I see Hopkins doing a lot of this against Pavlik the Puncher

[Markusdarkus]

His win over prime Eastman is one of Hopkins best.

[CountryBoy]

He ran and held against Eastman, Trinindad and Oscar is one of his best. Kelly will knock this guy out

[Mar]

B hop loves the perception game, i think he realizes his age, and about 45 seconds into the first he will realize really how strong pavlik is, from that point i think b-hop will concentrate on making it appear that he's winning rounds and make the fight slow and boring......for as long as he can anyhow. B-hop knows every trick in the perception book it seems, and he's still pretty decent in the ring. I think it will be tough, but pavlik aint no tarver pavlik will win maybe even stop hopkins. Just my guess

[CountryBoy]

B hop loves the perception game, i think he realizes his age, and about 45 seconds into the first he will realize really how strong pavlik is, from that point i think b-hop will concentrate on making it appear that he's winning rounds and make the fight slow and boring......for as long as he can anyhow. B-hop knows every trick in the perception book it seems, and he's still pretty decent in the ring. I think it will be tough, but pavlik aint no tarver pavlik will win maybe even stop hopkins. Just my guess

Yep good assessments

[Markusdarkus]

He ran and held against Eastman, Trinindad and Oscar is one of his best. Kelly will knock this guy out

Your kidding me?

Have you seen the size of Hopkins, to bring up those two joke wins is silly.

[Taeth]

People are delusiona... IN the Cotto fight you saw a guy who had been hurt before, a guy who was easy enough to hit. Hopkins is an entirely different species of fighter. He can make a fighter dirty, he can reduce your punch output tenfold. He can gain your respect with that right cross you don't see coming. How many people thought Calzaghe would walk over HOpkins? How many thought Taylor would or Tarver or Winky to a degree? Hopkins continues to prove critics wrong.

This isn't about Pavlik not being good, he is a good fighter, its about Hopkins being a far superior boxer, and what makes this fight even is that he is 44. Bring in the Hopkins that fought Glen Johnson and Pavlik doesn't last 6 rounds.

[CountryBoy]

Lol, Just remember I said Pavlik By Stoppage

[yvonne]

People are delusiona... IN the Cotto fight you saw a guy who had been hurt before, a guy who was easy enough to hit. Hopkins is an entirely different species of fighter. He can make a fighter dirty, he can reduce your punch output tenfold. He can gain your respect with that right cross you don't see coming. How many people thought Calzaghe would walk over HOpkins? How many thought Taylor would or Tarver or Winky to a degree? Hopkins continues to prove critics wrong.

This isn't about Pavlik not being good, he is a good fighter, its about Hopkins being a far superior boxer, and what makes this fight even is that he is 44. Bring in the Hopkins that fought Glen Johnson and Pavlik doesn't last 6 rounds.

I have all the respect in the world for Hopkins,theres no dought there,but Pavlik has just got far too much punch power in either hand to get any trouble from Hopkins

[kylewhitehead]

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I honestly don't see this going the distance. Hopkins was gassed and ready to quit during calzaghe fight, until he got the break from the barley low blow and took 5 minutes.

Pavlik hits harder than calzaghe, and takes a bigger punch. I see hopkins rocking him with 1-2 hard rigths early but after than Pavlik walks through everything and sends Hopkins into retirement.

Pavlik throws a lot of hard punches, they will connect, Hopkins will cash the check and fold.

[RozzySean]

People are delusiona... IN the Cotto fight you saw a guy who had been hurt before, a guy who was easy enough to hit. Hopkins is an entirely different species of fighter. He can make a fighter dirty, he can reduce your punch output tenfold. He can gain your respect with that right cross you don't see coming. How many people thought Calzaghe would walk over HOpkins? How many thought Taylor would or Tarver or Winky to a degree? Hopkins continues to prove critics wrong.

This isn't about Pavlik not being good, he is a good fighter, its about Hopkins being a far superior boxer, and what makes this fight even is that he is 44. Bring in the Hopkins that fought Glen Johnson and Pavlik doesn't last 6 rounds.

