Hopkins Vs Cleverly,how would it go now?

[0james0]

I was thinking about this only the other day, I think Clev struggles.

Hopkins is so tough to fight, not that he has more skills, but he is crafty and one of those fighters no one wants to fight as they know they will be getting headbutts and elbows all night.

On home turf, clev wins a wide UD.

Away from home, it could be tough.


I don't see this fight happening anyway, Clev wants to fight the guy with a belt whose name I have no chance of writing.

[denilson200]

There comes a time when every fighter get's old.

Hopkins can't keep on repelling these younger bigger hitting fighters.

Eventually he will break. I think Cleverly will do it.....should they meet

[ElTerribleMorales]

seeing how Cleverly is still a 2nd tier fighter, Hopkins will outbox him and beat him by a lopsided UD

[p4pking]

It's great to pick against Hopkins given his finally losing and all, but at least consider something else when making a prediction. Cleverly is not a top tier fighter, he doesn't have the skills or mentality to beat Hopkins and it wouldn't even be close imo. Given the way people seem to disagree we might have Hopkins next fight in the makings here.

[IamInuit]

Clev's biggest problem is Clev. He seems to leave the tool box in the dressing room and then goes out to the ring walk. He makes its hard on himself when no reason exists to do so. Sure he has more chin then a Chinese phone-book right now but down the road after having the brain knocked around he may find his chin to be pretty regular. You could see glimpses of the use of all of his attributes in the Murat fight but he got nailed over and over. I think he's one of these guys that wants to please to much. Hop feeds on that. As far as the activity level goes, Hop also has a history of shutting people down. People myself included have been saying the man is going to grow old overnight and he continues to prove all wrong.
Love him or hate him, he is the Archie Moore of our time.

[Dia bando]

Hopkins would not get away with his dirty fighting style over here, I could see him getting thrown out
the dirty twat see the look on his face then.
Speed beats Hopkins I would love Clevery to just beat the shit out of him.

[gest12645]

Stylistically the Dawson fight was bad for B-Hop. If we see the same Hopkins as we did a week ago, he schools Cleverly . 117-111

[Dia bando]

[QUOTE=gest12645;1069577]Stylistically the Dawson fight was bad for B-Hop. If we see the same Hopkins as we did a week ago, he schools Cleverly . 117-111[/QUO
School in dirty fighting may be, take Hopkins dirty tactics and you don't have a lot remember he gets away with a lot, head-buts hitting blind side of the ref, push down back of the head, jumping on opponents back, claiming fouls rolling around on the floor.
People do seem to underestermate Cleverly he is a lot better boxer than you think, Don't be blinded by
Hopkins dirty style if there was any justice he would have been thrown out of the ring on many occasions
he rides his luck, but he's like a dried on skid mark he's hard to get rid of.

[captainanddew]

why is Cleverly's team so intent on facing a top 5 guy (Dawson, BHOP, Cloud, Pascal), when Cleverly hasn't ever faced a good top 10 guy

[Spicoli]

This is from the green turtle pool in his backyard to the Olympic swimming pool for Cleverly. Way to deep regardless of age. He may try to swarm like a Calzaghe but he's no Calzaghe, for whatever that's worth. Too much too soon, Hopkins isn't some dead man walking ready for the scrap heap of stepping stones yet.