Calzaghe thinks Haye would knock Hopkins out – News
December 3rd, 2009
By Scott Gilfoid Joe Calzaghe thinks that Bernard Hopkins should stay away from fighting World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye. In an article at the BBC, Calzaghe had this to say about Hopkins fighting Haye “I think Hopkins should retire, because he is 44 and is going to end up getting hurt. If he fights a big guy like Haye, who is too fast and too strong, he [Hopkins] will end getting knocked out way too quickly. That would be a shame to see as Hopkins is a boxing legend. It is time for him to call it a day.” Wrong, Calzaghe. It’s not time for Hopkins to call it a day.
If Hopkins does get a fight with Haye, which I’m not so certain will ever happen mind you, Hopkins will wear Haye down and stop him like Carl Thompson did in the past. Haye won’t take Hopkins out, and his hand speed won’t be a problem for Hopkins because he’s fought against faster fighters than Haye, fighters like Roy Jones Jr. and Jermain Taylor.
Haye isn’t faster than either of those fighters. Even if Hopkins did get beat by Haye, at least Hopkins showed some courage by sticking around and trying to get the most of his ability rather than retiring early to avoid getting beaten. I totally respect Hopkins. He’s willing to stick around until the bitter end and get every last ounce of his ability. Hopkins is a warrior, and I respect him.
Hopkins will beat Haye, I have no doubts about that. Haye is too timid, and fights as if his chin is made of glass. He averaged like 10 punches per round against World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev last month in beating him by a narrow 12 round decision. To say that Haye looked awful would be kind. That was some of the worst boxing I’d seen on the heavyweight level in years.
All the finesse fighters in the past that have taken criticism from boxing fans looked great compared to Haye the way he fought against Valuev. Hopkins would have no problem with a fighter like that. Sorry, but Calzaghe is wrong. Hopkins won’t get knocked out by Haye, and he shouldn’t retire. Man, if I was Hopkins I’d be talking long and hard 24/7 in the media calling Haye would like he did with the Klitschko brothers.
I’d give every interview to every site on the net and talk about it until I’m blue in the face. Haye would have to fight me or else looking like he was afraid. But Hopkins may have to settle for fighting Haye after he fights one of the Klitschko brothers, because it looks like Haye is heading for a fight with one of the two brothers next year. In other words, I hope Hopkins is cool with fighting Haye without the title being at stake for the fight, because I don’t give Haye one bit of a chance of beating either of the Klitschko brothers. But, hey, if Hopkins is still interested in fighting Roy Jones Jr. despite him losing by a 1st round stoppage to Danny Green, then Hopkins should go ahead and still fight Haye after he’s knocked out by one of the Klitschko brothers.
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I would like to see the two big mouth creeps fight. and I wouldnt care who won. just hope one of them would end the other career .so I only have one boxer to hate
SCOTT GILFOID you are a joke, you comments are absolutely ridiculous, are you for real!
Ridiculously biased article as usual Scott. I really wonder why they allow you to write on here as you have no clue about boxing.
Just to pick up on a couple of your quotes:
1. “Haye won’t take Hopkins out, and his hand speed won’t be a problem for Hopkins because he’s fought against faster fighters than Haye, fighters like Roy Jones Jr. and Jermain Taylor”.
You are aware that Hopkins lost both of these fights are you not? Therefore they are bad fights to use as a reason why Hopkins would beat Haye. In addition, Haye’s power is in a different league to both of these guys.
2. “Haye is too timid”
Ridiculous comment. Do you know that Haye has brutally knocked out 21 of his 23 opponents? Haye fought to a sensible game plan against a guy who was significantly bigger than him. It’s called tactics mate, something Hopkins regularly does himself to take away a guys physical advantages. Against a smaller, weaker man like Hopkins Haye would adopt totally different tactics and be much more aggressive which would only amount to a knock out of Hopkins.
LEGISLATION SHOULD BE BOUGHT IN TO BAN THESE FOSILS,THEY ARE BAD FOR BOXING.THESE GUYS ARE RICH,THEY HAVE DONE THEY TIME IF THEY HAD ANY SELF RESPECT THEY WOULD GO GRACEFULLY. THEY ARE TAKING SO MUCH AWAY FROM YOUNG FIGHTERS COMING UP.THERE IS NOTHING MORE STUPID THAN SEEING GRANDAD HOPKINS TRYING TO PLAY BAD BOY AT WEIGH-INS. BAN ALL FIGHTERS AT 40 FOR THE SAKE OF THE GAME.
hopkins should fight jones and then both hang up their gloves.
