Oh well.....
You cant win them all...But after the first round knock down i thought this was going to be an easy night for Jones.
Calzaghe has amazing powers of recovery and it looked like Jones thought that he would catch up with him in round two or three and didnt go charging in when Calzaghe got up.
In the end this proved the wrong thing to do as Calzaghe boxed his way back into the fight superbly and cut Jones very badly in the 5th.
After Jones was cut it was downhill all the way as the corner failed to stem the flow of blood into Jones eye and this must have had a major effect on his vision.
Calzaghe cruised through the last six rounds and although i though Jones maybe won round 12 Calzaghe already had the fight in the bag.
As for the judges scoring of the fight which was 109 - 118 i had the fight a little closer then that.
Jones won at least two of the first five rounds and maybe the last so that scoring combined with the 10-8 first round in Jones favour was a little baffling.
I had Calzaghe a clear winner by 117 to 113 but whatever way you choose to look at it Calzaghe was a clear winner.
As for a rematch.....i dont see that having much appeal now and if Calzaghe decides to fight on (which i believe he will) then only a rematch against Bernard Hopkins at The Millenium Stadium will attract the sort of interest boxing fans will be looking for and this really is the only fight the American pay per view buyers would want...
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