe many times in the fight and tried to give him low blows everytime he had the chance. He was also acting as if hurt when Calzaghe hit him a little low in his pants. Even spectators knew that Hopkins was playing.