Joe by late stoppage or a clear points victory. Lets hope there are no crooked judges in this one.
Shouldn't matter as Joe is going to dominate Bhop. Welcome to retirement Bernard.
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Joe by late stoppage or a clear points victory. Lets hope there are no crooked judges in this one.
Shouldn't matter as Joe is going to dominate Bhop. Welcome to retirement Bernard.
don't matter shit what age hopkins is or isn'tQuote:
Originally Posted by miles
he stood little chance against joe in his prime and has zero chance now.
ROy was big enough to come out and say joe was to good a fighter to risk with the reward he would of gaine from it. hopkins can't say that, he fought nobodys after the breakdown of a career high pay day (then) to fight joe.
Hopkins is a counter puncher that works well against piss poor fightrs or vastly smaller fighters. every time he has fought a good natural talent at said weight he has lost. EVERY time.
we all know the aftermath will be joe beat a "40+" fighter. but anyone who thinks hopkins will be remotley competetive in this fight is as pissed as i am now.
I don't drink and secondly your underrating Hopkins far too much, you will be eating your words i guarantee you that, if Hopkins loses it won't be by stoppage no way on this earth, and it for certain won't be by one sided decision loss. Your bad mouthing Hopkins but won't this be the best opponent Calzaghe has ever fought by far ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Premedon't matter shit what age hopkins is or isn'tQuote:
Originally Posted by miles
he stood little chance against joe in his prime and has zero chance now.
ROy was big enough to come out and say joe was to good a fighter to risk with the reward he would of gaine from it. hopkins can't say that, he fought nobodys after the breakdown of a career high pay day (then) to fight joe.
Hopkins is a counter puncher that works well against piss poor fightrs or vastly smaller fighters. every time he has fought a good natural talent at said weight he has lost. EVERY time.
we all know the aftermath will be joe beat a "40+" fighter. but anyone who thinks hopkins will be remotley competetive in this fight is as pissed as i am now.
Calzaghe by UD, it will be interesting to see how Calzaghe handles the big US stage instead of fighting at home, Hopkins is 43 and it does matter!
What he has achieved at this stage of his career is extraordinary but Joe Balls will have his measure in this one.
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Originally Posted by ICBI don't drink and secondly your underrating Hopkins far too much, you will be eating your words i guarantee you that, if Hopkins loses it won't be by stoppage no way on this earth, and it for certain won't be by one sided decision loss. Your bad mouthing Hopkins but won't this be the best opponent Calzaghe has ever fought by far ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Premedon't matter shit what age hopkins is or isn'tQuote:
Originally Posted by miles
he stood little chance against joe in his prime and has zero chance now.
ROy was big enough to come out and say joe was to good a fighter to risk with the reward he would of gaine from it. hopkins can't say that, he fought nobodys after the breakdown of a career high pay day (then) to fight joe.
Hopkins is a counter puncher that works well against piss poor fightrs or vastly smaller fighters. every time he has fought a good natural talent at said weight he has lost. EVERY time.
we all know the aftermath will be joe beat a "40+" fighter. but anyone who thinks hopkins will be remotley competetive in this fight is as pissed as i am now.
It will be a Great achievement when Joe wins as he is going up in weight and beating the man universally recognised as the No.1 Light Heavyweight in the World.
Kessler is still a better scalp though interms of ability at this stage of their careers (Hopkins/Kessler)
Hopkins is one of the ATG fighters of this generation. That said, hes not going to beat Joe unless he KOs him. That is unlikely conidering Hopkins is not as much as a risk taker as he used to be, because he cant afford to be and he understands that. Hes accomplished a lot in the last couple years but the guys in front of him all had one thing in common: they didnt throw nearly as mny punches as Joe usually does. Winky looked awful vs. Hop and so did Tarver. That was mostly because of Hopkins ring smarts making them look bad, but it was also because they werent in phisically good shape. This will be the fight that Hopkins finally looks old, not 43, but he will look past his prime. I think he will make Joe look bad too and possibly knock him down but ultimately Hop will lose a UD.
If 2008 Hopkins is better than the Kessler who fought Calzaghe Calzaghe is in trouble.
Close enough. ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pacstraightleft
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