Commentator......... "I don't see Calzaghe beating Hopkins on flair." Has he ever seen Joe Calzaghe fight FFS???? Calzaghe was a brilliant operator and was that good that even after a career of over 40 top quality pro fights under his belt, his face doesn't look like he's ever been a boxer.
@@GORILLABREATH1 well yes, we did give the world back its independence mate. Never mess with the redcoats. Although the Americans did have their boston tea party after a damn good fight with us. We are born to fight here mate.
Too bad american white boys can't beat anybody in boxing besides themselves😅 y'all have to root for none American boxers. Even in MMA y'all get y'all asses beat the fk up😅
Typical double standard. The problem is that no one not considered “white” even flinched with that comment. And for the record, plenty of white people could beat him in a real fight.
I love the way the commentators try and down play everything Calzaghe does and big up Hopkins. The most biased boxing commentary I've heard, even worse than English commentators with Bruno. Hilarious.
Best at dodging opponents & slapping ffs Hopkins was over 43 had chance to fight him when he was in his 30’s like Mayweather with Pac-Man teams Cherry pick when to fight, which is why Ali will always be the greatest imho never ever ducked anybody!
@@kennethcharles1386 🙄🤫 Calzage whipped his ass it was a SD & it was Hopkins who put JC on his backside and at 7 years younger Calzage couldn’t do the same shocking take yr Welsh blinkers off 🙄😏🤣
@@waynewoodward674 Joe Calzaghe had he been an American fighter he would have gotten more, coverage and probably bigger paydays, but he was so humble even with all his wealth he lives a modest life a beautiful wife a four or five kids, it doesn't get any better then that. He would just laugh at people who talked $#!+....and then beat the hell out of them.🤣🤣🤣
He should have been covered much better then he was but considering who he was Joe loved the sport of boxing and was content with the European market, he got a lot further in life with his family always in front of him knowing when the time came, he was that man to beat. Joe and Floyd and Andra ward retired from boxing, boxing didn't retire them. So many boxers fall sick and live devastating lives as a result of all trauma to head and body. It's nice to see men like Joe Calzaghe and Floyd Mayweather because their the ones who walked away fully intact. Watching Roy Jones still boxing at like 57 years old tells you how #u@ked up boxing is there's no way the people who run boxing should let men over 50 to continue to box but they do George Foreman the man's in his 70s and still trying to make a comeback and he's one of the wealthiest boxers he made a fortune coming back as the oldest boxer, but he took an @$$ whipping like never before and they just kept him in boxing because these promoters dont give a crap about those fighter's they make all the money......look at the upcoming fight Garcia and Davis should be able to get 75 million a piece that fight is going to make at least 500 million when its all over these guys will be lucky to walk away with 3 million dollars this is the biggest fight since Pacquiao and Mayweather and they made more money in one fight then most boxers do in their entire career. Well anyway Floyd Mayweather did. Toping all boxers
Calzaghe beat so many racists it’s silly….. Fury would destroyed ali as fury compared to ali is like comparing ali to mayweather jr & yes mayweather jr is faster & more illusive than ali but would he beat ali being smaller & lighter ????? The same for fury vs ali… Easy win for fury to be honest…
@@ThankGodImBlack370 Yes, it was a very tough fight. Calzaghe later admitted it was his most grueling fight. He was exhausted early because he put so much effort into stopping Eubank early after the knockdown. You can see him reaching deep for the last half of the fight. Eubank wasn't easy for anyone, he was physically very strong.
Hopkins all he does is grab on and hold and the ref is a tossser for not telling him to stop it.. i'd give him one warning and if he does it again your disqualified..
I couldn't agree more. Its supposed to be a boxing match and not a grappling contest. Can you imagine how much moaning and whining there would be off Hopkins If the tables were turned? I don't have much respect for Hopkins, he seems like a complete xxshole. As for Cortez, well he stopped Hatton from doing any work on the inside when he fought Mayweather. Another fix.
@@BeautifulGameVibes And I think they are wrong, some great great fighters named there but Calzaghe was just pure boxing - undefeated champions all ways have to be considered the in the top 5 easily! I don't like Fllyod but he is undefeated champion and must be there also.
Lampley biased as hell, Luckily Steward was there to put him right. Hopkins was a dirty fighter, well known for headbutting and theatrics. In the other hand full respect to Calzaghe for being the fighter he was.
yeah no sound that sucked and I don't know how in the hell either one of then are undefeated that was Pathetic like either one of them could throw a punch if you want to call that a punch embarassment to PRO BOXING worse than 2 6 Yr old girls slapping each other. If calzag he knew how to fight , Hell Hopkins Wuz moving straight to his lefthand the whole fight instead of away from ris left any other lef ty / Southpaw like myself t retired Pro Boxer Hopkins would have been knocked out | St Round GUARANTEED
@@gatorspbjoes busted all his hands fingers to bits over the years, thats why he looks like a slapper, but theres still power in those slaps, his mits are a right 2&8 even now
Hopkins could and would not keep his head up, it was his dirty tactics, by his corner. They knew that Calzaghe was far too strong for him, who then became one of the greatest fighters of ALL time.
Was great seeing Oscar lose to a 'black' boy when he said black fighters couldn't take it to the body... then got stopped with a body shot 😂. Anyway.. Hopkins had a better career and went down as a better fighter than Calslappy & Oscar. Just look at any top 50-100 P4P list.
@@jedwing id argue he actually fought better with age until his final 2-3 bouts. And Hopkins age clearly wasn't an issue, as he won titles following that loss. Stop being a sore loser, Joe whooped BHop. Whether u like that fact or not.
