Bernard Hopkins returning!!

[Wacko3205]

honestly i dont think hopkins should come out, but he has said hes gunna fight again so he has to...

Honestly...I'm in agreement...but if he does come out...I'd want it to be against Wright, Sturm, Taylor, Calzaghe, or RJJ...but please...not Maskaev.

I go back & forth on the Maskaev thing. I konw why Nard wants it...but in the end...win, lose, or draw...Maskaev aint worth shit...nor is his title. The fight merits nothing.

A match against Wright would be for bragging rights & also might be one of the most exciting fights to a purist such as meself.

Sturm...just because I have always wanted to see it. Everyone falls once...it's the getting back on the bike that does the career justice.

Taylor...goes without saying...I think he won the first fight...& he could win the third if he just worked hard enough for it.

Calzaghe...keep him from breaking your title defenses...why else? The fans would want it.

Roy Jones jr? Ehhhhhhhhhhhh...I guess so...for nothing else but to right the wrong all those years ago.

what makes me laugh is the people who say he will Ko calzaghe.. this isnt a post from a "i love clazaghe fan2 its from sum1 who has seen so many of his fights..

Doubt that Bernard would KO Calzaghe. Joe's got a damned sturdy chin & the grit & will to get up offa the mat. I've seen him do it before two or three times...I think...maybe just two. Can't remember exactly.

The thing with Calzaghe & Hopkins is that it's not a cut & dry match. I'm a fan of both...& Hopkins style could be as much or more of a factor as Joe's speed could. The thing that people seem to underestimate is Joe's accumulative power. He's not a knockout artist...but his volume is dizzying & he's often right on the button.

That being said...not in a million years do I think he could TKO the Nard...but with the same output in the Lacy fight...he could easily outpoint him...but...then again...Hopkins will counter just as accurately as Joe will unload...so that kinda goes out the window there...don't it?

people who think hopkins will KO joe don't know F*** all about boxers outside the usa. !

There you go. You just went & did it didn't you? You just had to go & do it. It's just fans showing their unyeilding devotion to their favorite fighter...you know what that's like...so don't act like you don't. There are plenty of us that know boxing outside of the U.S., it doesn't break down that simply...it's just rabid fandom taking over for some of the eager beavers.

Lacy was a big hitter and joe walked through them all! forget tyhe fact calzaghe totaly batterd him, lacy did land some good clean shots and never once did calzaghe looked like they hurt. watch the eubank fight it wasnt untill the 12 round, after alot of shots thrown and landed did eubank make calzaghe clinch, and eubank no matter what his age landed some very clean and powerfull shots!

Joe could run his record ragged for another few years coupled with the Lacy performance & some half assed opponents if it were a perfect world...but it's not...& fighting the RSC (Reality Show Chump) that's next on the list.

I loved the Eubank fight. That was a toe to toe war right there...quite possibley...I enjoyed that more htan the Lacy fight in retrospect due to the fact that there was some competition involved.

brewer was a big hitter and put clazaghe down, but even then clazaghe gt back up (and fast) but carried on never looking like he was shaken or really hurt. hopkins is a good fighters and has a good hit, but if you think he culd ko him your off your F****** face

I agree...I don't think that Hopkins is set in his power anymore or of late...but it's highly likely that Joe could outpoint the Nard...but he'd have to be a lot sharper than he was against Bika.

I think anyone who says Calzaghe would beat Hopkins or Tarver, don't know a damn thing about boxers from the USA. Their both, Hopkins especially, a class above Calzaghe. Hopkins in skill, power, experience, you name it. Tarver in weight, power, talent. They'd both beat Calzaghe fo sure. Tarver more likely by KO. But Hopkins could KO Joe, I think he would in the later rounds, or least counterpunch him to an easy UD.

In all truths...I think that Calzaghe would slaughter Tarver & Taylor.

If that equates to me not knowing a damn thing about USA boxing...so be it.

Tarver is in no way shape or form a class above Calzaghe.

Hopkins is a totally different animal. You just never know what your'e going to get with Bernard of late. I've not seen him fight the way he fought against Tarver in almost 4 years. He hadn't hammered anyone out that hard since the beating he laid on Joppy.

Sure Bernard has pulled shut outs & clinics & what nots...but nothing like what he did to Tarver.

Tarver has proven in the past to be an underacheiver...almost unmotivated. Calzaghe is just the opposite. Speed & volume & completely awkward...

It'd be an easy night with Tarver & a ruff one against Hopkins.