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listen bhop is great..but lest not forget tarver was obviously hindered by the weight loss..and i seriously doubt the fight would have been so one sided had tarver not gone up to to film the movie...but to be roy no...hop would still get hit coming in trying to lunge and grab...roy by SD this time instead of UD
Whoa i know your a fan and all but roys chins is GONE. He was afraid to engage Johnson and Tarver and you think he would come in on hop. Lets be real. If you said this a few years ago i would agree but i feel like any one of those right hands that hop landed on tarver would ko jones. Did you see the punch that johnson hit him with? It was weak and it knocked him out cold. What about that right tarver hit him with? That was weak too and he was on queer street. At this point anyone who is not afraid to come in on roy will beat him. I wouldn't be surprised if that prince guy kos him. I love roy but he is done. I wish he would retire before he gets hurt.

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listen bhop is great..but lest not forget tarver was obviously hindered by the weight loss..and i seriously doubt the fight would have been so one sided had tarver not gone up to to film the movie...but to be roy no...hop would still get hit coming in trying to lunge and grab...roy by SD this time instead of UD
That's what I am thinking about that's why I started this post. The lunge and hold for B-hop, can he catch Roy like that, given that Roy stays so low. But now, we may never know. This match has been boiling for ages shame that it didn't happen.
Are you 2 serious? If johnson can catch him why couldn't hop. You forget hops got a good chin,great defense and revenge on his mind. He would come after roy hard and be willing to take a few to get in knowing roy won't commit on any hard punches out of fear of being koed.Like i said i love roy but its over.
MRMANICK

Here's the problem I got...Hopkins defeated Tarver & beat him at his game more convincingly than anyone ever has...& people are going to use the weight excuse to detract from it?

Shameful.

Then again...that's why I think that Jones performed so poorly...but if anyone here thinks that Hopkins wouldn't have still won regardless...I gotta laugh.

Hopkins was back to his old game & that's what defeated Tarver...he fought a different fight than the one against Taylor...to say he didn't is ludicrous.

He was the agressor & he threw caution to the wind & he took the fight to Tarver.
Damn Straight. Even Teddy Atlas is trying to detract from Hopkins win. People, at 41, movin up 2 weight classes, what Hopkins did is magical, legendary. And he was not as hesitant as when he fought Taylor, because Tarver was not nearly as quick of an opponent, more powerful but not as fast. B-hop fought similiar to when he faced Echols the first time. He was a boxer puncher and took the fight to Tarver consistently. Roy has slipped now, and as B-hop stated they will never fight again. They are friends. And both had hall of fame careers.