Originally Posted by wacko3205
Alright...the site crashed out last night & Wacko is p!ssed as a mother fwocker...so I suppose you can read this whenever we get up...Hopkins surprised me...just what I wanted to close out a magnificent career...B-E-A-U-tiful.
Cotto has to move up to 147 in the future to be effective IWO.
Here's my hammered into oblivion take on it all.
Bwoss...you gots to lock everyone out on these threads!
Antonio Tarver (27 fights, 24 wins with 18 ko's, & 3 losses) vs Bernard Hopkins (52 fights, 46 wins with 32 ko's, 4 losses, & 1 draw) Round 1: Tarver comes out first throwing. Hopkins to the body & then up top. They tie up. Tarver jabbing. Hopkins pawing with the jab. Hard left by Tarver. Big right hand counter by Hopkins. Left hand by Tarver. Right hand by Hopkins. Tarver back to jabbing. Tarver swings wild & misses. Hopkins not giving ground. Body shot by Hopkins. Hopkins lands three punch combo. Tarver not handing to well. Hopkins all over him. Nice. Hopkins slips Tarvers combo. Hopkins to the body & then an upper inside. Nice. Inside fighitng going on Hopkins favor.
The site is fwockin up!!! Dammit!!!
Miguel Angel Cotto (26 wins with 22 ko's) vs Paulie Malignaggi (21 wins with 5 ko's) Round 1: Cotto & Mali goin at it & Mali tries to throw with Cotto. Cotto nails Mali hard. Mali to the body. Mali is bleeding like hell. Cotto has cracked him up already. Down goes Malinaggia. Cotto making
Antonio Tarver (27 fights, 24 wins with 18 ko's, & 3 losses) vs Bernard Hopkins (52 fights, 46 wins with 32 ko's, 4 losses, & 1 draw) Round 2: 10-9 for Hopkins. Tarver throws & Hopkins ties up & fires on the inside. Tarver did not like that. Hopkins eats one on the inside. Left hand. Hopkins cracks him with a left. Tarver nails him with a left as Hopkins comes in. Hopkins took it & then cracked him with a straight right hand. Hopkins juast backing out. Right hand by Hopkins & then to the body. Hopkins is working it all out. Nice. Hopkins seems to slip pretty much everything & nothing lands flush from Tarver so far. Hopkins just got caught with a body shot. Body shot by Hopkins. Tarver hooks him. Hopkins body shot again. Nice.
Miguel Angel Cotto (26 wins with 22 ko's) vs Paulie Malignaggi (21 wins with 5 ko's) Round 2: Malinaggi's left eye is fwocked. Cotto to the body & then uptop. Paulie combos. Cotto cracks him with a left hook & down he goes. Cotto nails him again & Mali ties up. Paulie is gettin his a** whooped.
Antonio Tarver (27 fights, 24 wins with 18 ko's, & 3 losses) vs Bernard Hopkins (52 fights, 46 wins with 32 ko's, 4 losses, & 1 draw) Round 3: Tarver is 2 points down. Hopkins always moving. Tarver having issues catching him. Left hand goes big & misses for Tarver. Tarver jabbing. Nice body shot by Hopkins. Tarver content to jab. Left hand by Hopkins. Right hand by Hopkins. Tarver def looks confused. Big right hand by Hopkins. Left hand by Tarver on the inside. Straight right rocks Tarver.Three body shots by Hopkins as Tarver holds on. Body shots again by Hopkins. Hopkins wins that one agian.
Miguel Angel Cotto (26 wins with 22 ko's) vs Paulie Malignaggi (21 wins with 5 ko's) Round 3: Cotto to the body. Cotto just overpowering him. Cotto is now taking a lot of shots from Paulie. Nothing on it though. Body shots by Cotto. Cotto is raping Paulie to the body. Paulie trying to keep him off with jabs. Paulie eats a right hook.
Antonio Tarver (27 fights, 24 wins with 18 ko's, & 3 losses) vs Bernard Hopkins (52 fights, 46 wins with 32 ko's, 4 losses, & 1 draw) Round 4: Lunging right hand by Hopkins. 30-27 for Hopkins. Left hand by Hopkins & a left by Tarver. Tarver cracks Hopkins & Hopkins cracks him back. Right hands on the inside by Hopkins. Crack!!!! Nice. Left hand by Tarver. Two punch combo by Hopkins coming in. Hopkins stepped on his feet. Right hand & then a left by Hopkins. Right hand by Hopkins. Damn!!! Thud. Body shots & then a right hook up top. Tarver nails him iwth a left hand. Nothing much on it though. Hopkins took that round too.
