Anyone see the Calzaghe-Hopkins fight....

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Late Fires

I had the fight 115-112 for Calzaghe, but there were 4 rounds that I found very difficult to score. I gave 2 to BHop and 2 to Calzaghe, so I can see DrugS' dad and others thinking that Hopkins won.

Yeah, not only do judges tend to score fights comparitively - but they also have habits of evening out the tight or close boring rounds where not much happens.

In the past - there would be rounds where Hopkins would fight well for a good 25 seconds and just frustrate his opponet the rest of the round. It would appear that his rival is busier and trying harder - but Hopkins would land a few clean effective punches while his rival wouldn't land any. If scored correctly, those are no doubt about it rounds for him.

There is temptation to score those to the guy who looks to be trying harder, especially if he had been doing poorly earlier - or if you've already scored one or more similar actionless rounds to Hopkins.