Please share with me your insight on exactly how Winky will ovecome Hopkins physical attributes and his boxer puncher skills. I just dont see the Winkster doing well at all. Too bad, I kinda liked him too.
Hopkins was agressive against Tarver. A masterful performance. I don't see Winky touching the canvasm but I see his face looking like raw meat again. Very pink.
Winky has an extreme high work rate... Winky NEVER stops throwing unless he is busy blocking your punches. Since Hopkins throws about 10 punches a round then there is tons of chances for Winky to slide his way to another wide decision. Hopkins better be aggressive and mean or he isn't getting anywhere (which the last time he was like that was in 2000 or something)...
Wright's work rate is much better than Taylor's in most fights.
Hopkins is gonna win this fight. If u wanna bet, scream at me. Nothing too high cuz my points are low.
whoa we agree on this one. I have a different take tho than most and think Hopkins will go side to side and fight smart for a few rounds till he starts breakin thru that guard, then he'll pull out and dust off the old executioner hood for one last beheading whereas at this point Winky meets the canvas for a ten count. Hopkins is a very dangerous cat at this weight expecially when highly motivated to prove in beating another p4p that he is not just agreat middleweight champ but maybe the best of this era. I also think Hopkins wants this fight bad to set him up for another title shot maybe at 168 or even cruiserweight. Winky is good tho but he took a lot of shots from Taylor and quartey and just dont got the pop to keep a fighter like Bernard at bay.
I'll be impressed if Hopkins wins. But I'm still counting on it =)
There's nothing special at all in Winky, and I refuse to believe that he brings something to the table that B-Hop hasn't seen before.
I expect Hopkins to fight the way he did against Tarver; lots of movement, side-to-side and punching from angles.
With Winky being an in-your-face kind of guy, I reckon it's impossible for Hopkins to win if he stands his ground.
Hope those legs of Bernard still has one more marathon-run in them!
Winky is a tit for tat fighter. I smell a boring fight too.
Wright moving up to super middle weight should be interesting though.
I will take B-Hop on a boring decision.
I will watch the first 4 rounds and be sleeping by the 5th.
ROFL, exactly what I was thinking. Someone with Calz's and Glenn Johnsons style which is busy and has high work rate is more dangerous to B-Hop than Winky.
B-Hop is good defensively but tends to give to many rounds away if the other fighter is busy and strong enough to not get worn down by Bernards strength.
I have not been following this until you mentioned it.
Is the Winkster moving up?
Talk to me.
Yeah, he's going up to SuperMiddle. I think Hopkins is gonna win in a boring fight. Hopkins can get outworked by a strong fighter like Jermaine but Winky is neither.
WInky is gonna dominate this fight.
Hopkins in his prime might beat Winky, but hes to old.
Wright will win by Wide UD. but it should be an exciting fight. I personally cant wait for it.
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