Quote Originally Posted by p4pking
Well, yes and no.. It's not technically a step up on paper from his last fight, as the article already states Warrick did beat Augustus.. but Augustus has looked fairly good in his last 5 or 6 fights, seems to be at least taking boxing more seriously now and Im sure he'd come in good condition and give Dhop lots of problems... It would definetly say alot about Hopkins if he could beat Augustus convincingly, not many have. Also stopping him which hasn't happened in years would make a big statement from Dhop. But as far as the risk reward, maybe it isn't a good choice for Hopkins. Depends how confident he is at this stage but I'd like to see the fight happen. If Dhop could land another fight with someone like Witter which was rumoured recently, then I could understand him not bothering with this.. But like Emanuel said he's talking about fighting some nobody instead so hopefully this will come through.
Very good points made here p4pking!!!


Quote Originally Posted by Lords Gym
I think Augustus would be interesting and an entertaining fight for the fans . However for Hopkins , its high risk. When fighting clown type fighters, its very hard to look good , even when you win , Hopkins should just ignore this statement. pretend it didn’t happen. and look for a more structured opponent. Just my opinion .
The thing is D-Hop opened his mouth 1st.
I agree it's hard to look good against an awkward fighter like Augustus.