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Quote Originally Posted by amat
This is SO tough to predict. Seriously...not so much the weight as much that...Hopkins and Wright are among the smartest fighters in boxing. I don't know how to feel about this. Even when they were both at 160 I had no idea how to feel about this one.

I also wonder what leverage the winner gets in making big matchups? I mean...Wright wins...he beat an old Hopkins. Hopkins wins he beat a blown up Wright. I don't know, I just don't think it does a lot for the winner. And I'm not sure it adds to much to the other's star power either.
It's a funny irony with Hopkins and Wright. I'd certainly rate both of them in the current top 5 p4p and they are truly world class fighters.

But I rarely get excited about seeing either of them fight. Wright vs Hopkins even were it for the undisputed middleweight title is a fight that barely raises my pulse above flatline.

I think virtually everybody would get more excited about seeing Green fight Miranda or even Pavlik fight Taylor than watching Hopkins and Wright exchange jabs and feints for 12 rounds.

If Wright was fighting Miranda or Hopkins was fighting Dawson I would be interested but Hopkins vs Wright is a hard sell as a PPV event, especially seeing as neither hold any titles.
Agreed that it has a chance of being a bore on paper. If Wright continues to fight offensively and tries to outwork Hopkins then it may be a much better fight than we expect though. The Quartey fight was much more fun to watch than the Ouma vs. Taylor fight IMO. And the Hopkins vs. Tarver fight was better than Hopkins vs. Taylor II also my opinion. So if each fighter fights like their last respective fight, then it may be entertaining. Either way I'm going to go out on a limb and put my money where my mouth is. I'll bet either a cool click or sad click for anyone against my prediction of clear cut UD for Hopkins in favor of clear cut UD for Wright.