"Hopkins to Pavlik: Beware the 'Executioner'

[The Fightfan]

Been drinking much?

dude almost everyone here agrees joe slaps like a girl playing with butterflies

Hopkins didn't do enough to win. End of Story. If Calzaghe slapped, why didn't Hopkins walk through them or throw effective counter punches? He just sat there like a lame duck. That is why he lost the fight.

I feel the same way if Calzaghe slaps why wouldn't Bernard have walked through them. Hopkins does what he does talks alot of shit,then fight time comes throw's 1 or 2 punches in which land clearly in the round and pisses and moans when the desicion goes the other way. Taylor beat him twice from 4 out of 6 judges. Calzaghe also beat him 2 out of 3 judges. Somehow this guy still get's all the kudos that he has been unbeaten since Roy Jones. I just don't get it. He is the most boring fighter of our era and a close second is Winky. I just most not know boxing at all. To me you have to throw punches to win a fight not look good in the ring by your defensive capabilities. Maybe if Hopkins threw more than 20 punches a round I could give respect to him but I just can't at this point. Hopkins will be stopped in 8 rounds from Pavlik. One punch at a time will not do it against this fighter. Hopkins saying he won't be able to do it with a right hand.Well wasn't it the left uppercut that knocked Miranda down and a left hook over and over that knocked Taylor out in the corner.Sure the right hand set it up but his left hand is just as powerful.