Hopkins Vs Tarver, who do you like in this fight and why...?

Hopkins 4 the legacy of a great fighter

Easy call. Tarver is younger, bigger, stronger. Hopkins has to go to him to win the title, which is not his style.

tarver hopkins cant do what his 2 best opponents also couldnt do jump 2 weight classes from his best class and beat the champ there not happening hopkins got too many distractions too hell be 0-3 in his last 3 fights in the books

Hopkins wont win anymore fights... At 41 or 42 he done for. Tarver wins a 12 UD. I hate to see tarver win but he will. I thought he said he was going up to heavyweight? i hope he does and som1 cleans him out. ( like James Toney) i would have to agree. at 42 years old and gaining 15 pounds, it just doesn't look good for bhop although i will be pulling for him.

I thoroughly dislike Tarver, but I dont think Hopkins has it in him to move up 2 weight classes and be effective at his age :(

I agree, Hopkins is done if he goes up to fight Tarver. This fight is pathetic, the only intrigue is from the following factors: Hopkins advanced age-Hopkins going up 2 weight classes-Tarver being having to slim back down into fighting shape (I think these factors outweight Hopkins speed vs. Tarvers power because of the slow pace of the fight). I don't like either of these guys and I agree w/ most of you, this fight will be a snore fest. I'd rather watch Cotto - Malignaggi, I have a feeling that fight will be closer than people think. Cotto seems to have regressed in his past few fights. Malignaggi hasn't fought anybody but he has the speed/craftiness to give Cotto some problems. Neither of these is worth the PPV money.

Hopkins wont win anymore fights... At 41 or 42 he done for. Tarver wins a 12 UD. I hate to see tarver win but he will. I thought he said he was going up to heavyweight? i hope he does and som1 cleans him out. ( like James Toney)

all i say is tarver is the bigger man and the bigger puncher. enough said. :cool: .and don't forget lucky puncher too..

all i say is tarver is the bigger man and the bigger puncher. enough said. :cool:

no way tarver knocks nard out. tarver is a pile of shit and hop is an all time great, hopkins will expose milk-dud head. what is a milk dud head?...thanks

B-Hop in a somewhat easy fight.Remember Tarver is in Hollywood plus gained a few pounds.Do you think his mind is really on Hopkins or being Mason Dixon.Hopkins is a winner and will want to go out on top. Hopkins is a winner and Im sure he wants to go out on top but is he willing to do what it takes to go out on top? Hopkins has basically refused to let his hands go in his last three fights and has lost 2 out of the 3 because of it...I cant imagine the gun shy Hopkins is all of a sudden going to change his ways against Toney T. Hopkins showed me how badly he wants to win in his last two fights...he may want to think about dumping the nickname executioner...at least when he fights true blue middlweights...its false advertising. The $50 stare fest...cant fucking wait!

tarver ud it will be very boring, and barley any actions, ans hopkins is tenative and tarver waits for a spot to counter. tarver is bigger and stronger and has a good chin, and i think he will win this fight by dictating the pace of the fight and controlling the ring and countering effectivily

Hopkins by KO! of course hopkins actually has to punch tarver for this to happen

Hopkins wins a decision, Tarver tires late and I'm sure that cutting weight will be a big problem for him at this stage of his career. Hopkins hasn't really lost anything despite his age, and remember Tarver is like 37 himself so he's not exactly a young guy. I think Hopkins wins and I agree it will be dull.

I'd like to see Hopkins go out with a win

B-Hop in a somewhat easy fight.Remember Tarver is in Hollywood plus gained a few pounds.Do you think his mind is really on Hopkins or being Mason Dixon.Hopkins is a winner and will want to go out on top.

It definitely is a tough fight to predict, with the older Hopkins putting on a few pounds which may actually benefit him at this stage of his career, and with Tarver who has to be cut to make weight here, the weight issue I see benifiting Hopkins. Age may not necessarily translate into stamina but you gotta give the edge there to Tarver as long as he doesn't lose too much "ZIP" in getting ready for this fight. BHOP has never been a devestating puncher at middleweight but he may pack more "POW" in his punches with the weight gain, and how will Tarver physically adjust to trimmin' down where power is involved, close call there as well. The idea of Tarver being a South Paw could backfire if BHOP can get his straight right hand goin' and every one know what Tarvers left hand did to Roy; to be honest this could actually turn out to be a very competitive and maybe even exciting fight as you can see it's a pretty balanced match-up. Lets just hope it doesn't turn into another Donovan Bailey, Michael Johnson 150m fiasco...

Where is the Draw option? because that's what it will be. A snoozefest full of head feints and ridiculous trash. I actually wouldn't watch that fight if it was in my backyard. Never pay again for live sex! | Hot girls doing naughty stuff for free! | Chat for free!

This is a tough fight to call. I would favor Hopkins over Tarver if this fight was at 160. I'm interested to see how Hopkins body will hold up with extra 15 pounds. Tarver stamina is not that good, he gets tired late in many of his fights & we all know you don't want to be tired late in the fight against Hopkins. I favor Hopkins by a little, but I aslo wont be surprised if Tarver wins. But I don't see Tarver knocking Hopkins out, if anyone gets knocked out, it will be Tarver. I agree,but to tell you the truth i think the extra 15 pounds will give him an edge power

if the hopkins of the hopkins/eastman fight shows up, then hopkins will win. if the tarver of the tarver/johnson 2 fight shows up, then tarver will win. it really depends on what version of what fighter will show up. i dunno about hopkins, but tarver looked horrible in his last fight. he'll need to do better than that to beat hopkins.