Seriously, dude is one of the greatest fighters of all time. He's 43 but he nevver really loooked super old like alot of people say. He just dominated Tarver 3 fights ago and he just beat Winky 2 fights ago. I disagreed with everyone after that fight who said that both guys should retire. They clearly werent in there prime but they both looked good enough to where I would still pick them against nearly anyone else out there. Then the last fight he loses to one of the best guys out there who is also a Southpaw which clearly made it super awkward for him and he still barely lost. Its not like he was totally owned. Then you have Pavlik who has been a very good fighter but its not like he's looked unbeatable or nothing and most thought he looked crappy in the 2nd Taylor fight. He's always been a slow guy and he has mad power but thats at 160. He's now at 170 fighting one of the toughest SOB's of all time.
I cant believe that so many people thought this would be an easy fight. I had Hopkins favored to win considering its at 170 and Pavlik's power wouldnt hurt X at all. Hopkins has always been the faster and far superior boxer and it would show that much more at that weight. I swear people make it sound like this was Mayweather fighting MAB or something. Like a prime bigger guy fighting a legend who is clearly done and smaller. This was not the case at all. Its just weird to me how people are saying that this is such a shocker like Hopkins has been total garbage lately? He hasnt. I dont get it. He had one fight where he looked like crap and it was against maybe the best fighter in the world, who is a Southpaw, and he was still doing good until late.
When Pavlik took this fight, I honestly thought he was crazy. Why would you do that? I guess they see that Hopkins is a huge name that is past his prime and brings big money but this was like the riskest fight out there. I wouldve easily fought Abraham at 160 instead of Hopkins at 170 when I didnt look too great against Taylor at 166. Im glad I bet alot of money on this fight. It was like taking candy from a baby. It was exactly like the Hopkins-Tarver odds. Its fools gold. I bet $400 on the fight. I bet $200 on a Hopkins win, $100 on a Hopkins decision, and I actually bet another $100 on Hopkins by KO because I thought he would school Pavlik so bad. It didnt happened but you could see that I wasnt crazy for thinking it.
I cant believe that so many people thought this would be an easy fight. I had Hopkins favored to win considering its at 170 and Pavlik's power wouldnt hurt X at all. Hopkins has always been the faster and far superior boxer and it would show that much more at that weight. I swear people make it sound like this was Mayweather fighting MAB or something. Like a prime bigger guy fighting a legend who is clearly done and smaller. This was not the case at all. Its just weird to me how people are saying that this is such a shocker like Hopkins has been total garbage lately? He hasnt. I dont get it. He had one fight where he looked like crap and it was against maybe the best fighter in the world, who is a Southpaw, and he was still doing good until late.
When Pavlik took this fight, I honestly thought he was crazy. Why would you do that? I guess they see that Hopkins is a huge name that is past his prime and brings big money but this was like the riskest fight out there. I wouldve easily fought Abraham at 160 instead of Hopkins at 170 when I didnt look too great against Taylor at 166. Im glad I bet alot of money on this fight. It was like taking candy from a baby. It was exactly like the Hopkins-Tarver odds. Its fools gold. I bet $400 on the fight. I bet $200 on a Hopkins win, $100 on a Hopkins decision, and I actually bet another $100 on Hopkins by KO because I thought he would school Pavlik so bad. It didnt happened but you could see that I wasnt crazy for thinking it.
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