What I saw is Hopkins holding on all night like Mayweather Floyd Jr and clinching so he wouldn't get hit by Joe " s quick punches! Hopkins a good fighter just never seen hold on so much like this fight!! ⭕‼️⭕‼️
"I was enjoying myself so I wanted to take it to 12 rounds" said no boxer in history ever, apart from Joe Calzaghe. Genius. Welsh (Celtic) + Italian (Roman) = a working class champion gladiator with a real attitude!
On the 'Italian' side, he is of Sardinian heritage, he has relatives in Sassari in an area called Latte Dolce. I met some of them in a bar watching his old fights eight years ago. Regarding Sardinia, it is about as Italian as Wales is English.
Can I ask a dumb question, one that's not quite as dumb as these comments "What does the genotype of Joe Calzaghe have to do with his career as a pugelist"?
I remember watching that fight how in the world that they come up with the split decision or there's something wrong that one judge Hopkins lost that fight very easily
He couldn’t match calzaghes punch output, this was a bad matchup at This stage of Bernard’s career. I don’t see any way Bernard could’ve won a decision.
@@rolandtomassi3486 He didn't say that. He's just pointing out that Stewart is wrong and indeed Calzaghe put Eubank on his ass on the first round and also forced him to the ground briefly in the 10th round.
One thing I have to say........ I think Freddie Roach is an amazing trainer and an amazing bloke, especially when you take into account that he's got Parkinsons. His record of, what is it... 27 or 28 World Champions is an unbelievable achievement, he has my utmost respect and utmost gratitude for what he's done in my 2nd favourite sport.
Freddie is a tactical genius, when you lose something due to a disability you earn twice in another sense, so imo what Freddie lost in Parkinson's just went and doubled another sense, similar to autism, some autism kids just BECAUSE of autism don't mean that they don't pick up and master another thing which all focus goes on...THEIR IS PLENTY OF EVIDENCE TO PROVE THIS TWO..REMEMBER THE GUY WHO TRAVELED THE WORLD LOOKING FOR SUPERHUMAN PEOPLE..AND EVERYONE HE WENT TO HE TOOK THEM AWAY FROM EVERYTHING THEY KNEW AND ITS JUST ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE..ID POINT TO MANNY PACQUIAO TO PROVE EVERYTHING HE SUPERCEDIDETE WITH BOXING KNOWLEDGE AND HIS CAPABILITIES IN GETTING HIS FIGHTER'S TO WIN 9 TIMES OUT OF TEN...EVEN JUST SPEAKING TO HIM AND WATCH HIM WORK FOR A WEEK YOU WOULD LEAVE WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE OF BOXING ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL...TEDDY ATLAS IS NOT THE SAME BUT LISTENING TO HIS REACTION TO A FIGHT IS INCREDIBLE...TWO DIFFERENT BUT VERY CLEVER BOXING COACHES WITH BOOKS AND BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE IF THEY DECIDED TO DO IT ...I THINK FREDDIE SHOULD START BECAUSE HE IS DIFFERENT ALTOGETHER....
I've watched& listened to many an fight with Jim Lampley and Max Kellerman babbling away,sounding knowledgeable,but leaving the audience usually bewildered with their biased analysis! But thankfully Emanuel Stewart was alongside to add some thoughtful insight!..
Hopkins had one of the ugliest styles of all time. He was a spoiler, a dirty fighter, and a terrible loser. It pained me to have to watch him back when he was active.
Yeah, has to be some sort of early April Fools joke. Lennox beat: Vitali Klitchko Evander Holyfield Mike Tyson David Tua Frank Bruno Tony Tucker Ray Mercer Shannon Briggs Tommy Morrison Michael Grant. Calzaghe doesn't even have a third of this resume + struggled against hopkins & robin reid - 2 fights that were split decisions, with no rematch. This is partly why Joe doesn't get the same flowers as other fighters from this era. Like a Tyson, Oscar, Hopkins, Roy, Klitschko or Lewis.
Calzaghe is one of the greatest fighters of all time. Very underrated by the American press and even the UK press. Loved to watch Joe and glad he retired undefeated.
Calzaghe was a clever skillful fighter with very quick hands, but he lacked elite power. He overwhelmed opponent with massive punch output. I liked Joe but his career was essentially home based living many to wonder just how good he really was. In this Hopkins fight he was a sensation! And of course he was Welsh (😮) and that's good enough for me 😂. 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲.
I remember this fight and watching it back, more specifically the rhetoric from the American pundits before the fight and the commentators during the fight: the Yanks never faced the reality and the reality was that Joe Calzaghe was a world class fighter. Even Hopkins himself said he just saw Calzaghe as a white boy. If he'd done his homework he'd have worked out that Calzaghe was a real threat. In the first round here, one of the commentators remembered that Calzaghe had put Chris Eubank down "....but Hopkins ain't Eubank!!" he quipped. No..... dickhead. You're right. Bernard Hopkins ain't Chris Eubank. Eubank was far and away a better, harder fighter than Hopkins ever was.... but I guess that didn't fit in with the "USA rules the frikkin' world!" mentality. So, even with a fighter like Calzaghe going over to the states with his record and with his skill for all to see..... the Yanks STILL refused to accept just how good Calzaghe was..... and that's gonna filter down to the fighters. Hopkins had clearly never done a minute of homework on Calzaghe and so you get what happenned...... Joe Calzaghe gave ignorant, arrogant America yet ANOTHER boxing lesson.
