Ex looked solid as always controling tempo and forced Ornelas to fight his fight.

I'll say that as much as it was your typical Hop fight that I saw him get hit with more fush shots then I'm used to seeing. Ornelas did his best and looked better on the inside then one would expect. He got the better of Bernard on more then one occasion.

What I'm wondering is how he's gonna get Haye in '10. Correct me if I'm wrong but there's a rematch clause in the Valuev contract and a mandatory with Ruiz, no? I could be wrong about the rematch clause but I thought so. If that's the case then Haye is sewn up throught he better part of '11 and I can't see him fighting for a HW bid at around 47 years old. I mean, if he wants his career ended by one of the Klitschkos then I guess he's earned it but that's exactly what would happen. I think a HW bid is a bad idea at this point. Hop has nothing more to prove.

That being said, I'll say that the man still has a year or two in him. He still takes virtually no damage in the ring with very game guys and at virtually 45 can still wear down a 20 something with surprising ease.