Too many people on this site & it's lockin up on me!!!
Miguel Angel Cotto (26 wins with 22 ko's) vs Paulie Malignaggi (21 wins with 5 ko's) Round 4: Right & a left by Paulie. Cotto just cracked him with a hook. Right & left hand from Cotto. Paulie still just jabbing. Cotto eats a two punch combo & then hammers it home to the body. Cotto just cracked Mali with a right & then a left. Cotto just waiting on Paulie. Paulie combos & Cotto to the body.
Antonio Tarver (27 fights, 24 wins with 18 ko's, & 3 losses) vs Bernard Hopkins (52 fights, 46 wins with 32 ko's, 4 losses, & 1 draw) Round 5: Tarver Hopkins 36-40 for Hopkins. Right & then a left by Hopkins. Body shots by Hopkins. Tarver just going back & eating shots. Tarver get's on him & Hopkins ties up. Right hook by Hopkins. Left hook by hoPKINS. Hopkins just hammered his a** & Tarver went back. Hopkins almost KO'd his a**!!!! Hopkins all over him. Tarver is about to get his a** TKO's. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ha ha ha ha!!!! Hopkins nails him with an uppercut. Big left hand by Hopkins. Tarver lands two left hands that stunned Hopkins.
Miguel Angel Cotto (26 wins with 22 ko's) vs Paulie Malignaggi (21 wins with 5 ko's) Round 5: Paulie comes out with the combos. Cotto shells up. Cotto seems to be slwoing down. Cotto just cracked him to the body. Credit to Paulie for staying. Sorry people...but I am doing a shat job of covering this fight. Sorry. Paulie's losing.
Antonio Tarver (27 fights, 24 wins with 18 ko's, & 3 losses) vs Bernard Hopkins (52 fights, 46 wins with 32 ko's, 4 losses, & 1 draw) Round 6: 10-8 round for Hopkins. BEAutiful!!! 50-44 Hopkins. Tarver swingin hard tryin to come back. The other fights coming out. Big right hand by Hopkins!!! Tarver trying to come on. Hopkins just calm & jabbing. Hopkins has just naile dhim again. Hopkins cracks him. Tarver comes on. Hopkins comes right back. Tarver lost that round.
Miguel Angel Cotto (26 wins with 22 ko's) vs Paulie Malignaggi (21 wins with 5 ko's) Round 6: Sorry...covering Hopkins Tarver.
Antonio Tarver (27 fights, 24 wins with 18 ko's, & 3 losses) vs Bernard Hopkins (52 fights, 46 wins with 32 ko's, 4 losses, & 1 draw) Round 7: Hopkins backing up & letting Tarver come to him. Hopkins nails him with a straight right & then aleft. Hopkins is doing just fine. Left hook by Hopkins. Body shot by Hopkins. Tarver is outgunned. Amazing. Tarver lands on HOpkins . Right hook by Hopkins. Tarver just jabbing. Headbut when Hopkins comes in. Hopkins won that round.
Miguel Angel Cotto (26 wins with 22 ko's) vs Paulie Malignaggi (21 wins with 5 ko's) Round 7: Sorry...covering Hopkins Tarver.
Antonio Tarver (27 fights, 24 wins with 18 ko's, & 3 losses) vs Bernard Hopkins (52 fights, 46 wins with 32 ko's, 4 losses, & 1 draw) Round 8: 62-70 for Hopkins. Hopkins seems to be the stronger of the two. Hopkins is just constantly backing Tarver up. Right hand for Hopkins. Tarver combo's. Left hand for Tarver as Hopkins missed for a right. Hopkins's style is really giving Tarver trouble. The right hand is ruling this fight for Hopkins.
Miguel Angel Cotto (26 wins with 22 ko's) vs Paulie Malignaggi (21 wins with 5 ko's) Round 8: Paulie's face is just worn out. Cotto is getting landed on now as Paulie is going for broke. They are tied up. Left hook by Cotto & all Paulie can do is tie his as up. Down goes Paulie on a slip. If Paulies jaw aint broke...somethings up. Cotto on his toes. Straight left hand by Cotto. Paulie comes in & combos.
Antonio Tarver (27 fights, 24 wins with 18 ko's, & 3 losses) vs Bernard Hopkins (52 fights, 46 wins with 32 ko's, 4 losses, & 1 draw) Round 9: Tarver won the last round. Barely. Hopkins eats a combo from Tarver. Hopkins nails him with a right. Tarver jabbing & Hopkins just working through it. Right hand by Hopkins. Hopkins backing Tarver up. Straight right hand by Hopkins. Beautiful!!!! RIght & then a left hok by Hopkins & Tarver goes into the corner.