Hopkins won that fight for sure. The knock down, the clean punches, controlling the pace of the fight. It was a Hopkins fight Eubank is not remotely in the same league as Hopkins. Don't be silly
😂😂😂 the commentator Jim Lampley said " Hopkins isn't known for his knockout power, but found it there against Calzaghe", except he didn't knockout Calzaghe! He didn't even hurt him, Calzaghe was caught walking into a perfectly timed straight right, but it wasn't a hard punch whatsoever. Calzaghe was more off balance than anything else and was caught with a beautiful punch, but it wasn't a power punch and you could see that as plain as day when Calzaghe got up straight away and went straight back after Hopkins. Calzaghe landed on the seat of his shorts, his back didn't even touch the canvas, just his ass. I don't know about you but to my understanding, a knockout is when one fighter lands a punch that separates the other fighter from their consciousness, and switches the lights out! Even a TKO(technical knockout) which is where the referee deems that the fighter cannot continue for a particular reason, is not what happened to Joe Calzaghe in this fight, because he was able to continue, and did continue. The reason I'm going on about this, is because lately in both boxing and MMA, the judging in some fights have been criminal, and i think that a lot of the judges are hearing what the commentators are saying during the fight. Now the 3 judges are spread around the ring or cage and obviously the judge who's further away will not hear the commentators, but think about it for a second, because a lot of decisions lately have all 3 judges with vastly different scorecards, and if their watching the same fight and their all competent at their job(judging fights) and they aren't corrupt, then if they are watching the same fight the scorecards can differ but not to the point where 2 judges give it to the one fighter comfortably, but the 3rd judge has the opposite fighter winning by a huge margin, and that shouldn't be happening because these fighters paychecks depend on the correct and fair decision, but most importantly, is the careers of the fighters because losing a fight you actually won, sets your career back by being dropped down the rankings or missing a chance to fight for a world championship and all the money,prestige and opportunities that come with that, but all the blood, sweat and tears and the thousands of hours of hard work and sacrifice you have made to become the world champion and achieve your goal that you've had your whole life, and to be able to change your life, but also your mum and dads life too. Only for it to be snatched away or stolen is a better world, by a judge who has given the wrong decision, and never ever held accountable for their actions either which is also wrong on every level. The reason I started by saying about what the commentator said and got wrong, was because I've went back and watched a lot of these fights that were judged wrong and had the wrong fighter winning, and what I did was watch the fight like normal, but then I would watch the fight again, but with NO VOLUME ON, and to my surprise the fight was a completely different fight, because you had no biased towards a certain fighter, and punches and shots you were told had landed and hurt the other fighter didn't happen at all. In the UFC which i absolutely love, you have 3 commentators and they show you replays of the 3 commentators reactions and expressions and just how animated they actually are during the fights, and my god they are hugely animated and they are shouting and making shocked faces etc, and it's fun and great TV. However, as much as I absolutely LOVE Joe Rogan and Daniel DC Cormier and Jon Anik, Michael Bisping, Paul Felder and Dominick Cruz etc. They all have friends,favourites and former teammates fighting, but they're only human and they have shown bias towards some fighters and the replays of their reactions during a fight, would definitely sway a judge seeing them react that way and especially if the judge missed a punch etc and especially if they don't have a clue what they're watching. Like one of the judges in this fight called ADALAIDE BYRD, SHE HAS ONE OF THE WORST RECORDS OF ANY JUDGE AND HAS RUINED THE TRAJECTORY OF MANY FIGHTERS CAREERS WITHOUT ANY REPERCUSSIONS BECAUSE HER HUSBAND IS A REFEREE. THIS MADNESS HAS GOT TO STOP!!! You work your heart and guts out every single day and do everything right and the right way, only for commentators and mainly judges to derail your whole career through no fault of your own, it's sickening to see!!! Go watch the fights back without the sound on, mute your TV and have no distractions and i promise you that you will see a completely different fight to the one you watched with the commentary, and you end up with a whole new different perception on fights.
Hopkins has been considered as one of the dirtiest fighters, he's been resorting to arm clinching, headbutts and other dirty tactics. No respect for that dirty guy at all..
B-Hop used a lot of spoiling tactics. Hard to look good against a guy like that. Both legends though. If you're a patient boxing fan, there was a lot of great moments 😎
The national anthems at the beginning were so unbearably cringe 🤢 lol. Anyway, remember this fight well, and so happy Calzaghe beat Hopkins. Dirtiest fighter I've seen and no respect at all.
It's very frustrating to see the ref jump in to break up the fighters every time they get in close......unfortunately, this ref is helping Hopkins.. Let them fight, the holding is part of the fight....ref, stay out of it!
Dumb take. Meanwhile, Joe ducked Glen Johnson three times and was playing hide and seek with Sven Ottke in Europe. And he also ducked the likes of James Toney, Michael Nunn and of course Roy Jones in his prime.
@@miyagido Of course he wouldnt. Joe Calzaghe was a nobody. Waited years to come out from his cave when Jones and Hopkins are already old. Where was he when Tarver, Johnson, Toney, Nunn, etc are scrapping for LHW throne? Oh right, he was busy beating taxi drivers in Wales
it's interesting some of the punches Joe Calzaghe throws aren't even punches at all. it's like a flailing, slapping , claw attack. When he really gets going on the combinations, sometimes.
Commentator......... "I don't see Calzaghe beating Hopkins on flair." Has he ever seen Joe Calzaghe fight FFS????
Calzaghe was a brilliant operator and was that good that even after a career of over 40 top quality pro fights under his belt, his face doesn't look like he's ever been a boxer.
It was obvious that Calzaghe won easily....holding was what .Hopkins did for the whole fight!
Hopkins, sign him up for todays nfl . He holds like a offensive lineman, thru the whole game.
Calzaghe’s dad is hilarious, a jazz musician creating an undefeated world champion
70s low budget porn star. Look at the head on him 😮
Everything is sound even before light
Must've been "good Jizz
R.i.p Enzo.
That's f**king awesome
Being a good old englishmen I miss hbo at 2am up until 6am. I hardly ever missed a big fight for well over 30yrs.
