Calzaghe, who improved his undefeated record to 45-0 had to get up from a first-round knockdown and overcome the lunges and grappling of the 43-year-old master boxer in order to win the closely contested match on two of the official scorecards.
In the 10th round, Hopkins was hit with a borderline low blow and the grizzled vet went into theatrics behaving as though he had been nailed cleanly on the cup. The excellent acting job bought him a few minutes rest from referee Joe Cortez, but it didn’t prevent Calzaghe from out-hustling him in the championship rounds. I was personally disappointed in Hopkins acting like this and it cost him on the score card as Calazghe edged him out.
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