Quote Originally Posted by Preme
HM, to me his stock would now decrease in value after hopkins last bout. Most seem to be in agreement hopkins won the first fight, and for the first 4 rounds he hardly worked, hardly threw a decent punch, it was only as the fight went on he started to work a bit more.

Taylor being the young buck i thought would of done allot more to make hopkins work, even if it was just keeping hopkins moving, to tire his legs 'coz at that time allot questioned if hopkins could go 12 rounds working through each minute of every round; he proved now he can but then allot wondered..

Anyhow, the hopkins who came out to beat tarver was on the front foot, coming forward throwing punches, moving from the first bell and didn't stop until the last bell. The Hopkins who beat tarver was a completely different hopkins who just didn't seem to give a crap in the Taylor fights.

So to me hopkins showed what he can still do when he wants to, and i think Taylor got lucky that the hopkins who turned up for taver didn't turn up to his fights.
I agree/ Good post