Did somebody retarded take over your account? You used to say intelligent things. After the whole Cotto/Margo thing, you need to keep your mouth shut for a while. Are you saying that Glen Johnson, at that point in his career, was better than Pavlik is right now? Glen went 11 with Hopkins, and keep in mind, at that point, Glen Johnson had built a record fighting stiffs and he lost his next fight to Sosa, and also lost to Vanderpool, Sheika, and Branco (notice I'm not counting the Ottke fight as a loss) before putting it together late in his career.

Since when has Hopkins ever been a great knockout puncher? Never in his life has Hopkins KO'd a quality opponent before round 9, and that was against a WW. Hopkins has the ability to make any fighter look bad. He has the ability to make any fight close. Hopkins will make this Pavlik fight very close, but no version of Hopkins would ever KO Pavlik. 'Nard at his best might outpoint Pavlik, but he wouldn't KO him.

[JohnnyKickAss]

He ran and held against Eastman, Trinindad and Oscar is one of his best. Kelly will knock this guy out

Your kidding me?

Have you seen the size of Hopkins, to bring up those two joke wins is silly.

No its not...but saying Eastman was Hopkins best win is...

I think Hopkins is taking a risk fighting Pavlik...I doubt that Pavlik will knock Bernard out,but its possible and that again won't be good for Hopkins legacy(it won't be so bad either,but still...)...The fight itself will be probaly boring,but the outcome will be very interesting...every possibility...I mean think about...the most shocking IMO would be Pavlik gets ko'ed,followed by the opposite Hopkins get ko'ed,a decision for Hopkins would also be pretty surprising and I guess a decision for Pavlik is what most people expect and of course not to forget the much loved draw...

I'll watch...

[LEGION]

I think Pavlik is going to have more problems than some anticipate.

I see him winning just from output alone; and really cleaning up in the later rounds, but I don't see him ko'ing Hop.

I love this fight; for the simple reason it will teach Kelly alot IMO. He will learn to shore up the left side defense better, as he has a tendency to leave that jab hanging out a little long, or dropping it down to his side. Hopkins is going to catch him doing that, bet on it.

This will also be a big test for Kelly because he's going to get caught some shots to the body; which is where I feel the best chance of beating him comes from; at least stopping him anyways, or slowing him down enough to stop the constant attack he brings. That long thin body is going to be targeted by Hopkins and I can see Kelly getting dropped a couple of times.

Kelly isn't the bigger guy in this fight; like all his previous opponents. Maybe a slight heigth advantage, but that's it. And this will imo be a big challenge not being the "giant" in the fight.

But even a hater will say Kelly is a game guy, and there's no quit in him; so knocked down or not, he will come back harder and eventually the work rate will overwhelm Hopkins. He can't stay on the bicycle all night; and he can't fight a whole 12 anymore, so you'll see him picking his shots carefully; but he's not going to be a pushover for Kelly. This is a great oppurtunity for Pavlik to learn alot. Just my take on the whole thing.

[kylewhitehead]

I think Pavlik is going to have more problems than some anticipate.

I see him winning just from output alone; and really cleaning up in the later rounds, but I don't see him ko'ing Hop.

I love this fight; for the simple reason it will teach Kelly alot IMO. He will learn to shore up the left side defense better, as he has a tendency to leave that jab hanging out a little long, or dropping it down to his side. Hopkins is going to catch him doing that, bet on it.

This will also be a big test for Kelly because he's going to get caught some shots to the body; which is where I feel the best chance of beating him comes from; at least stopping him anyways, or slowing him down enough to stop the constant attack he brings. That long thin body is going to be targeted by Hopkins and I can see Kelly getting dropped a couple of times.

Kelly isn't the bigger guy in this fight; like all his previous opponents. Maybe a slight heigth advantage, but that's it. And this will imo be a big challenge not being the "giant" in the fight.

But even a hater will say Kelly is a game guy, and there's no quit in him; so knocked down or not, he will come back harder and eventually the work rate will overwhelm Hopkins. He can't stay on the bicycle all night; and he can't fight a whole 12 anymore, so you'll see him picking his shots carefully; but he's not going to be a pushover for Kelly. This is a great oppurtunity for Pavlik to learn alot. Just my take on the whole thing.

wow way to break it down. I'm probably dreaming when I'm predicting pavlik knocking him out early. I would like to see it though, we need another superstar in the sport.

