Tarver: Hopkins poll time...get those votes and opinions in!!!!

So then folks, im laying it down and saying Hopkins can beat tarver, most likely by decision...

what do you guys think?

as much as i dont like tarver im going to have to say he will take hopkins in a late stoppage

Hopkins SD

ON record i will say that I'm picking tarver by KO...but Man I hope I'm wrong...PLEEEEEASE prove me wrong B-hop..I fucking hate tarver.....

Wouldnt it be something if hopkins could go in there and actually stop tarver??? ;D

Would quite possibly make my year!!!

That would make my decade...seeing this loud mouth delusional lucky crackhead on his fucking back or the ref waving his hands in the air...

If tarver loses watch the irony of him using the weight loss from the rocky movie as his excuse...the same excuse he wouldn't allow ROy to use he will use if he loses... ;)

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Originally Posted by JonesJrMayweather

That would make my decade...seeing this loud mouth delusional lucky crackhead on his F****** back or the ref waving his hands in the air...

If tarver loses watch the irony of him using the weight loss from the rocky movie as his excuse...the same excuse he wouldn't allow ROy to use he will use if he loses... ;)

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And let's be honest is Tarver really all that good? He's beaten 2 big names. Jones Jr who is an all time great but arguably got old after going up to heavyweight and then trying to get down in reasonable time....and beating Johnson, someone hopkins has already stopped....

I know these are different times and Hopkins is 41, but would it really shock people if Hopkins pulls this off....im beginning to think its very calculated on Hopkins part...

Im adamant he can do this....

its early days, but hopkins is looking to be the popular choice to win this one!!!

more votes guys!!

i also agree hopkins could win this fight. I mean Hopkins is too skilled to get knocked out, he can avoid that! I got a feeling Tarver is going to bring the fight to B-hop, the way he likes it.

I have noticed that you have to really bring the fight to hopkins to turn him on! i think its going to be a referee stoppage inbetween rounds 6-9. If not, it will be a SD to B-HOP!

i think i like ruiz more than tarver....

I'd loooove Hopkins to win,hopefully a UD otherwise there maybe a rematch,and I keep chnaging my mind but I think BhOp wins on points. Dream scenario:Bhop KO. ;D Worst scenario:Taver win especially if it came by KO!! :-X

Both are bottle Jobs .
Long live Clinton Woods.

Tarver has the talent but not the champions instinct and Hopkins was a good fighter but a bottle job and bully Too much hunters caution to be truly great neither can be mentioned in the same breath as Lenord or Hearns.
Calzaghe would beat both handily and i think they both know this Tarver wouldnt take risks against Johnson or Jones both were /are shot and Hopkins finally got found out against a fully blown Middle with skills and power .

Tito and Oscar were best at Welter .
He didnt even convince against those 2.

In truth im not even staying upto watch it , it'll be dull.

i can see this being a chess match. i think tarvers southpaw stance will frustrate bernard and he will win a lopsided decision

Just like I stated before, Hopkins will give Tarver alot of problems & either win by PTS. or get robbed a decision!!!!

Tarver will be the early agressor and Hopkins will step on the gas too late

Tarver UD 8 rounds to 4

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Originally Posted by miles

So then folks, im laying it down and saying Hopkins can beat tarver, most likely by decision...

what do you guys think?

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I think Tarver runs out of gas and gets TKO'D in the 11th round....Go B-HOP

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Originally Posted by miles

So then folks, im laying it down and saying Hopkins can beat tarver, most likely by decision...

what do you guys think?

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I think Tarver runs out of gas and gets TKO'D in the 11th round....Go B-HOP

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that isnt beyond expectation....let's hope so ;)

I hope Hard Nard K.O.'s the loudmouth.
I thought that it was funny on the hbo countdown special of Bernard Hopkins and Antonio Tarver where they were showing Bernard training with
Mackie Shilstone with the rubber tubes,and Mackie called a foul on Bernard
Hopkins. That shit was funny.
B-Hop will win it in the late rounds though.

Tarver

Hopkins outboxes Tarver, to win the LH championship and end his career on a high note. 8)

That's the thing,anyone read the article somehwere(I think it was doghouse),where B Hop says he could carry on for another 3-4 years?!?! So it may not actually be the end!!

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Originally Posted by TheChosenOne

as much as i dont like tarver im going to have to say he will take hopkins in a late stoppage

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Hopkins has never been stoppee before and i dont think Tarver is the man to do it

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Originally Posted by killersheep

Tarver will be the early agressor and Hopkins will step on the gas too late

Tarver UD 8 rounds to 4

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same way i see it only it's going to be a lot closer than your score. could be another controversial split or majority decision.