DOES everyone in the UK box because you all have busted teeth !
I miss it as well.
@@GORILLABREATH1 well yes, we did give the world back its independence mate. Never mess with the redcoats. Although the Americans did have their boston tea party after a damn good fight with us. We are born to fight here mate.
Yeh great times back then go down the pub with £20 come home with change 🤣
@@Alan-xk9rk for £20 you could get pissed at the pub & still buy chips/kebab or a taxi home
I’d love to see the reaction if joe had said I’ll never let a black boy beat me the accusations of racism would last to this day
Too bad american white boys can't beat anybody in boxing besides themselves😅 y'all have to root for none American boxers. Even in MMA y'all get y'all asses beat the fk up😅
Joe is well mannered and a True Professional 🇬🇧
To right bloody disgrace but then its only white people who are racist isn't it
Typical double standard. The problem is that no one not considered “white” even flinched with that comment. And for the record, plenty of white people could beat him in a real fight.
@Twice is the Worst Girl Group I hope you’re joking. 😂
I love the way the commentators try and down play everything Calzaghe does and big up Hopkins. The most biased boxing commentary I've heard, even worse than English commentators with Bruno. Hilarious.
Americans are gobshites. I think Hagler would of had a good chance. But he was a great man nothing like Hopkins and the rest of the BIG MOUTHS.
Great to see Emanuel commentating, a proven cheat!!!
Bernard is smart there
you don't see it so you hear it wrong
They always wanted to be black, and hated their whiteness. It' not their fault.
Typical American c u c k s
Calzaghe's engine is insane. Every round is 100 miles an hour. He just wears fighters down as they can't live with him.
He had insane cardio
He's white and unbeaten.
That's why he ain't a superstar.
its those mountains in wales he runs up and down daily, these aint hill but mountains kidda,thats goto be it i recon
Joe Calzaghe was so underrated, but he'll go down in boxing history as one of best fighters of all times.
Best at dodging opponents & slapping ffs Hopkins was over 43 had chance to fight him when he was in his 30’s like Mayweather with Pac-Man teams Cherry pick when to fight, which is why Ali will always be the greatest imho never ever ducked anybody!
@@kennethcharles1386 🙄🤫 Calzage whipped his ass it was a SD & it was Hopkins who put JC on his backside and at 7 years younger Calzage couldn’t do the same shocking take yr Welsh blinkers off 🙄😏🤣
@@waynewoodward674 Joe Calzaghe had he been an American fighter he would have gotten more, coverage and probably bigger paydays, but he was so humble even with all his wealth he lives a modest life a beautiful wife a four or five kids, it doesn't get any better then that. He would just laugh at people who talked $#!+....and then beat the hell out of them.🤣🤣🤣
He should have been covered much better then he was but considering who he was Joe loved the sport of boxing and was content with the European market, he got a lot further in life with his family always in front of him knowing when the time came, he was that man to beat. Joe and Floyd and Andra ward retired from boxing, boxing didn't retire them.
So many boxers fall sick and live devastating lives as a result of all trauma to head and body. It's nice to see men like Joe Calzaghe and Floyd Mayweather because their the ones who walked away fully intact. Watching Roy Jones still boxing at like 57 years old tells you how #u@ked up boxing is there's no way the people who run boxing should let men over 50 to continue to box but they do George Foreman the man's in his 70s and still trying to make a comeback and he's one of the wealthiest boxers he made a fortune coming back as the oldest boxer, but he took an @$$ whipping like never before and they just kept him in boxing because these promoters dont give a crap about those fighter's they make all the money......look at the upcoming fight Garcia and Davis should be able to get 75 million a piece that fight is going to make at least 500 million when its all over these guys will be lucky to walk away with 3 million dollars this is the biggest fight since Pacquiao and Mayweather and they made more money in one fight then most boxers do in their entire career. Well anyway Floyd Mayweather did. Toping all boxers
Calzaghe beat so many racists it’s silly…..
Fury would destroyed ali as fury compared to ali is like comparing ali to mayweather jr & yes mayweather jr is faster & more illusive than ali but would he beat ali being smaller & lighter ????? The same for fury vs ali…
Easy win for fury to be honest…
Love Emmanuel Stuart dissecting Bernard's "brilliance". One punch, head butt. Thank you Emanuel
Great man who cared not about colour as everyone should say what you see
It's like his third arm...but In this fight he rarely threw combinations so I don't see the point
Emanuel is no longer with us Bruh!
Emmanuel wasn’t a racist like Hopkins is…
Hopkins deserved an Academy Award, no question! Not the greatest fight, however!
Famous last words from Hopkins
“I ain’t letting a white boy beat me” 😂 well well guess what 😂😂🥊
that sounds a little racist...well how did that go ...Boy-e-e--e-e-e-e-e--!
@@GORILLABREATH1 🤣
Also ended his career by being knocked out of the ring by a whitey
He’s a tool
@@GORILLABREATH1 It's blatant racism, id!ot.
Hopkins is a spoiler and a frustrator but Calzaghe's class was just too good.
Holder
Kidding? Hopkins was the only guy landing "punches", as opposed to slaps.
@@architchaudhary1285why did no one walk through those slaps?
Robin Reid did.@@mcwaff8661
Calzaghe wasn't dropped by Chris Eubank in the first round, it was Eubank that was dropped by Calzaghe.
Did you see the 12th
spectacular punch as well.
@@ThankGodImBlack370 Yes, it was a very tough fight. Calzaghe later admitted it was his most grueling fight. He was exhausted early because he put so much effort into stopping Eubank early after the knockdown. You can see him reaching deep for the last half of the fight. Eubank wasn't easy for anyone, he was physically very strong.
