Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins View Post
A blast from the past.Good stuff Ice.Pulled the binders out from times gone by and I had this 114-112 Hopkins,Duplicate scoring with yours with the exception of 9th....Had it for Hopkins even with the "unintentional" headbutt .Alot has been said but Hopkin and camp made a dumb call by showing up in that elevation 3 or 4 days prior to fight.I really think Hopkins expected to KO Mercado early and took him for granted.Rugged fight all around and It was all down hill for Mercado after this.Rematch was ironically one of Hopkins most destuctive showings Imo,Brutal.
Yea i've seen the rematch that was one of Hopkins best performances, but what was shocking about this fight was that Mercado wasn't really a big puncher. Yet he was able to wobble Hopkins many times and even put him down twice with uppercuts. And IMO Hopkins has one of the best chins in modern day history of boxing. So it was quite shocking to see that, but one of the best rounds of that fight had to be the 6th, because Hopkins was floored in the 5th and was badly wobbling at the end of that round, yet he come out for the 6th like he hadn't even been hurt and gave Mercado a battering. I don't know what it is about Philadelphia fighters but they have hearts the size of Texas.