STOP TARVER PLEAASSEEE!!!! And if Tarver wins, hope he can become a class act champ. Nobody likes that attitude of his at the moment

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Originally Posted by The Game

That's the thing,anyone read the article somehwere(I think it was doghouse),where B Hop says he could carry on for another 3-4 years?!?! So it may not actually be the end!!

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hopkins means he could physically pull it off a few years more, doesnt mean he intends on doing it because he can....

mark my words, this is hopkins last....

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Originally Posted by miles

So then folks, im laying it down and saying Hopkins can beat tarver, most likely by decision...

what do you guys think?

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i would have to agree ... i think hopkins work rate and speed/accuracy will show through

Hopkins UD, altho Id leave to see him knock this punk out.

B-HOP UD
Hoping he will KTFO that loud mouth clown and retired his a$$ from boxing,I am so sick of his BS talk what he cant back it up.

Tarver wins a decision.

I think Tarver will win this on points, sadly :'(

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Originally Posted by cockey cockney

I think Tarver will win this on points, sadly :'(

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He is bad for boxing so don't think please,hope that he get KTFO and it will be all over for him ;)

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Originally Posted by cockey cockney

I think Tarver will win this on points, sadly :'(

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He is bad for boxing so don't think please,hope that he get KTFO and it will be all over for him ;)

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Hearts saying Hopkins, Head saying Tarver, always have trusted my heart though! ;)

Well, it certainly seems that Tarver is winning the popularity contest on this forum! Personally, I would love to see hopkins iwn, he's got to go out on a high, after what he's done in the game, he deserves to go out on a high. Yes, go Hopkins, though I can't see anything but a Tarver win within the time.

"Tarver will look like a big sloppy man that can't catch the midget!" Quote from Hopkins mouf!

I never bet against my man...so I'm gonna go with B-Hop on points...but I still think that the weights too much for the Nard.

OMG I can't believe I'm saying this cos I still think that nard' will kill tarver's ass but, has the media machine got us all? Its got me I know that because never in a million years would I believe nard' could beat tarver and yet.....

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Originally Posted by yoitsdan

OMG I can't believe I'm saying this cos I still think that nard' will kill tarver's a** but, has the media machine got us all? Its got me I know that because never in a million years would I believe nard' could beat tarver and yet.....

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I still don't...& won't until the fight ends...but I would love it if he did! ;D

Hopkins will win this fight hands down. Trust me, I can break it down.

Hopkins condtioning is way better than Tarvers. The reason I know this is because if you look at Tarvers last few fights, toward the end of the fight he gasses out completley. He did it against Johnson twice and against Roy Jones jr. in their 3rd match.

Hopkins has never been knocked down in over 12 years. He has only been Knocked down once, but got right back up. Trust me, he can take a good punch. Also, the fact that Hopkins is one fighter who always sticks to the gameplan. Never abandons it, to make himself a crowd pleaser.

People are going to overlook hopkins because he will be the smaller man, but look at all hopkins fights, he always comes in shape. Jermain talyor really had to bring his A game against hopkins and still couldn't even put a beating on b-Hop. Taylor even admitted that hopkins is too cleaver and well schooled as a boxer to get caught with a Lucky punch.

The man is 41 years old and fighting at the same caliber as these other young fighters...That is impressive wheter or not anyone cares to acknowledge it.

This is a fact...Tarver will have a very hard time making weight to weigh 175lbs. He put on alot of weight to film the Rocky VI movie. More than he has ever put on since boxing. It is much easier to come up in weight than it is to go down. If hopkins weighs in at about 170 to 173lbs, he has this fight Won. He always does his best against Southpaw fighters so this will be a big test for Tarver. Hopkins might no get the Knockout Tarver, but I can guarantee you...if Tarver gasses like he normally does towards the last few rounds, Hopkins will pick him apart.

Tarver is such a fool to put up a bet for $250,000.00 that he will Knock hopkins out in less than six rounds. That means he will have to go out there and basically brawl and pray he can land a good shot to take hopkins out. One of the defensive fighters in this era of boxing. When Tarver starts breathing hard, he will then find out what Bernard hopkins is all about.. Hopkins all the way. The most disciplined fighter in boxing today, he's gonna do it his way just like he has always done in the past.

He's been down thrice but your point is well recieved ;)

People are making hopkins the underdog probably because of how Tarver was able to handle Roy Jones jr. Let's make this one clear, Roy jones jr, in his last fight with Tarver, was coming off 2 losses back to back KO's. Hopkins on the other hand is coming off of two close fights w/ jermain taylor. He stayed active all throughout 2005, fighting 36 rounds and really looking impressive.

Hopkins and Jones jr are two totally different fighters. on June 10th Antonio will have to eat those words, calling himself the "Legend killer", and might have to ask Hopkins for a rematch, because tarver is known for being better in his rematches.

I think people will believe that Tarver will tower over Hopkins like he did Roy. But they are only an inch apart and They have the same reach.