Miguel Angel Cotto (26 wins with 22 ko's) vs Paulie Malignaggi (21 wins with 5 ko's) Round 9: Cotto backs Paulie up. Cotto to the body & Paulie is throwing up top but nothing on it. Paulie's glove is untaped. Fight stopped momentarily. Paulie toe to toe with Hopkins. Cotto takes some combos up top. The thing is that Cotto gets cracekd by Paulie. Cotto goes back & Paulie seems to have the upper hand for the moment. Cotto seems to be wearing down.
Antonio Tarver (27 fights, 24 wins with 18 ko's, & 3 losses) vs Bernard Hopkins (52 fights, 46 wins with 32 ko's, 4 losses, & 1 draw) Round 10: Hopkins comes out jabbing. 89-81 Hopkins. Straight right again for Hopkins. Tarver is holding after a nice set of combos from Hopkins. Tarvers face is swollen as hell. Shoulder to shoulder Hopkins comes out on tops of the texchange. Big left hand by Hopkins & then right. Tarver swings wild & Hopkins lands a rigth. Combo by Hopkins. Hopkins turns his back on Tarver and then comes right back to the fight & pops him. Hopkins won that one.
Miguel Angel Cotto (26 wins with 22 ko's) vs Paulie Malignaggi (21 wins with 5 ko's) Round 10: Paulie deserves props for staying on his feet people. He's now coming on a bit. Nice one two by Paulie. Straight left hand by Cotto. Upper by Cotto. Paulie jabbing. COtto to the body. Left hook by Paulie. Paulie ties up as Cotto goes to the body. Right hand by Paulie. Cotto to the body. Uppers from both. Three punches by Paulie. Two left hands through the guard. Paulie lands a right & a hard left & they trade at the bell.
Antonio Tarver (27 fights, 24 wins with 18 ko's, & 3 losses) vs Bernard Hopkins (52 fights, 46 wins with 32 ko's, 4 losses, & 1 draw) Round 11: 90-99 for Hopkins. Left hook & then a straight right for Hopkins. Right hand on the inside. Right & then a elft & he's all over Tarver on the ropes. Nice. Nice combo by Hopkins. Right hand by Tarver. Tarver jabs. That's it. Left hand by Tarver. Hopkins to the body.Combo by Hopkins backs Tarver. Hopkins taunting Tarver. Very nice. Combos & body shots by Hopkins. Hopkins just loving this. Ripping Tarver to the body. Running in & comboing. Beatutiful!!!
Miguel Angel Cotto (26 wins with 22 ko's) vs Paulie Malignaggi (21 wins with 5 ko's) Round 11: Cotto is gassed out. Paulie's got heart. Body shot by Cotto. They tie up. BOdy shots again from Cotto. Something just opened up Paulie's nose. A left hook. Paulie is throwing nice combinations...but there just not doing much. Paulie's going to look terrible in the morning. Right & then a left hand from Cotto. Cotto to the body. Left hand from Paulie. Cotto answers right back with some body shots. Cotto is definently affected by the weight loss. Body shot by Cotto & Paulie catches him wiht a left. They tie up & COtto cracks him on the inside.
Antonio Tarver (27 fights, 24 wins with 18 ko's, & 3 losses) vs Bernard Hopkins (52 fights, 46 wins with 32 ko's, 4 losses, & 1 draw) Round 12: Sorry people...but I have stopped covering the Cotto fight. Sorry. This is just too beautiful. Hopkins...unless he get's TKO'd...is going home with Tarver's belt. Tarver jabbing. RIght body shot by Hopkins. Left hand by Tarver. Hopkins backs him into a corner & just goes at it. Very nice. Hopkins just hammers him home. Big right hand by Hopkins & Tarver is just trying to make it out of the fight. Lunging right from Hopkins. Hopkins has 25 seconds left to make history official people...he has done it. Tarver throws & Hopkins done him in. Right hand by Hopkins.
Miguel Angel Cotto (26 wins with 22 ko's) vs Paulie Malignaggi (21 wins with 5 ko's) Round 12: Paulie holding to keep from getting hit. Cotto nailing him on the inside. Cotto can't land because Paulie is holding. Jabs by Paulie. Cotto has destroyed his face. Right & then a left from Paulie. Cotto cracks Paulie to the body & he almost buckled over. I am surprised that Paulie is still in this fight...just physically. 4 punches from Cotto & Paulie answers back with hardly nothing. Paulie lands a right hand on the inside & they tie up again. Big left hooks from Cotto. Paulie tries to answer. Paulie backs up & the bell comes.
