Would that shock you? For me it would be like when Jones Jr got knocked out against Tarver, a man youve never seen badly hurt and hes out for count. Id be pretty shocked.
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Would that shock you? For me it would be like when Jones Jr got knocked out against Tarver, a man youve never seen badly hurt and hes out for count. Id be pretty shocked.
I'd b shocked but it's not out of the question.
But Hopkins has a solid chin and could trade with a heavy hitter all day, let us not forget hopkins by nature is a brawler!!!
Pascal should have finished him in the their first fight..Hopkins ring savvy and generalship is way too much for Pascal.
It would mostly shock me coz BHOP is that crafty he usually doesnt get hurt or in trouble but Pascal put him down in the last fight. What if this is it for him ? Age finally catching up in devestating fashion. Been a hopkins fan for a lot of yrs, would rather not see it end that way but i dont think its out of the question.
It would mean that Hopkins is at the end of the road mostly and that Pascal clan did get some good experience from their previous fight with the Philly bully.
....Then there would be much rejoicing. Hopkins has been hurt before, but really hasn't had to hold his own vs a top power puncher other than Kelly Pavlik who's power over 160 isn't all that great.
i`ll eat my own shit if hopkins gets knocked out
hops greatest performances have come on the biggest stage of all, his worse have been fights that have never warranted much attention
he wont make the mistake over those first 4rounds and i predict we will see an absolute master class that sees hopkins taking a comfortable decision
Unless they let Pascal bring a baseball bat in the ring, Hopkins won't get knocked out, he's too crafty, got too good of a defense, and a solid chin.
But if Hopkins should get knocked out?
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I wouldn't be surprised.
It happens to every fighter that carries on for too long at some point.
i say he gets a lot of credit, because hopkins hasn't exactly looked his age, far from over the hill, pascale gets lots of appropriate props for such a feat, but i doubt it happens, hopkins reminds me of yoga, tricky old man, he looks old as shit, but once u put them gloves on, he moves better than some guys in there 20s
I would be more shocked than when Jones got KO'd. We had never seen Jones hit very hard because he was so damned hard to hit and he had just had to shed a lot of muscle too and looked the worst he had ever looked in his career in the first fight vs Tarver just a few months prior.
We have seen Hopkins hit a good few times now and we know he has a solid chin. He is fighting at a very comfortable weight for him right now and has not shed any muscle like Jones did. It could be that he gets old at once, he's certainly more than old enough for that time to come, I just don't see it. If anyone gets KO'd in this fight IMO it would be Pascal. Realistically I see Hopkins UD.
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Originally Posted by rjj tszyu
Watch jones vs toney again, there is a part where toney turns al the way around and lands a flush wide right hand....and jones shakes it off...he has taken good ones, but tarver was there at the right time, you can easily tell by jones body, and the way he threw punches, he was no longer the same man.
Sorry I know. I should have actually said Jones was very rarely hit very hard. My mistake. I don't actually think Jones was chinny before the HW experiment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxer4lifeQuote:
Originally Posted by rjj tszyu
Watch jones vs toney again, there is a part where toney turns al the way around and lands a flush wide right hand....and jones shakes it off...he has taken good ones, but tarver was there at the right time, you can easily tell by jones body, and the way he threw punches, he was no longer the same man.
yeah very true the hw ordeal messed the guy up imo, but i think hopkins getting knocked def matches up when roy fell, i still remember seeing it...could not believe itQuote:
Originally Posted by rjj tszyuSorry I know. I should have actually said Jones was very rarely hit very hard. My mistake. I don't actually think Jones was chinny before the HW experiment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxer4lifeQuote:
Originally Posted by rjj tszyu
Watch jones vs toney again, there is a part where toney turns al the way around and lands a flush wide right hand....and jones shakes it off...he has taken good ones, but tarver was there at the right time, you can easily tell by jones body, and the way he threw punches, he was no longer the same man.
Well I was shocked but after the first fight with Tarver not that shocked. He looked weak and the weaker you are the more chance of a KO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxer4lifeyeah very true the hw ordeal messed the guy up imo, but i think hopkins getting knocked def matches up when roy fell, i still remember seeing it...could not believe itQuote:
Originally Posted by rjj tszyuSorry I know. I should have actually said Jones was very rarely hit very hard. My mistake. I don't actually think Jones was chinny before the HW experiment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxer4lifeQuote:
Originally Posted by rjj tszyu
Watch jones vs toney again, there is a part where toney turns al the way around and lands a flush wide right hand....and jones shakes it off...he has taken good ones, but tarver was there at the right time, you can easily tell by jones body, and the way he threw punches, he was no longer the same man.
I would be less surprised now than before the first fight. I think Pascal dropping Hopkins twice shows that his punch-resistance is starting to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snakey
If Pascal KO's Hopkins?
You chalk up another win for Boxing's Forever greatest...Father Time.
i think he does it.
Na man this is how it plays out!!!
Ding ding round 1 bhop comes out and throws everything to the body over and over....round 2 same again.....round 3 same again.... Round 4 pascal tires, round 6 pascal trying to run and Bernard is like an 18year old. Round 7 pascal screams for Carl frochs help! Round 8 bhop drops pascal due to never ending body barrages. Round 9 bhop wins tko ref stops the fight as pascal isn't throwing much.
I was really impressed with B Hops’s body work against Pascal and that did sklow down the younger fighter. I hope Hopkins wins this fight as he deserved to get the decision but some how doubt Pascal will fight as poorly. I cannot see Pascal knock out Bernard, just not possible because Hopkins is too experienced but if it does happen then it is only because he has got old. It is truly amazing that B Hop is fighting at this level for so long.