When will you make a respectful comment about a british boxer gilfraud? Your persistent and unfounded criticism of top British fighters is getting tiresome.
Although he has shocked the world with his performance against Kelly Pavlik. We’re looking at him now and I compared him to that fight and I don’t see the same man. I don’t think Pavlik had Bronchitis, when you work out as frequently as these dudes your flem is pretty thin and runny but who knows? It wasn’t Pavlik’s night.
Hopkins wants to make his last calls out, he still wants Jones Jr to secure his legacy. Hopkins! we already know your a bad man! retire before it’s too late!
Haye will crush Hopkins. Bhop may get badly KO’d. After all, Bhop’s best wins were against welterweights…de la hoya, trinidad and wright.
calzaghe had no one left to fight anyway he beat jones and hopkins so easy the walk to the ring was harder he could have fought chad dawson but why he would have beaten him up as well, jones was and always will be better then hopkins, if bernard thinks he is so great then step up and fight haye they just make sure they have the stretcher ready cause the executioner will be the executioned!!
Haye is not that great and will surely have his hands full with ruiz who took alot out of jones when they fought six odd years ago, if hopkins comes up and fights haye the gap in his brain will be bigger then the one in his teeth!!
“showed some courage by sticking around and trying to get the most of his ability rather than retiring early to avoid getting beaten”
Is that what RJJ did then? There has to be a point when you say enough is enough, Joe knew he was just about there so called it a day. No shame in that.
Scott you don’t know anything about boxing Hopkins does not really have a chance to beat Haye he is 44yrs old and wouldn’t be so hard to find Hay would eventually land a hard shot and that would be all they wrote Hopkins is a legend of the sport and i would be very dissapointed if he took this fight i wouldn’t want the last thing i see of Hopkins to be him laid flat on his back by Haye Scott i hope you die a very painful death
hopkins will never fight haye just like he will never fight adenmack all he does is talk about these fights to keep his name in the lime light because his inactiverty wen was the last time hopkins beet a bigger guy never orneals was a soft touch thats wat all the other pundits said but now hopkins beet him hes a top contender
is the reason for Haye not being able to beat Hopkins because of the fact that Haye is British and Hopkins is American? You t***
If anyone thinks Hopkins would beat Haye then they are clearly deluded, END OF!
Your argument: Taylor and Jones are faster than Haye. 2 problems: 1) That is not true 2) He lost to them both! If anything you’ve proven Hopkins can’t handle speed. Not clever
You say haye is too timid?? Hahaha!! You obviously dont follow boxing Scott. You’re basing you’re oppinion on the valuev fight. A game plan, to snatch a title. A game plan others have tried against the giant but unsuccessfully. I’ve watched Haye since we we’re amateurs. He’s a very clever, come foward gun slinger, with bazooka’s in either hand, when he hurts you, then your in a world of S**t, what a finisher.
I’m American and I feel I have the right to say that fellow americans feel very self centered about there own fighters no matter how over the weather they are. and if they get beat the americans will make nothing but lame excuses as to why they lost as to why the fighter was so good in the first place. I always said Calzaghe was a great fighter and the americans didn’t allow him or Lennox Lewis into there den, the selfish bums.
If Hopkins sees something in Haye’s style, then we (especially Haye) better all start looking harder.
Please read my comment at the top, the nice long fat one explaining the difference from what we last seen. Last we all know Haye’s hand is broken and got that fix. Next fight on Haye’s list is the Hispanic forsaken John Ruiz. So forsaken that even his fellow PuertoRicans rather watch Rocky V, please Haye knock this fool out and become an independent.
Don King used to make dudes fight each other but now he’s old and not fully in the game he makes his fighters fight 1 fight a year in the heavyweight. Fight’s exciting when men start fighting each other and not build the fight so much.
THERES A REASON WHY FREDDIE ROACH WONT TRAIN HIM, COS HE CAN SEE SOMETHING WE CANT.
i like hopkins but haye would knock him out early doors…anyway gilfoid is it not time u died…
I’m sorry but this is a horrific match up. David was batter Hopkins all over the ring.
