What did Roy Jones Jr say about Calzaghe?
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What did Roy Jones Jr say about Calzaghe?
I now have super-middleweight and light-heavyweight belts.” Hopkins protested the 116-111, 115-112, 113-114 verdict in favour of Calzaghe, who hit the canvas after a jolting right hand. He said: “I believe I won the fight. I know questions will be asked and it was close.
Who was better Roy Jones Jr or Bernard Hopkins?
Roy Jones will definitely be remembered as the greater fighter of the two. Jones was the first middleweight champion to become a heavyweight champion since Bob Fitzsimmons did it in 1897. Roy Jones Jr. is better than Bernard Hopkins because, when they fought, Bernard couldn’t touch Roy, let alone beat him.
Has Joe Calzaghe been beaten?
Calzaghe received his last two defeats in a boxing ring at the hands of Michael Smyth in the 1990 Welsh ABA Final, and against Romanian amateur Adrian Opreda at the 1990 European Junior Championships in Prague.
Who knocked down Joe Calzaghe?
In the end, judges Chuck Giampa (116-111) and Ted Gimza (115-112) scored the fight for Calzaghe, while judge Adalaide Byrd (114-113) scored the fight for Hopkins. HBO’s unofficial ringside judge Harold Lederman scored the bout 116-111 for Calzaghe. “It was a good fight. I thought Bernard (Hopkins) won though.
Did Roy Jones Jr ever lose a fight?
Jones Jr won 66 and lost 9 of his 75 professional bouts. He is the only boxer in history to start his professional career at light middleweight and go on to win a heavyweight title.
How many times did Bernard Hopkins beat Roy Jones?
Two all-time greats who fought each other twice – seventeen years apart. One of the sport’s longest running feuds/rivalries saw Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. meet in 1993, and then again in 2010. Jones won fight-one, via wide decision, and Hopkins won fight-two, by wide decision.
Was Joe Calzaghe any good?
Joe Calzaghe is one of Britain’s all-time greats, called a ‘fighting machine’ by George Foreman with an incredible record and was so good he could win fights with one hand and may have been too much for Sugar Ray Leonard, Tommy Hearns and Roberto Duran!