Joe Calzaghe is still undefeated (45-0, 32 KOs) after twelve herky-jerky rounds with Bernard Hopkins (48-5, 32 KOs) at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hopkins’ best moment of the fight came in round one when he caught Calzaghe coming in and landed a short, straight right that put the Welshman on his butt. Calzaghe fought the next few rounds cautiously, but by the middle of the fight he seemed comfortable landing flurries, getting caught with a single counter, then being held on the inside. By the championship rounds, Calzaghe seemed the more energetic fighter.
“I guess I’m the legend killer,” said Calzaghe after the fight. “Maybe I’ll fight Roy Jones.”
Of course, Hopkins saw a different fight. “The people are the judges,” he said. “I made him fight my fight for half the fight.”
It’s the other half that was the problem.
The scores were 115-112 and 116-111 for Calzaghe and 114-113 for Hopkins. FightTube’s score was 117-111 Calzaghe.
