Looks like Pascal v Hopkins is on 18th December

[jabvargas24]

Hopkins vs Pascal Possible For December 18 on HBO - Boxing News
Did not expect this at all.
Thoughts?

[rjj tszyu]

I actually think Hopkins is still capable of turning Pascal over. Only problem is he'll make it a horrible fight to watch in the process.

[Hornfinger]

could this be the fight where hopkins turns into an oldman in the ring and get's KO'ed


I got a soft spot for hopkins. He shook my hand in vegas a few years back.

[skel1983]

Pascal wins this for me comfortably.

[armin]

This is going to be one hell of a borring fight imo. I think b hop has enough tricks in the bag to beat pascal tho. If pascal fights at the pace he fought dawson it will be perfect for hop and play right into his hands. Anyways not a fight I want to see and really hop should retire just because his skills definitely are diminishing and his workrate is crap.

[Taeth]

I think people are taking too much away from Hopkins for the Roy Jones Jr fight not realizing that while a lot of what Roy may not be effective against guys with high outputs anymore, that he was still a wiley old fuck with a lot of tricky moves, and Bernard for a lot of it matched that trickery. It's something that most of these new guys can't replicate except maybe Andre Ward. It's totally different because of these other guys haven't learned the core principles to make them highly effective in any situation. I think its largely due to the amateur system in boxing, but also guys who are highly athletic are forgetting that it doesn't hurt to be creative and innovative. They tend to fall into the pragmatized aspect of the sport.

[:::PSL:::]

Hopkins by UD. Pascal is a rugged fighter. Dawson somehow exposed Pascal's weakness in last couple of rounds and Bhop will use that blueprint.

[skel1983]

Bernard Hopkins to fight light heavyweight champ Jean Pascal on Dec. 18 - ESPN

[amat]

OK, if Hopkins can muster at least 3 4 minute breaks in the action then I actually think he is going to beat Pascal. Unreal, I wonder what the odds on this will be.

[Nameless]

Key to beat Hopkins: Win the early rounds by throwing a lot of shots and avoid the grab or it'll be the freakiest acting show ever.

[ono]

Not sure i want to watch this. Pascal is on a roll. Hopkins will do anything he can to spoil the fight.

[DaxxKahn]

P ascal is a moron for even taking this fight!!!! A fight with Bute could have been made for sure if they worked at it!!! A fight with Bute would have been BIG BIG money and possibly the biggest fight in the history of Canada!!!!

A loss to Hopkins will crush that fight...It can still happen but the money won't be there

[CFH]

Hopkins will use his patented fouling, spoiling, counter-butting style to take away Pascal's workrate and bore his way to a disputed decision. I'm not sure who will win, but I'm sure it will be boring and ugly and I will once against be praying for Hopkins retirement.

[skel1983]

P ascal is a moron for even taking this fight!!!! A fight with Bute could have been made for sure if they worked at it!!! A fight with Bute would have been BIG BIG money and possibly the biggest fight in the history of Canada!!!!

A loss to Hopkins will crush that fight...It can still happen but the money won't be there

He is a moron?? Why is he a moron? This is the same guy who has fought Froch in his backyard Adrian Diaconunu twice and Chad Dawson in his last 5 fights Bute is the one to blame he is happy fighting bums of the week in his backyard.

[CFH]

P ascal is a moron for even taking this fight!!!! A fight with Bute could have been made for sure if they worked at it!!! A fight with Bute would have been BIG BIG money and possibly the biggest fight in the history of Canada!!!!

A loss to Hopkins will crush that fight...It can still happen but the money won't be there

He might have made more money fighting Bute in the short term, but I think this could turn out to be a wise business decision on Pascal's part.

Hopkins is less of a threat than Bute and is much more well known in the United States and throughout the boxing world. If Pascal can beat him, his stock will rise exponentially; regardless of age, he'll be the first guy to beat Hopkins since his renaissance. However, if he fought Bute and won, people would call Bute untested and would bring up the ghosts of the first Andrade fight to prove this; if he lost it would be even worse. Bute would benefit more from fighting Pascal than Pascal would for fighting him, and I think I can understand their logic behind fighting what appears to be a quickly fading Hopkins. It's eschewing short-term gain for long-term investment.