Hopkins Tells Pavlik To Take It Easy On Him!!!

[Taeth]

Drunken master technique?

[Beanflicker]

Hopkins is just doing that to build Pavlik up. IMO Hopkins sees a weakness and has a plan, he knows what he's doing.

[The Fightfan]

Hopkins is just doing that to build Pavlik up. IMO Hopkins sees a weakness and has a plan, he knows what he's doing.

Yes his plan is "Damn when that right hand hits flush I will find comfortable spot on the canvas", but before all that in the corner he will ask " Shit did that check clear yet".

[Beanflicker]

Hopkins is just doing that to build Pavlik up. IMO Hopkins sees a weakness and has a plan, he knows what he's doing.

Yes his plan is "Damn when that right hand hits flush I will find comfortable spot on the canvas", but before all that in the corner he will ask " Shit did that check clear yet".

Hopkins has been doing this shit for a long time, if you think he's going into this fight without a winning plan then you're severely underestimating him. Whether or not he'll be able to carry it out is the only question.

[Master]

His is trying to play the good guy this time. The last fight with Joe was a PR disaster for him with his racist rhetoric so he wants to be loved. It is a ploy which I hope he pulls off.

[Dizaster]

His is trying to play the good guy this time. The last fight with Joe was a PR disaster for him with his racist rhetoric so he wants to be loved. It is a ploy which I hope he pulls off.

Plus he can't use his "I'll never be beaten buy a white guy" line again, because, well, he already got beaten buy a white guy...

He could tack "tall, bald and from Youngstown white guy" onto the end of that sentence, but it doesn't have the same ring to it..

[BoomBoom]

Hopkins wants Pavlik to be over-confident. The easier the fight Pavlik thinks it will be, the harder the fight it will become.