@@TheIkaraCult He caught Eubank too relaxed and pulling back. The timing was perfect.
I think that was the second Eubank fight. 👍
Hopkin just like a girl with too much complain, coward...
Keller man is wrong - Eubank didn’t put Calzaghe down in the first round - it was Joe who put Eubank down
Our boy from Wales indestructable
Italy actually
Hopkins all he does is grab on and hold and the ref is a tossser for not telling him to stop it.. i'd give him one warning and if he does it again your disqualified..
It's Joe Cortez, what do you expect, one of the most obviously bent refs in the history of boxing.
@@EnforcerX71 q
Yep!!!!
I couldn't agree more. Its supposed to be a boxing match and not a grappling contest. Can you imagine how much moaning and whining there would be off Hopkins If the tables were turned?
I don't have much respect for Hopkins, he seems like a complete xxshole.
As for Cortez, well he stopped Hatton from doing any work on the inside when he fought Mayweather. Another fix.
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All the American commentators talking shit about Joe…. Then he once again shut them all up. Greatest boxer I have ever seen.
Greatest? That's insane. Guy's like Marquez, Barrera & Morales are rated higher than this guy
@@BeautifulGameVibes And I think they are wrong, some great great fighters named there but Calzaghe was just pure boxing - undefeated champions all ways have to be considered the in the top 5 easily! I don't like Fllyod but he is undefeated champion and must be there also.
Lampley biased as hell, Luckily Steward was there to put him right. Hopkins was a dirty fighter, well known for headbutting and theatrics. In the other hand full respect to Calzaghe for being the fighter he was.
Joe Calslappy
Slapped the taste out that boy’s mouth.
@@jooson2826 And not a single boxer could even beat a "slapper" through the entirety of his career! Undefeatable son!
@@miyagido Hopkins beat him here!! Decision was politics.
@@ThankGodImBlack370 🤣🤣🤣
1:16:17 - In the middle of the 11th round the sound cut off for the remainder of the video. That's a shame.
yeah no sound that sucked and I don't know how in the hell either one of then are undefeated that was Pathetic like either one of them could throw a punch if you want to call that a punch embarassment to PRO BOXING worse than 2 6 Yr old girls slapping each other. If calzag he knew how to fight , Hell Hopkins Wuz moving straight to his lefthand the whole fight instead of away from ris left any other lef ty / Southpaw like myself t retired Pro Boxer Hopkins would have been knocked out | St Round GUARANTEED
@@gatorspb Retired boxer? How many world titles did you win?
@@jonallen8346 Golden Glove!
@@gatorspb That's not bad at all 👍
@@gatorspbjoes busted all his hands fingers to bits over the years, thats why he looks like a slapper, but theres still power in those slaps, his mits are a right 2&8 even now
Bernard ate his own words that night 💯
Hopkins could and would not keep his head up, it was his dirty tactics, by his corner. They knew that Calzaghe was far too strong for him, who then became one of the greatest fighters of ALL time.
you mean far too young, jo dodged hopkins until he aged out
@@samkay-od5jc dont talk utter shit lmao
Yes a ten years younger Hoskins would’ve put Joe in intensive care.
haha!@@samkay-od5jc
Haha!@@flashgordon6670
Always great seeing Hopkins lose to a white boy
Its a shame but calzagne oppressed his Ass !!!
Was great seeing Oscar lose to a 'black' boy when he said black fighters couldn't take it to the body... then got stopped with a body shot 😂.
Anyway.. Hopkins had a better career and went down as a better fighter than Calslappy & Oscar. Just look at any top 50-100 P4P list.
41 and 0 “Mike Tyson Junior”got wrapped up pretty bad now didn’t he?
At the end Calzaghe doesn't even look like he's been in a fight, just looks like he finished 100m sprint lol
Such an engine, he smacked lacy up with some 1006 landed punches. UNREAL stamina
Calzaghe made Hopkins look like an amateur lol
A very old amateur fighting waaaaay past his prime.
@@jedwing Choked on his own words,
well then - don't f-ing fight if you and every American is going to use age as an excuse
@@jedwing id argue he actually fought better with age until his final 2-3 bouts. And Hopkins age clearly wasn't an issue, as he won titles following that loss. Stop being a sore loser, Joe whooped BHop. Whether u like that fact or not.
@@joshuakausmann5504 I stand corrected. You are right. He lost to the better man that night.
What I saw is Hopkins holding on all night like Mayweather Floyd Jr and clinching so he wouldn't get hit by Joe " s quick punches! Hopkins a good fighter just never seen hold on so much like this fight!! ⭕‼️⭕‼️
"I was enjoying myself so I wanted to take it to 12 rounds" said no boxer in history ever, apart from Joe Calzaghe. Genius.
Welsh (Celtic) + Italian (Roman) = a working class champion gladiator with a real attitude!
On the 'Italian' side, he is of Sardinian heritage, he has relatives in Sassari in an area called Latte Dolce. I met some of them in a bar watching his old fights eight years ago.
Regarding Sardinia, it is about as Italian as Wales is English.
Can I ask a dumb question, one that's not quite as dumb as these comments "What does the genotype of Joe Calzaghe have to do with his career as a pugelist"?
@@pip393 Nothing
Tbh, he wouldn't knock out a fly with those slaps of his, much less Hopkins.
Always found the the US commentary hilarious in the fight...one sided.. bless
After Calzaghe went down, Kellerman says he also got knocked down by Eubank. Huh?
1st round knockdown by Joe, that fight was to late to stop my nation, eubank v benn literally gained over 20 million households.
