How the Hell do you Sell Hopkins Wright??

Now don't get me wrong I am a huge fan of both..IMO they are both two of the top fighters of not only this generation but

Hopkins is in the top 3 best middleweights of all time

Winky Wright is perhaps one of the top 3 defensive fighters of all time...I mean this guy has superb defense and he doesn't have to run around the ring to apply it...

With all that being said let's be real for a moment....Neither is known for thrilling fights...Are they good YES...exciting..NO

Now they face off in July......Trying to selld this fight is like trying to convince a class of High School grads to attend Bingo at the senior home and blow off prom to do it....

I hope the under card is exciting as all hell

BHop will sell it. ;)

I think.. That bernard is going to win it.. Winky is becoming increasingly offensive which was plain to see in the Quartey fight.. And it may have cost him the fight against jermain taylor..

But if he does wish to go into his shell ala trinidad performance it shouldnt make much difference to Bernard.. I see him bieng patient and just walking winky down and waiting for him to let his hands go..Eventually winky would get frustrated and have to give something to bernard.. Even with his hands up so tightly i can still see bernard stealing rounds.. Just jumping in throwing what he can to the body, to the guard try to get a few through the guard.. and move out again..

Either way.. Although it does not fuss me..I will happily watch the fight start to finish for the pure fact that the match up is intriguing.. But it will either be very scrappy.. Or very slow paced..

I agree it'll be scrappy. I wouldn't be suprised if it was a draw.

yep this sure is an interesting fight for sure, these guys are both masters of what they do. as to pick a winner i just couldn't say, but for excitement nooo way,

what lies ahead for the winner, bar a rematch? cant see RW ever fighting Taylor again and the same goes for b-hop, step up Mr calzaghe and i honestly believe he is the one man who could beat these two convincingly, at super middle thou.

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Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

Now don't get me wrong I am a huge fan of both..IMO they are both two of the top fighters of not only this generation but

Hopkins is in the top 3 best middleweights of all time

Winky Wright is perhaps one of the top 3 defensive fighters of all time...I mean this guy has superb defense and he doesn't have to run around the ring to apply it...

With all that being said let's be real for a moment....Neither is known for thrilling fights...Are they good YES...exciting..NO

Now they face off in July......Trying to selld this fight is like trying to convince a class of High School grads to attend Bingo at the senior home and blow off prom to do it....

I hope the under card is exciting as all hell

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Two words....."B" and "HOP" that will pretty much sell anywhere....

Yeah I agree...these guys will sell it on their names alone.

I mean ... 35,000 people at Millenium Stadium to see Calzaghe vs Madfredo...BHop and Winky will have no probs!

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Originally Posted by BubbleBox

Yeah I agree...these guys will sell it on their names alone.

I mean ... 35,000 people at Millenium Stadium to see Calzaghe vs Madfredo...BHop and Winky will have no probs!

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Agreed. Even people who have criticised the idea of putting these two together have said they will still watch the fight. I will if Sky buy it, but it wouldn't surprise me if they don't. Damn I wish the UK had HBO.

How about " A fight for the boxing purist "
Two great men , two great fighters , a boxing chessmatch it my turn out but watching two master at there trade is fine by me :)

Two real fighters ARE YOU LISTENING JOE CALZAGHE :)

just watching two legendary fighters in the same ring, future hall of famers, going at it for real (i hope so) gets ppl swarming into arena's! it sells.

i think this fight is exciting in a different sort of way, two fighters who are masters of chess match boxing, the fans wanna see who gets the better of who every round. the onli way i see this fight becoming boring is, when one fighter totally dominates in the chess match and starts winning almost every round. these two fighters are defensive masters so we wont get a gatt-ward.

i am looking forward to this fight.

Winky knows how to fight counterpunchers, And B-hop knows how to counter ;D I think it'll be a surprisingly good fight, and they'll both open up.

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Originally Posted by yoitsdan

Winky knows how to fight counterpunchers, And B-hop knows how to counter ;D I think it'll be a surprisingly good fight, and they'll both open up.

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:coolclick: Totally agree.

Also...this fight sells itself.

This fight should sell no problem. Two of the top guys in boxing and intriguing with Winky moving up in weight again.

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Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

Now don't get me wrong I am a huge fan of both..IMO they are both two of the top fighters of not only this generation but

Hopkins is in the top 3 best middleweights of all time

Winky Wright is perhaps one of the top 3 defensive fighters of all time...I mean this guy has superb defense and he doesn't have to run around the ring to apply it...

With all that being said let's be real for a moment....Neither is known for thrilling fights...Are they good YES...exciting..NO

Now they face off in July......Trying to selld this fight is like trying to convince a class of High School grads to attend Bingo at the senior home and blow off prom to do it....

I hope the under card is exciting as all hell

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hahahaaaaa ;D

Daxx CC 328 for the real talk bro!