roy will beat bernard for a 2nd time, bhop will not want this fight. had bernard attempted to engage calzaghe he would have experienced exactly what jones did. roy is no pavlik. bernard does not have the consistant work rate to compensate for roys speed, roy was a lot faster than bernard all them years ago and he is still alot faster than him now. i seriously think bernard will step aside from this 1
Roy hasn't been the same since Tarver in 2004... Roy has impressive skills but relied more on his athletic skills in his career (not saying he doesn't have textbook skills, of course he did... but he was more sound physically), once Roy started to age a bit and lost some of his athletic ability he wasn't the same fighter again... Prime vs Prime I would pick Roy by UD, but right now... I would pick Hopkins by pretty wide UD.
Roy got the shit slapped outta him by Calzaghe. Hopkins will make Roy look quite foolish right now.
Yea man cause bhop and calz are carbon copies of each other! I hope this fight goes down!
If Roy was still capable of throwing combinations I think he might actually have a good chance, but against Calzaghe he could barely throw any punches. One good Hopkins right hand would put Roy down, and without the speed he had the first time Roy is more susceptible to Hopkins style.
no he wouldnt have...roy fukked up by sitting on the ropes..hopkins did engage if you actually watched the fight..he just faded at the end of the fight..
hopkins did everything to avoid engaging in that fight! he was trying to throw 1 punch at a time, iv got the fight. have YOU actually watched the fight?
Bernard would time Roy with one right hand and it would be lights out.
There was one moment during the Sheika-Jones bout where Jones got caught with two of the slowest left hooks I ever saw. I mean, with his hands to his side. Right then and there, I feared for his life should he ever step up the competition :/