Even at 43 hopkins probably has enough tricks in the bag to last him awhile. But I see him gassing out like in calzaghe fight, and I believe he will be in trouble.

Pavlik hits harder than calzaghe.

[southakron314]

I think Pavlik is going to have more problems than some anticipate.

I see him winning just from output alone; and really cleaning up in the later rounds, but I don't see him ko'ing Hop.

I love this fight; for the simple reason it will teach Kelly alot IMO. He will learn to shore up the left side defense better, as he has a tendency to leave that jab hanging out a little long, or dropping it down to his side. Hopkins is going to catch him doing that, bet on it.

This will also be a big test for Kelly because he's going to get caught some shots to the body; which is where I feel the best chance of beating him comes from; at least stopping him anyways, or slowing him down enough to stop the constant attack he brings. That long thin body is going to be targeted by Hopkins and I can see Kelly getting dropped a couple of times.

Kelly isn't the bigger guy in this fight; like all his previous opponents. Maybe a slight heigth advantage, but that's it. And this will imo be a big challenge not being the "giant" in the fight.

But even a hater will say Kelly is a game guy, and there's no quit in him; so knocked down or not, he will come back harder and eventually the work rate will overwhelm Hopkins. He can't stay on the bicycle all night; and he can't fight a whole 12 anymore, so you'll see him picking his shots carefully; but he's not going to be a pushover for Kelly. This is a great oppurtunity for Pavlik to learn alot. Just my take on the whole thing.

The only thing in this fight that jumps out is the fact that Pavlik is just as busy as Calzaghe with loads more power. Hopkins looked normal after 12 with Joe. Even though Hopkins tank was on empty after the 10th now he has to fight a cat who could easily do 15 rounds if those fights were still avalible. But what do i know. Im just white trash from Ohio.

[LEGION]

I think Pavlik is going to have more problems than some anticipate.

I see him winning just from output alone; and really cleaning up in the later rounds, but I don't see him ko'ing Hop.

I love this fight; for the simple reason it will teach Kelly alot IMO. He will learn to shore up the left side defense better, as he has a tendency to leave that jab hanging out a little long, or dropping it down to his side. Hopkins is going to catch him doing that, bet on it.

This will also be a big test for Kelly because he's going to get caught some shots to the body; which is where I feel the best chance of beating him comes from; at least stopping him anyways, or slowing him down enough to stop the constant attack he brings. That long thin body is going to be targeted by Hopkins and I can see Kelly getting dropped a couple of times.

Kelly isn't the bigger guy in this fight; like all his previous opponents. Maybe a slight heigth advantage, but that's it. And this will imo be a big challenge not being the "giant" in the fight.

But even a hater will say Kelly is a game guy, and there's no quit in him; so knocked down or not, he will come back harder and eventually the work rate will overwhelm Hopkins. He can't stay on the bicycle all night; and he can't fight a whole 12 anymore, so you'll see him picking his shots carefully; but he's not going to be a pushover for Kelly. This is a great oppurtunity for Pavlik to learn alot. Just my take on the whole thing.

The only thing in this fight that jumps out is the fact that Pavlik is just as busy as Calzaghe with loads more power. Hopkins looked normal after 12 with Joe. Even though Hopkins tank was on empty after the 10th now he has to fight a cat who could easily do 15 rounds if those fights were still avalible. But what do i know. Im just white trash from Ohio.

Yeah, but what concerns me, like I touched on, really is if Hopkins can get to Kelly's body. We all know Pav can go 12, and that's throwing as many punches as he can, but I'm betting Hasim works Hopkins on getting to Pav's body, and that could conceivably slow Kelly down.

Also, I can see Kelly getting impatient and trying to almost overwork Hopkins, just to open him up, and getting a bit tired, not to mention sloppy. But what do I know? I worry more about this fight for Pavlik than any other up to this point.