Q: Is Bernard going the distance this time?

Jermain Taylor: "I don't think so. I have no respect for this man in this fight and apparently he has no respect for himself with all the crying going on."

LOL...

b o x i n g t a l k

All he's doing is saying exactly what Dibella is telling him.

Yeah ... tellin the truth. :boxing:

He can say all he wants....Hopkins has to see what he did wrong and how to correct it he is too good and experienced to let it happen again especially now that he sees he can hurt the kid.I hope for a good fight and would not be too suprised if Taylor stepped it up and really won this time either, but smart money has to be on Hopkins experience IMO.

All he's doing is saying exactly what Dibella is telling him.All you saying is exactly what *****kins says. LOL!

Q: Is Bernard going the distance this time?

Jermain Taylor: "I don't think so. I have no respect for this man in this fight and apparently he has no respect for himself with all the crying going on."

LOL...

b o x i n g t a l kI guess even Taylor is sick of his *****ing.

He can say all he wants....Hopkins has to see what he did wrong and how to correct it he is too good and experienced to let it happen again especially now that he sees he can hurt the kid.I hope for a good fight and would not be too suprised if Taylor stepped it up and really won this time either, but smart money has to be on Hopkins experience IMO.

Unfortunately, max experience rarely exists with top rate skills ... he didn't fire in the first fight because he COULDN'T ... and now that Taylor knows that he will overwhelm Hopkins. We've heard this over and over haven't we ... "I could see the openings ... I just couldn't pull the trigger".

Hopkins is done. What fool would spend 2/3's of a championship fight posing if he was hittin on all cylinders?

Unfortunately, max experience rarely exists with top rate skills ... he didn't fire in the first fight because he COULDN'T ... and now that Taylor knows that he will overwhelm Hopkins. We've heard this over and over haven't we ... "I could see the openings ... I just couldn't pull the trigger".

Hopkins is done. What fool would spend 2/3's of a championship fight posing if he was hittin on all cylinders?
I disagree what was Taylors excuse then for not opening up the entire fight?He is surely able to fire those pistons right he is young enough?I also will add that is Hopkins style he always fights like that....maybe he did not normally wait 8 rounds before opening up but he has always been a slow starter.I don't think he is done he has a little left in the tank and he is either way on hell of a fighter for his age.

He aint gonna make it to 12 if he opens up any sooner.

he is either way one hell of a fighter for his age.
I'll buy that. Taylor was the aggressor and did enough to win each round early. Not big, but enough.

Hopkins is AWESOME for his age. No one can deny that. Who else could be a top 2 middleweight in the world at almost 41?! It's crazy. Hopkins is truly a freak. But, the Hopkins of old had enough gas in the tank to jump on young guys like Taylor and beat them up. The Hopkins that has to run for 5 rds vs Eastman and 8 rds vs Taylor before he can be active is not a Hopkins that is going to win.

I give him about a 25% chance to win, and that's mainly because I don't fully trust Taylor's gameplan. Everybody gets old and I won't be stupid enough to knock Hopkins' legacy for losing at 40 yrs old.

I thought the fight was a draw. Taylor barely connected more then Hopkins in the early rouns (1-7), but he was the agressor so the judges had NO choice but to give those rounds to him IMO.

Tayler will drop Hopkins at least 2wice. LOL! I really want a KO so *****kins can't complain and try to sue again!

Hopkins TKO 10