Quote Originally Posted by Rantcatrat View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Pugilistic View Post
Dawson has tremendous skills and if he can have his mind right like he did against Adamek and Tarver (1st fight), he will cause Hopkins hell.

The problem is, he is easily thrown of his fight plan. It's like he gets bored and he does take rounds off which is a bad idea against Hopkins.

Any mental lapses against X and he will make you pay for it.

I expect a close fight and i'm a big fan of both fighters so may the best man win.
For all this talk of Bhop making people pay, when was the last time Bhop ko'd anyone? Oscar in 04'. I don't think Bhop has the punch to really stop anyone of note at light heavyweight. Bad Chad has the ability to dominate Bhop, but I lean toward Bhop here. It's not his heart that is Chad's problem it's his mind. He doesn't have the mental stamina for 12 rounds even if he has the physical tools.
Why are you even mentioning the KO ? i never mentioned it and i never would because Hopkins hasn't got it in him these days to get guys out of there. His punching power is respectable though and he can drop guys with his sneaky counters ( Eg. Tarver, Calzaghe and Pascal 2 which for some reason didn't get counted.)

Bhop makes people pay with hard counters and he can mentally take a fighter out of a fight with his dirty tactics also.

You can make a fighter pay by getting to him mentally, outboxing him and winning rounds.

A knockout isn't the only way to make a guy pay for his mistakes.