Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
Quote Originally Posted by BoomBoom
Hopkins looked good at the weigh in. They both came in at 174. Hop looks like he carries the weight well.
He did look good & confident too...but fact will remain to be seen...he looks good carrying the weight...but will he look good carrying the weight?
Thinking about it Hopkins may carry the 174lbs better than tarver for two reasons
1. Tarver had to lose a lot of weight in a short amount of time. There may be a consequence to that

2. Hopkins is 41 and generally as an athlete gets older he does go up in weigh and makes the necessary adjustments. I think Hop will probably look strong.

another thing that a lot of people dont remember is that Tarver aint that much younger than B and it aint like Hopkins has be on the decline or slipping drastically ala Jones. Hopkins has fought a big southpaw in his last two fights so i think he may be used to fighting a big southpaw more so he knows what works and what doesnt