Drive and Dish previewed the Hopkins vs. Calzeghe fight yesterday. And although Calzaghe kept his perfect record intact, Sports Illustrated notes that the Welshman's American debut was anything but easy:
"Hopkins (48-5-1) knocked down Calzaghe (45-0) with a sneaky right hand just 70 seconds in at the Thomas & Mack Center. With grabby defense and canny counterpunching, Hopkins repeatedly negated Calzaghe's attempts to trade blows and gain physical control, causing more frustration than Calzaghe has ever felt.
But during the 18 years since he last left a ring in defeat, Calzaghe learned he must always keep punching. Constantly wading into the teeth of Hopkins' defense, he never stopped trying to wear down his older opponent, eventually gaining control in the final rounds -- but still wondering about his fate."
Sports Illustrated breaks the fight down:
"Calzaghe landed 33 percent of his 707 punches, while Hopkins connected with 27 percent of his 468 blows. Calzaghe had the edge in power punches with both total blows and accuracy, and he heavily outjabbed Hopkins.
In perhaps the most telling statistic of all, Calzaghe connected with 232 punches, the most ever landed against Hopkins in his 21 fights that were tracked by CompuBox statistics."
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