By Eric Thomas: Light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins (48-5-1, 32 KOs) is still understandably not happy with the outcome of his 12-round split decision loss to Joe Calzaghe on April 19th at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Specifically, Hopkins, 43, is unhappy with the scoring from judge Chuck Giampa, who happened to score the fight 116-111 for Calzaghe. That score, more than either of the two, seemed way off base considering the closeness of the fight. Hopkins is naturally upset about that score, for if Giampa had scored the fight in Hopkins’ favor, he would have won the fight.
Hopkins has reportedly suggested that the judges have occasional evaluations, to judge their competence to score the fight accurately. What Hopkins says seems to make a lot of sense, for when a person ages, their eyesight is often the first thing to go. In a sport that involves fast punches and furious action, much of it coming with a blur, it takes especially keen eyesight in order to capture all the punches being exchanges between two fighters.
By Eric Thomas: With hardly a week gone by since his controversial victory over Bernard Hopkins last Saturday night, undefeated Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs)has made statements that he has an interest in possibly fighting either Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) or middleweight Kelly Pavlik in his next and final bout of his career. Most of Calzaghe’s comments have been aimed at him fighting the 39 year-old Jones, so that is the direction – the weakest – that I expect Calzaghe to head in for his next and final bout of his career. 
By Aaron Klein: Fresh off his impressive 12-round unanimous decision over Bernard Hopkins last Saturday night, undefeated super middleweight Joe Calzaghe had this to say to the BBC about Bernard Hopkins’ reluctance to acknowledge his defeat: “He should get over it. He should watch the tape and accept that he lost.” This was said in large part due to the fact that Hopkins, 43, has failed to accept the loss, saying that he was the one that should have been given the decision. In that, Hopkins is in the minority, because an overwhelming amount of fans and sports writers alike feel that it was Calzaghe who ultimately won the fight. 
By Chris Stein: After watching undefeated Joe Calzaghe struggle for 12 dull rounds against a 43 year-old Bernard Hopkins last Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, I couldn’t help but feel slightly unimpressed with what I was seeing. I’d only seen a couple of glimpses of him fight previous to this on youtube, and frankly I wasn’t enthralled with who Calzaghe was fighting in the video. In most cases, Calzaghe was going up against fairly average super middleweight fodder and it came to no surprise to me that he was ultimately successful in winning the fights.
By Erik Schmidt: In the past week, we’ve been hearing a lot about Joe Calzaghe considering a fight with Roy Jones Jr. for his next and perhaps final fight of his career. However, I think Calaghe is forgetting an opponent that is even more deserving than Jones, and that’s Antonio Tarver, who recently defeated IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods by an easy one-sided unanimous decision a couple of weeks ago.
By Eric Thomas: In the latest news, former champion Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) made it clear after last night’s win by Joe Calzaghe over Bernard Hopkins that he wants to fight Calzaghe next, even if it means having to travel all the way to Wales to make the fight happen. The fight, if it happens, would likely be as big as the Hopkins bout despite Jones, 39, being a level below Hopkins at this stage in his career. The question is, would Calzaghe, 36, be interested in a bout with Jones? He has already said that he wants to be well paid in his last bout of his career, and a bout with Jones would figure to pay more than any other fight that Calzaghe would have on the horizon against one of the younger stars in the boxing world like Kelly Pavlik. 
By Chris Stein: Undefeated Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) survived a 1st round knockdown tonight to come back and pound out a 12-round split decision over former middleweight/light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (48-5, 32 KOs) at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Beyond the first round, there was little suspense in the fight for Hopkins, 43, quickly adopted the boring tried but true grappling/clinching style of former heavyweight champion John Ruiz, as Hopkins slowed the fight to a crawl with his two punches followed by a clinch style of fighting. 
By Peter Kurth: If you’re all that familiar with Bernard Hopkins (48-4, 32 KOs) and know how he typically fights, you already know that this Saturday’s fight with undefeated super middleweight Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KOs) is going to be bloody and filled with a certain amount of fouls. That, I’m afraid, is almost a given. The question is how many and whether the fouls will have an effect on the mindset of the 36 year-old Calzaghe. On the whole, I fully expect Calzaghe to be cut in the first three to four rounds, likely a bad cut from either a head butt or an elbow. 
By Michael Lieberman: Former two-time heavyweight champion Chris Byrd (40-4-1, 21 KOs), now campaigning as a light heavyweight, is reportedly interested in a fight with undefeated super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe according to the British Boxing News website. Byrd, 37, recently lost to heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin by a 11th round TKO on October 27th, in the IBF heavyweight tournament to pick the mandatory challenger for IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko, who Byrd has previously lost twice to, losing his WBO and IBF heavyweight titles. Rather than attempting to work his way back up, Byrd opted to move down in weight to the 175 lb. light heavyweight division, completely skipping the cruiserweight division in the process.