Fights revisited. Joe Calzaghe-Bernard Hopkins.

[the ollie reed fan club]

(08-01-2014 07:53 AM)ViperSniper Wrote:  Also Bernard Hopkins is an interesting fighter to try pin point his peak and his prime. Even more strange is I wouldn't say Hopkins has shown any signs of being even close to 'shot' either!

Hopkins was the man at Light Heavyweight and in most top 3, close to everyone's top 5 best pound for pound in the world! Hopkins has done some if his best work since, so I think Joe got a very good version of Hopkins.

Based on their careers in their divisions I don't think the fight coukd have been made at a better time than what he was.

His prime would surely have to be around the Trinidad fight era. Maybe 24 months either side of that fight.