I don't think so, he's just much less crafty and so it looked stupid at a few points. He realized no warnings were getting called early and thought he could play the same game. That kidney shot from behind to end one of the earlier rounds was pretty bad from Hopkins I thought, and he was doing his usual holding and hitting/rabbit punching all through the fight without any kind of warning. I don't see how anyone is supposed to box him with a cool head if the ref is going to stand for all that myself.
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