Quote Originally Posted by killersheep View Post
This strikes me as an odd choice for Hopkins, I mean from what I understand is that he has to contantly eat just to get up to 175, even if he does come in at 176 as Adam pointed out as the minimum requirement, that's a huge weight advantage for Tomasz. Stylewise if B-Hop is on form this should actually be an easy fight for Hopkins, nothing against Tomasz, just an issue of styles. I would have thought Hopkins would go for BCD.
From an interview he gave on BoxingTalk, he is gunning for fighters with the potential to sell a lot of tickets - in other words, big money fights. Dawson isn't a big money fight yet (I'm not sure I buy that). Adamek sells out fights in Newark.