Quote Originally Posted by mexirican View Post
lets ask Jermain who got the better jab. Kelly is going to wake the haters up, with this one.
I give the jab category to Jermain, but that's a whole other story..

Hopkin's is an amazing fighter, and during the Calzaghe fight he could've won, but did absolutely nothing the second half of the fight..

I actually DO see Pavlik stopping Hopkins.. to beat Pavlik you have to be one of two things.. and those are 1.) tougher than him and just slug it out with him (ex: Miranda's attempt) or 2.) a superior boxer with elite defensive skills (possibly winky wright.. but for an example, i'd say the way Taylor fought the second fight.. very well defensively)

I'm not saying that Pavlik may not get caught with a signature Hopkins counter right and get flash KD'd, but when you look at how Hopkins fought in the Calzaghe fight, it almost seems clear that Kelly will succeed.. Remember the early rounds of the fight where Calzaghe was apprehensive to even breathe.. I don't see Kelly being scared at all, i see him just coming straight forward fearless.. and remember the second half of the fight when calzaghe was finally connecting.. well if Kelly connects, and he will, I don't see Hopkins taking it too well..

Hopkin's has fought elite level fighters constantly, but taking his age into consideration, when you compare him to the other fighters saying that they didn't KO him, so Kelly wouldn't, you really have to compare them a little closer.. Roy Jones fought him so long ago that it's hard to put him in this comparison.. even still there WERE some guys that RJJ did not KO at that time, regardless of that fact that he was a KO machine (ex: james toney) Calzaghe is not a big puncher, DLH hit's hard but was the smaller guy..Winky's not a big puncher.. the main guy that i see with as good of a chance to KO hopkins would have been Taylor.. I think that Kelly, even at a higher weight, will be bringing into the ring a mixture of constant workrate and power that BHop won't be able to handle.. BHop will disrupt Kelly's rhythm and make him uncomfortable.. probably headbutt him and cut him.. maybe knock him down, but i don't see him getting out of a 12 round fight with Pavlik.