I watched the fight, and i must say i was dissapointed.. Im a huge Calzaghe fan, and Joe didnt really do too much.. in his defence, Hopkins was crap!.. he didnt want to fight he just wanted to get paid and go home, he didnt really put anything into the fight after the knockdown, and only really had a flurry of punches in round 10... I always hate when Joe drops his hands... but thats just Joe...
I was trying to explain to my wife that its easy to make a great fighter look bad, and thats what hopkins did to Joe...
There was no jab, if he worked from behind that and kept at range it would have been a different story!..
But like he says, a win is a win!.. good job Joe, you are well and truely the best fighter to ever come out of Britian.....
On a side note, the ref Joe Cortez should be sacked, or at least banned from reffing a US vs UK fight!.. he would'nt let Hatton fight his fight on the inside with Mayweather cos Mayweather bitched about it, and last night he let Hopkins get away with too many headbutts, elbows, holding and head/arm locking!..
Hopkins is done for me!.. Bring out Roy Jones Jr for one last fight for Joe and then he should call it a day, with record and titles in tact and a nice big bank account.....
Joe Calzaghe FTW!!!!