Bernand Hopkins kept dropping a right hand on Calzaghe throughout the fight, knocking him down with a shot to the nose in the first round. The Judges Ted Gimza, Chuck Giampa and Adalaide Byrd scored the fight: Byrd saw it as a 114-113 victory for Hopkins. Gimza had it 115-112 and Giampa had it 116-111 for Calzaghe, giving him the split decision victory. “To be honest, I didn’t box as well as I could have boxed, and it was a bit of a messy fight,” Calzaghe said afterward. “I expected a lot of dirty play, dirty tactics. He’s very difficult to look good against. I expected him to be defensive, to move, (but) he couldn’t handle the same work rate.” “I knew Bernard Hopkins was a good counter puncher and I knew he had a good right hand and I fell straight into the trap,” Calzaghe said. “I didn’t see the punch.” Hopkins made a critical mistake by showing an extreme amount of patience when the fight resumed. Calzaghe was not 100 percent when the bout resumed, but Hopkins strangely didn’t go for the kill. Rather, he was cautious as Calzaghe picked up the attack. “He caught him with a good shot,” Hopkins’ trainer Freddie Roach said. “It was a flash knockdown, and I don’t think he was hurt really badly, but Bernard should have jumped on him.”
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