Poll B-hop Next Move?

**vB Martin** · 09-26-2004, 08:06 PM

I'd like to see him fight the Tito-Mayorga winner.

I would love to see him fight Jermaine Taylor, too, but Jermaine isn't ready for him and he stands a chance at being a long-reigning champion. I would rather miss this fight than see JT discouraged by losing to Hopkins when he wasn't quite ready to fight him.

Give JT 2 matches against top-tier opponents, then let him fight Hopkins if he's still around the middleweight division. It would be a much better fight, though JT stands a puncher's chance even now.

**borikua** · 09-26-2004, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by vB Martin

Give JT 2 matches against top-tier opponents, then let him fight Hopkins if he's still around the middleweight division. It would be a much better fight, though JT stands a puncher's chance even now.

but Nard won't be around that long...

**QueenCity** · 09-26-2004, 08:15 PM

I'd like to see him take on the trinidad/mayorga winner as also. But will the Tridad/mayorga winner want Bernard, would a match-up with De La Hoya make them more money? I don't know

**borikua** · 09-26-2004, 08:19 PM

Originally posted by QueenCity

I'd like to see him take on the trinidad/mayorga winner as also. But will the Tridad/mayorga winner want Bernard, would a match-up with De La Hoya make them more money? I don't know

fighting DLH would make them more $$$, but do you really think that DLH will fight again at 160...

**oldgringo** · 09-26-2004, 08:22 PM

I think the big money fight with DLH is always more intruiging than a smaller purse fight with a more dangerous fighter. I would like to see Nard take on Sturm, Taylor, or Tito/Mayo winner.

**QueenCity** · 09-26-2004, 08:25 PM

He says we felt pretty good at 160 so I wouldn't could a De La Hoya-Tito mathup out. Mabey Bernard will be stuck with a big risk match against Taylor.

**SonnyG8R** · 09-26-2004, 08:44 PM

I'd like to see him move up and fight Tarver.

**vB Martin** · 09-26-2004, 09:06 PM

Originally posted by Sonny

I'd like to see him move up and fight Tarver.

In all actuality, I would rather just see Hopkins make his 20th defense against a good opponent, then ride off into the sunset.

I honestly loved seeing Jones and De La Hoya suffer humiliating defeat, but both of them had questionable careers.

De La Hoya had questionable decisions against Sweet Pea, Ike Quartey (though that one was at least close), had Richard Steele hand him the Oba Carr fight by putting Carr in a position early in the fight where he had no choice but to forego defense, Felix Sturm, who CLEARLY defeated De La Hoya.

Jones fought corpses for 8 of his nearly 16 years. Only in the past year or so had he started to show life, but until Tarver it was all against hand-picked opponents who he could easily defeat.

They were both allowed to continue in that manner because they were "good for boxing" because of their appeal outside the realm of the sport.

Of the 2, I would give Oscar the better props. He almost always fought whoever they stuck in front of him. I was just never a big fan of his last-10-second steal the round flurry style of fighting. Plus he did give us some great moments, like the knockout of Vargas.

Hopkins has always stood and fought whoever was challenging and never got more than his fair share of questionable decisions. I wouldn't enjoy seeing him go out like that because he typifies, to me, what a prizefighter should be.

I know I'm not going to get my wish, and I guess I can't begrudge him. He deserves his place in history, but he also deserves the money he stands to make now.

**SonnyG8R** · 09-26-2004, 09:45 PM

Originally posted by vB Martin

In all actuality, I would rather just see Hopkins make his 20th defense against a good opponent, then ride off into the sunset.

I honestly loved seeing Jones and De La Hoya suffer humiliating defeat, but both of them had questionable careers.

De La Hoya had questionable decisions against Sweet Pea, Ike Quartey (though that one was at least close), had Richard Steele hand him the Oba Carr fight by putting Carr in a position early in the fight where he had no choice but to forego defense, Felix Sturm, who CLEARLY defeated De La Hoya.

Jones fought corpses for 8 of his nearly 16 years. Only in the past year or so had he started to show life, but until Tarver it was all against hand-picked opponents who he could easily defeat.

They were both allowed to continue in that manner because they were "good for boxing" because of their appeal outside the realm of the sport.

Of the 2, I would give Oscar the better props. He almost always fought whoever they stuck in front of him. I was just never a big fan of his last-10-second steal the round flurry style of fighting. Plus he did give us some great moments, like the knockout of Vargas.

Hopkins has always stood and fought whoever was challenging and never got more than his fair share of questionable decisions. I wouldn't enjoy seeing him go out like that because he typifies, to me, what a prizefighter should be.

I know I'm not going to get my wish, and I guess I can't begrudge him. He deserves his place in history, but he also deserves the money he stands to make now.

I pretty much disagree with you on all counts. Both Jones and De La Hoya had far superior careers to Hopkins. The only thing Hopkins typifies is a punk ass ex-con.

Poll B-hop Next Move?