HOPKING IS HOLDING ON PLEASE SHOW THE REF THIS
It's funny when the shoe is put on the other foot
In this fight Hopkins wasn't the bully he was the victim
Joe's not throwing enough leather to worry Bernard , he's showing Bernard too much respect , Bernard's counterpunching has him intimidated.
I remember watching that fight how in the world that they come up with the split decision or there's something wrong that one judge Hopkins lost that fight very easily
34.31 commontater said eubank dropped joe early it was joe who dropped eubank in the 1st round
thats right he got that wrong
Well spotted
Hopkins is very fit not surprising he does that much running
The Welsh Dragon. Absolute Legend and my Favourite boxer from the UK of all time.
RIP enzo ❤
Executioner my arse
Dirty cheat more like.
He couldn’t match calzaghes punch output, this was a bad matchup at This stage of Bernard’s career. I don’t see any way Bernard could’ve won a decision.
He was the "Alien" at this point. "Executioner" was his prime in middleweight.
EX-LAX-CUTIONER
Terrible fight by Bernard. Hugging all night
yeah but thats every bernard fight.
The commentators were wrong Joe did not go down in the Eubanks fight....Chris Eubanks went down in the first round.....
kellerman is way overrated
but very loud.
Definitely!!!
Agree. Clueless
@@tracymurray9798 in that as an analyst, he knows sod-all about boxing.
Yes and so biased towards US fighters
Sir Tom Jones singing Sir Joe into the ring... just hook this to my veins
Bernard holdings 🤣🤣
investment banking corp
Joe Calslappy
If you love the fine art of excessive holding, this was a great fight.
Yes, Hopkins did it all through his career, which was a shame because he was a great boxer.
And the acting was exceptional so he could catch his breath
@@popecosh307 Yes the "low blow" which the ref should have ignored and made him box on.
Calzaghe had to dig deep with all the bullshit by Hopkins, but he showed that he was good enough to get thru it all.
Gayweather is a master too
What a engine Calzaghe had.
Hopkins is a holder and a hugger, a few leg kicks would take that out of him
Commentators don't have a clue! Joe put Eubank down in the 1st round, not the other way around!
Are you saying Emanuel Stewart didn’t have a clue about boxing????😂😂😂.
@@rolandtomassi3486 He didn't say that. He's just pointing out that Stewart is wrong and indeed Calzaghe put Eubank on his ass on the first round and also forced him to the ground briefly in the 10th round.
One thing I have to say........ I think Freddie Roach is an amazing trainer and an amazing bloke, especially when you take into account that he's got Parkinsons. His record of, what is it... 27 or 28 World Champions is an unbelievable achievement, he has my utmost respect and utmost gratitude for what he's done in my 2nd favourite sport.
Freddie was a good Boxer as well, Good Boxer makes good Trainer
Freddie is a tactical genius, when you lose something due to a disability you earn twice in another sense, so imo what Freddie lost in Parkinson's just went and doubled another sense, similar to autism, some autism kids just BECAUSE of autism don't mean that they don't pick up and master another thing which all focus goes on...THEIR IS PLENTY OF EVIDENCE TO PROVE THIS TWO..REMEMBER THE GUY WHO TRAVELED THE WORLD LOOKING FOR SUPERHUMAN PEOPLE..AND EVERYONE HE WENT TO HE TOOK THEM AWAY FROM EVERYTHING THEY KNEW AND ITS JUST ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE..ID POINT TO MANNY PACQUIAO TO PROVE EVERYTHING HE SUPERCEDIDETE WITH BOXING KNOWLEDGE AND HIS CAPABILITIES IN GETTING HIS FIGHTER'S TO WIN 9 TIMES OUT OF TEN...EVEN JUST SPEAKING TO HIM AND WATCH HIM WORK FOR A WEEK YOU WOULD LEAVE WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE OF BOXING ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL...TEDDY ATLAS IS NOT THE SAME BUT LISTENING TO HIS REACTION TO A FIGHT IS INCREDIBLE...TWO DIFFERENT BUT VERY CLEVER BOXING COACHES WITH BOOKS AND BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE IF THEY DECIDED TO DO IT ...I THINK FREDDIE SHOULD START BECAUSE HE IS DIFFERENT ALTOGETHER....
Yes, he's been amazing and determined..Maybe u Gooner's had better hire him for nxt season!
I've watched& listened to many an fight with Jim Lampley and Max Kellerman babbling away,sounding knowledgeable,but leaving the audience usually bewildered with their biased analysis!
But thankfully Emanuel Stewart was alongside to add some thoughtful insight!..
@@janethbailey3998 no he wasn’t he never even had a fight 🤣
Ain't gunna let no white boy beat me 💥💥🥴🥴
Calzaghe didn't beat him. It was a terrible fight. Nobody won in my book. lol
@@beevee2312 lol!! Look mate you don't have to be embarrassed, B hop got his butt kicked, stop making excuses lol😂😂😂
@@martinburke362 Joe got the official W, but that performance was nothing to be proud of. This was no Jeff Lacy beatdown.
@@beevee2312 you mean he won!! Your right this B hop was no lacey
@@beevee2312 the judges and professional boxers ringside gave it to Calzaghe your opinions mean nothing
17 YEARS OF HOLDING ON IS HOPKINS HE SHOWING IT IN THIS FIGHT
Hopkins had one of the ugliest styles of all time. He was a spoiler, a dirty fighter, and a terrible loser. It pained me to have to watch him back when he was active.
thats why I never watched his racist crying ass !
Why do these relatively young boxers fight old boxers who were legends in there day, beat the old guy & then think they are a legend?
41 - 0 👀
Calzaghe one of the greatest of all time .
The worse ref to enter a boxing ring.
Yup. That ref is crooked af. Street thug
The commentators are after bumin' Hopkins after the fight.
and fairly so, dude's style is unbearable to watch.
