Quote Originally Posted by bilbo
Quote Originally Posted by Mintymen
I just thought that was an awesome performance by B-Hop. I mean if he fought like that against JT he would have won both fight hands down. Now my question is "If B-Hop can perform like that against Roy, would it be enough to bother, get inside Roy's mind and eventually win over RJJ?"

Your thoughts
I dont actually think Hopkins fought any differently to his fights with Taylor. He was fighting a world champ punching bag in Tarver. Tarver was just really really terrible.

I can't think of many top class fighters who wouldn't have beaten him that night.

If Hopkins fought Taylor again it would be the same story as the previous two.
Taylor has potential on those two fights, he's good and I'd be supporting him from now on, now that B-Hop is gone. I just think that he stepped on the gas too late on the Taylor fight(both times). If he had started to the way he did against Tarver he would have won but shame, he didn't. Well a great farewell for a great champion. It would have been greater if he was the reigning P4P #1 and undisputed Middleweight Champ though.