This could be Eubank vs. Watson all over again if people are stupid enough to let it happen.
Hopkins would get himself KO’d against Haye and could actually sustain a bad injury in the process. it is a silly idea!
Scott Gilfoid i think you are talking rubbish. Hopkins hasn’t ever had a fight at heavyweight, and to say the last haye fight was one of the worst boxing fights ever, he got the job done didn’t he unlike so many others.
come on papa pacini!! when has hopkins ever faced such a devastating heavy hitting puncher at heavy weight?? NEVER
total missmatch if ever there was one. hopkins would be ko’d unconcious with the first power punch Haye landed.it would be a great shame hopkins was a great fighter and it would be bad to see him go out of boxing with such a devastating loss.
Hopkins and Gilfraud have been drinking the same “Dream Juice”!
The owner of this site should get a bit of cop on and get some worthwhile articles posted.
David Haye quite simply would destroy Hopkins inside the first round.
Oh by the way Gilfraud, Calzaghe BEAT Hopkins, a Calzaghe whom you either openly, or veiled, as in this article, continue to dismiss.
Calzaghe BEAT Hopkins and you say Hopkins will beat Haye, that makes Calzaghes performance against Hopkins stratospheric by your logic!
Gilfraud are you the only person who dosn’t know how insane you sound?
Hopkins should start selling grills. He would just hold on. Calzaghe should know he beat him.
come on you carnt be seriose haye would hammer bhop when haye hits him whitch he will he could really heart bhope hes to old
THERES ONLY ONE WINNER THE YOUNGER, QUICKER, MORE POWERFULL AND THE NATURALLY STRONGER MAN AT THE WEIGHT WHICH IS DAVID HAYE. HAYE IS NO PAVLIK, FOR HOPKINS THIS WOULD BE A STEP TO FAR AND PROBALY WOULD BE BADLY DISMANTLED IF HE TOOK THE FIGHT.
Come on Steve,Haye will knock him out cold??
When did Hopkins ever get knocked out cold?
B hop all the way man he’d destroy haye jus like pavlick
I agree, Hopkins has more experience but Haye is bigger, stronger and younger and that is going to be the equation in the fight.
Hope they fight. Haye will knock him out cold.
Lol Haye is 25lbs heavier and faster and is a better boxing tactician Ornelas. Hopkins got hit by bombs by the slow Ornelas! heavy straight thuds that should not have landed and Hopkins actually was stunned for a brief moment but was overshadowed by his veteran perseverance to go for that body early and eventually had himself a man that was standing infront of him waiting to survive.
David Haye will not come straight forward and be as predictable, his body is a little more fortified with more meat to take those blows. Hopkins will be heavier, will be slower and speed is what makes up Hopkins game. He did not look like the young man that knocked out De La Hoya with the body shot of oblivion, some of Hopkins power has gone away with these bigger fighters.
David Haye is becoming the prodigy of his craft. If you’re considering the lone loss of Haye’s career, it’s what happens when you fight a human punching bag that doesn’t want to go down. If you give everything you got to it, you will be tired in due time and with that was already beaten by then. Haye has learned alot from that and the fight with Monte Barrete and Nikolai Valuev has shown to me that he is a slick counter puncher that can mix up those TNT punches.
Valuev is like the moon, you can’t knock out the moon but you can rock it! Despite Valuev’s defense of height advantage, Haye has shown that he can get through even some of the meanest defenses in the game and as tall as Valuev is very difficult to get to that head.
Sorry dude but Calzaghe’s right, I don’t think even steroids could help Hopkins beat Haye. Listen to a champ who’s fought him.
it doesn’t make alot of sense for a 45 year old to be moving up 25+ pounds higher than any weight he has fought at. But B-hop is usually smart about selecting his opponents so maybe he sees something we don’t
very unlike Hopkins to go after a bigger man – norm he goes for smaller men moving up – thats what built his legacy
While I have serious doubts about the soon-to-be 45 year old Hopkins’ chances of beating Haye (purely based on his physical attributes, his skill-set is twice that of Haye’s), I’d still pay to see it. If he managed to pull a win against the obviously much bigger, loud-mouthed Haye, it would be the perfect end to an amazing career full of hardship. I say bring it on. The man has fought for everything in his career. Give his a shot at becoming a true legend and one of the all time greats. Lets see it.