Even as impressive as Joe Calzaghe was against Mikkel Kessler, I can't help but think that B-Hops' at a serious advantage. I've seen fighters move up in weight time and time again. Some do very well but some realize that they've given up too much speed and that their power does'nt seem as effective in these higher weightclasses. A good example, Mayweather, he does'nt have the impressive knock out ratio that he had at the start of his career. Latley he's relied on superior boxing skills and speed to out point his opponents. I feel the same may be the case with Calzaghe. Factor in the fact that B-Hop will be fighting at his natural weight, He showed that he still has power (wich is one of the last things to go) and speed by puting Oscar down with a body punch and the fact that he's just plain frustrating to fight and you may start to see that this is'nt an easy fight no matter how well Calzaghe did against Kessler...
11/5/2007 10:15 AM ET