So sweet hearing Joe saying sorry to his dad in the corner
What happen with the fuken audio after the fight
He should fight mayweather
@@johnhannah2196 they are both retired. Plus, both different weight categories.
Hopkins trying to headbut
He was a dirty person period.
@@tuat.mvpformallybigd.2635 He acted like he was !
Legends
Best ever British Boxer Calzaghe by a landslide, Lennox 2nd.
I wouldn't say by a landslide. It's between him, Lewis and Froch.
Yeah, has to be some sort of early April Fools joke.
Lennox beat:
Vitali Klitchko
Evander Holyfield
Mike Tyson
David Tua
Frank Bruno
Tony Tucker
Ray Mercer
Shannon Briggs
Tommy Morrison
Michael Grant.
Calzaghe doesn't even have a third of this resume + struggled against hopkins & robin reid - 2 fights that were split decisions, with no rematch.
This is partly why Joe doesn't get the same flowers as other fighters from this era. Like a Tyson, Oscar, Hopkins, Roy, Klitschko or Lewis.
Froch had a way better resume than Joe, but I'd say legacy wise it's tight.@@shaz2761
calzaghe always goes down in the first rounds then he always turn the heat on
The Jones knock down wasn’t even a punch
Hopkins looked like he thought he turned up for a waltz or maybe a wrestling match.
Love it.
Best way to watch this fight is with the volume off , Lampley and Kellerman are annoying so biased .
34:31 how do you get that wrong .. max is such a tool lol
Max is a pervert
Well done with the sound in the last round....
World Class Hug Fest!
thanks
Bernard lost because of the way the anthem was sung by Ray J. It is a fucking anthem not a love song
Who's Ray j???
Calzaghe is one of the greatest fighters of all time. Very underrated by the American press and even the UK press. Loved to watch Joe and glad he retired undefeated.
He's my boxing hero. Absolute legend and hugely underrated by everyone
Calzaghe was a clever skillful fighter with very quick hands, but he lacked elite power. He overwhelmed opponent with massive punch output. I liked Joe but his career was essentially home based living many to wonder just how good he really was. In this Hopkins fight he was a sensation! And of course he was Welsh (😮) and that's good enough for me 😂. 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲.
@@pip393 He actually had power but could not fully use it as his hands were too brittle. He had a decent KO ratio in his first 30 fights.
Joe beat Hopkins and Roy jones two legends so who should be remenber more Joe deserves more credit a true legend
The sound goes in Rd 11 my friend.
One punch hold typical Hopkins fight
And headbutt
I remember this fight and watching it back, more specifically the rhetoric from the American pundits before the fight and the commentators during the fight: the Yanks never faced the reality and the reality was that Joe Calzaghe was a world class fighter.
Even Hopkins himself said he just saw Calzaghe as a white boy. If he'd done his homework he'd have worked out that Calzaghe was a real threat.
In the first round here, one of the commentators remembered that Calzaghe had put Chris Eubank down "....but Hopkins ain't Eubank!!" he quipped.
No..... dickhead. You're right. Bernard Hopkins ain't Chris Eubank. Eubank was far and away a better, harder fighter than Hopkins ever was.... but I guess that didn't fit in with the "USA rules the frikkin' world!" mentality.
So, even with a fighter like Calzaghe going over to the states with his record and with his skill for all to see..... the Yanks STILL refused to accept just how good Calzaghe was..... and that's gonna filter down to the fighters. Hopkins had clearly never done a minute of homework on Calzaghe and so you get what happenned...... Joe Calzaghe gave ignorant, arrogant America yet ANOTHER boxing lesson.
Hopkins won that fight for sure. The knock down, the clean punches, controlling the pace of the fight. It was a Hopkins fight
Eubank is not remotely in the same league as Hopkins. Don't be silly
Joe what a great fighter and champion, all time great
Man I miss these big HBO fight nights!
and the big boxers
Class act, the Prince of Wales
Joe gave him WAY TOO much respect should have absolutely spanked him.
Not really. Hopkins was a master at counter punching. You don't fight this level of fighter like that. You need to be smarter and pick your moments.
