
Originally Posted by
JT Rock

Originally Posted by
Bilbo
You can't really criticise Bernard for Kelly being too small when it was clear in the ring that Pavlik was actually the bigger man. He made Hopkins look small in there. Both are huge middleweights.
I agree to an extent but being physically bigger and effective and comfortable at the weight are different things
Yeah Bernard is smart he was always going to bring Kelly up to him rather than go down there. But this is nothing like Oscar and Tito imo who are naturally smaller guys. Naturally Kelly is bigger than B Hop.
Besides when you are giving up 17 years in age you can hardly be accused of having an advantage becuase of the fight being fought at a higher weight.
B Hop's win over Pavlik was immense possibly the greatest performance of his whole career.
To my knowledge no other fighter in the history of boxing has done what he did last night, win every round against the universally recognised champ, at over 40 years of age.
It's one of the greatest ever boxing acomplishments.
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