Haye - Hopkins

[ono]

Now before you laugh, hear me out. it's not a fight that has crossed my mind until i read the Haye - valuev fight report in Boxing Monthly. Glyn Leach reckons the Klit brothers could be a red herring for a Hopkins - Haye fight in November 2010.

Reasoning...

• Fighting on 10th Nov would give B-Hop the chance to become the oldest Heavyweight champion in boxing history
• Hopkins has previously spoken about fighting at heavyweight one day
• It would be a true UK- US clash
• Hopkins is already moving to Crusierweight.
• Haye himswelf has only just moved up from Cruiserweight

I'm not sure what to kake of it. I mean Roy Jones did it, but he had tremendous reflexes and Ruiz was perfect for him. Haye doesn't seem like a good match-up for Hopkins.

What do you guys think? I think it's a bit far fetched but interesting non-the-less.

[Youngblood]

I cant see Hopkins making the fighting weight in peak form. And if it did happen think it would be a very bad night for him.

[El Kabong]

That fight would be very disappointing from a fan's standpoint because of certain mandatories for the WBA belt already and the goal of unifying the titles for the Klitschko's and anyone else with a title....for anyone even Hopkins to make this fight a priority is wrong. If Hopkins wanted to win a title at heavyweight I figure he would rather beat a Klitschko brother or at least have more than 1 belt on the line.

In the end Evander Holyfield still has a better shot at it

[CFH]

I made a thread on this a little while ago when I saw an article about it on some boxing site. As impressive as Hopkins is and has been, Haye would ruin him.

[The Congressman]

Haye would win.

[BIG H]

I think a fully focussed Hopkins could beat Haye

[nyc champ]

if it does happen its gona be a good fight. i can see one of them getting k.o and its hopkins

[paddy448]

if it does happen its gona be a good fight. i can see one of them getting k.o and its hopkins

i would be totally shocked if hopkins got ko'd . it would be more of a shock than if pac beat maywaether

[LukeH]

if it does happen its gona be a good fight. i can see one of them getting k.o and its hopkins

i would be totally shocked if hopkins got ko'd . it would be more of a shock than if pac beat maywaether

Hopkins is pretty much a career middle weight and has only moved up as he's got older... you really think it would be THAT much of a shock if he got KO'd by a fast, heavy hitting heavyweight??

[paddy448]

if it does happen its gona be a good fight. i can see one of them getting k.o and its hopkins

i would be totally shocked if hopkins got ko'd . it would be more of a shock than if pac beat maywaether

Hopkins is pretty much a career middle weight and has only moved up as he's got older... you really think it would be THAT much of a shock if he got KO'd by a fast, heavy hitting heavyweight??

call me crazy but yes i would, without question. no offense mate but i think u underate his skills

[Drago]

i would love the hype for this fight, imagine the tv interviews ha ha

[nyc champ]

i would be totally shocked if hopkins got ko'd . it would be more of a shock than if pac beat maywaether

Hopkins is pretty much a career middle weight and has only moved up as he's got older... you really think it would be THAT much of a shock if he got KO'd by a fast, heavy hitting heavyweight??

call me crazy but yes i would, without question. no offense mate but i think u underate his skills

i understand what you meen you rarely see hopkins getting k.o but its possible now that hopkins is not in his prime and haye is

[LukeH]

i would be totally shocked if hopkins got ko'd . it would be more of a shock than if pac beat maywaether

Hopkins is pretty much a career middle weight and has only moved up as he's got older... you really think it would be THAT much of a shock if he got KO'd by a fast, heavy hitting heavyweight??

call me crazy but yes i would, without question. no offense mate but i think u underate his skills

Hopkins has been my 2nd favourite fighter for quite a while and theres no question whatsoever that he's a better boxer than Haye, but the power compared to what he would be used to would be a pretty big leap.

[Nameless]

Hopkins at 35-36, hell why not. Now... I would not try... Haye has too much power.

[eagle]

If Haye wants to bring excitement back to he division then he could not pick 2 worse opponents than Ruiz and Bhop. They'll both make him look sloppy, and will be hard to KO.