😂😂😂 the commentator Jim Lampley said " Hopkins isn't known for his knockout power, but found it there against Calzaghe", except he didn't knockout Calzaghe! He didn't even hurt him, Calzaghe was caught walking into a perfectly timed straight right, but it wasn't a hard punch whatsoever. Calzaghe was more off balance than anything else and was caught with a beautiful punch, but it wasn't a power punch and you could see that as plain as day when Calzaghe got up straight away and went straight back after Hopkins. Calzaghe landed on the seat of his shorts, his back didn't even touch the canvas, just his ass. I don't know about you but to my understanding, a knockout is when one fighter lands a punch that separates the other fighter from their consciousness, and switches the lights out! Even a TKO(technical knockout) which is where the referee deems that the fighter cannot continue for a particular reason, is not what happened to Joe Calzaghe in this fight, because he was able to continue, and did continue. The reason I'm going on about this, is because lately in both boxing and MMA, the judging in some fights have been criminal, and i think that a lot of the judges are hearing what the commentators are saying during the fight. Now the 3 judges are spread around the ring or cage and obviously the judge who's further away will not hear the commentators, but think about it for a second, because a lot of decisions lately have all 3 judges with vastly different scorecards, and if their watching the same fight and their all competent at their job(judging fights) and they aren't corrupt, then if they are watching the same fight the scorecards can differ but not to the point where 2 judges give it to the one fighter comfortably, but the 3rd judge has the opposite fighter winning by a huge margin, and that shouldn't be happening because these fighters paychecks depend on the correct and fair decision, but most importantly, is the careers of the fighters because losing a fight you actually won, sets your career back by being dropped down the rankings or missing a chance to fight for a world championship and all the money,prestige and opportunities that come with that, but all the blood, sweat and tears and the thousands of hours of hard work and sacrifice you have made to become the world champion and achieve your goal that you've had your whole life, and to be able to change your life, but also your mum and dads life too. Only for it to be snatched away or stolen is a better world, by a judge who has given the wrong decision, and never ever held accountable for their actions either which is also wrong on every level. The reason I started by saying about what the commentator said and got wrong, was because I've went back and watched a lot of these fights that were judged wrong and had the wrong fighter winning, and what I did was watch the fight like normal, but then I would watch the fight again, but with NO VOLUME ON, and to my surprise the fight was a completely different fight, because you had no biased towards a certain fighter, and punches and shots you were told had landed and hurt the other fighter didn't happen at all. In the UFC which i absolutely love, you have 3 commentators and they show you replays of the 3 commentators reactions and expressions and just how animated they actually are during the fights, and my god they are hugely animated and they are shouting and making shocked faces etc, and it's fun and great TV. However, as much as I absolutely LOVE Joe Rogan and Daniel DC Cormier and Jon Anik, Michael Bisping, Paul Felder and Dominick Cruz etc. They all have friends,favourites and former teammates fighting, but they're only human and they have shown bias towards some fighters and the replays of their reactions during a fight, would definitely sway a judge seeing them react that way and especially if the judge missed a punch etc and especially if they don't have a clue what they're watching. Like one of the judges in this fight called ADALAIDE BYRD, SHE HAS ONE OF THE WORST RECORDS OF ANY JUDGE AND HAS RUINED THE TRAJECTORY OF MANY FIGHTERS CAREERS WITHOUT ANY REPERCUSSIONS BECAUSE HER HUSBAND IS A REFEREE. THIS MADNESS HAS GOT TO STOP!!! You work your heart and guts out every single day and do everything right and the right way, only for commentators and mainly judges to derail your whole career through no fault of your own, it's sickening to see!!! Go watch the fights back without the sound on, mute your TV and have no distractions and i promise you that you will see a completely different fight to the one you watched with the commentary, and you end up with a whole new different perception on fights.
That was a great statement Joe said 😂, he said i don't wanna lose to a,black ,green,blue,white brown, fighter either!!!
I lost all my respect for Hopkins when he said he refused to loose to a white man he actually showed his hidden racist heart
this was no surprise..he's always been an undercover Racist ..but its ok because he's been oppressed by the White Man !
Hopkins has been considered as one of the dirtiest fighters, he's been resorting to arm clinching, headbutts and other dirty tactics. No respect for that dirty guy at all..
but he has been so oppressed by the White man ??!!??
Joe Calzaghe has NEVER been a dirty fighter!
Roberto Duran was a dirty fighter too.
the dude 3 or 4 rows back with the shades on, too cool LOL....
Hopkins “I told you so” remark aged like milk in the sun. 😆
The worse showing of both these guys careers, neither of them showed up for the fight.
B-Hop used a lot of spoiling tactics. Hard to look good against a guy like that.
Both legends though. If you're a patient boxing fan, there was a lot of great moments 😎
The national anthems at the beginning were so unbearably cringe 🤢 lol. Anyway, remember this fight well, and so happy Calzaghe beat Hopkins. Dirtiest fighter I've seen and no respect at all.
It's very frustrating to see the ref jump in to break up the fighters every time they get in close......unfortunately, this ref is helping Hopkins.. Let them fight, the holding is part of the fight....ref, stay out of it!
What happened to the audio R11 & 12?
Many RIP, the greatest boxing trainer of all time!
This fight have the record of hugs in a fights . Looks more to me like a dancing contest
Definitely Hopkins wanted to hold and slow dance all the way through
Good job referee for not allowing dirty tatics to prevail in this fight. Well done
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I remember this fight, I remember Hopkins writing joe off, the commentators practically writing Joe off.. great fight and showed the yanks
Calzaghe HAD to follow him up to LightHeavy... because Hopkins ducked a fight at 168 in 2002
ABSOLUTE FACT
Dumb take. Meanwhile, Joe ducked Glen Johnson three times and was playing hide and seek with Sven Ottke in Europe. And he also ducked the likes of James Toney, Michael Nunn and of course Roy Jones in his prime.
@@suiken3149 RJJ never fought Calzaghe in his prime either.
@@miyagido Of course he wouldnt. Joe Calzaghe was a nobody. Waited years to come out from his cave when Jones and Hopkins are already old. Where was he when Tarver, Johnson, Toney, Nunn, etc are scrapping for LHW throne? Oh right, he was busy beating taxi drivers in Wales
@@suiken3149 46-0
Ray J 's N Anthem was Horrible
The sound cuts out towards the end of Round 11 and stays cut for the final round and announcing of who won the fight and post fight interviews!
What is calzaghe’s song?
Who else spotted Sylvester Stallone, shouting something? 51:10
yeah, he said "Yo Joe, You DID ITTTTTT!" jajaja
A thin line separates a technical fight from a lousy fight! This one is a classic example!
None of Hopkins fights were pretty to watch
There's no crying and running in boxing. Those who lost to Hopkins during his career would like a rematch after watching this.
it's interesting some of the punches Joe Calzaghe throws aren't even punches at all. it's like a flailing, slapping , claw attack.
When he really gets going on the combinations, sometimes.
I can't stand Benard Hopkins & his bs antics🤦🏽♂️
BERNARD HOPKINS -IS VERY GOOD FIGHTER!!!
@@user-qp8wo6xn6j I don't care..He's a boot-licker
@@user-qp8wo6xn6j gaxtneppy..he's a PUNK !!