If Hopkins loses to Dawson, No Excuses...

Hopkins lost to Taylor twice and he wasn't that far past his prime, he has always struggled with speed. Against Dawson, he'll be fighting someone with speed and someone's who bigger than him. Can you say bad match up? SO TRUE! To be honest, B-Hop...NEVER WANTED TO FIGHT Dawson, going back to when Dawson was calling him out 2-3 years ago I think B-Hop knows it is a bad match up as far as styles go...I really see Dawson hand speed giving him problems and I see Dawson catching him coming forward ALL NIGHT and Dawson Stamina is very good, he is not like Taylor who had Stamina issues and in both of those fights B-Hop started making a comeback because of Taylor's stamina issues B-Hop is one of my favorites ever but...Dawson is a UNDERRATED BEAST!

when he beats Chaad...can we call him the greatest active fighter in the game without lame counters?...we make no excuses...and you dudes OD on haterade and call him the GREATEST in the game...deal? hmmm....after beating a shopworn jones, going life and death with pascal, and a win over chad? greatest in the game?...lol....i don't think so.... i'd give him top 3 p4p behind fmj and manny pac....not like he's beating a klitschko....and you KNOW i'm saying that while overlooking all those midgets that couldn't reach, no less test his chin....

Hopkins lost to Taylor twice and he wasn't that far past his prime, he has always struggled with speed. Against Dawson, he'll be fighting someone with speed and someone's who bigger than him. Can you say bad match up? I wouldn't say he lost twice, but he definately lost the second fight in my opinion. I feel you though, Dawson is just a bad style match-up for Hopkins.

Hopkins and his fans will make excuses if he does lose. you know they will....against jones he was too green, against taylor he was too old (2X) against Calzaghe he was too old (or outslapped according to daggum)...despite coming back in his next fight and looking spectacular (tarver after taylor, pavlik after calzaghe), even besting pascal in the rematch after being knocked down 2X in the first fight...this cat still has good speed, good ring smarts, and is finally beating fighters his own size...lol...he loses to dawson, no excuses...

Also, B-Hop never comes with an excuse as to why he lost...Because he never thinks he lost. The real fans know he's won every last one of his fights.:lol1:

I think even Hopkins in his prime would have problems with Chad. Hopkins lost to Taylor twice and he wasn't that far past his prime, he has always struggled with speed. Against Dawson, he'll be fighting someone with speed and someone's who bigger than him. Can you say bad match up?

lol @ this thread maybe I should start another mayweather/pacquaio thread dtjmal is obsession with Hopkins is ridiculous. talk about needing remedial english...i think the jokes on you bub...lol obviously bernard at 46 has more lives than a cat.... the excuse from the nard faithful after the calzaghe loss was that he was too old...then he looks like ali against pavlik..., looks ready for the retirement home after jones and ornelias (sp), then is doing pushups in the ring with pascal...obviously he's still a top fighter who can hang with the young guns, so if he loses to dawson, no excuses.... when he beats Chaad...can we call him the greatest active fighter in the game without lame counters?...we make no excuses...and you dudes OD on haterade and call him the GREATEST in the game...deal?

lol @ this thread maybe I should start another mayweather/pacquaio thread dtjmal is obsession with Hopkins is ridiculous. talk about needing remedial english...i think the jokes on you bub...lol obviously bernard at 46 has more lives than a cat.... the excuse from the nard faithful after the calzaghe loss was that he was too old...then he looks like ali against pavlik..., looks ready for the retirement home after jones and ornelias (sp), then is doing pushups in the ring with pascal...obviously he's still a top fighter who can hang with the young guns, so if he loses to dawson, no excuses....

lol @ this thread dtjmal is obsession with Hopkins is ridiculous. No Excuses? he's 46... this forum is a joke

Other than him being 46yrs old? LOL.

No excuses but Bernard has been too old for a while now. Like someone said earlier he gets by on his ring smarts and fundamental base but lets not kid ourselves, Bernard is way way past his prime but i think he is mentally the strongest guy in boxing. His mental toughness is what has kept him in somewhat good shape after all this time. But like i said before, he aint the man he use to be. Thats why fighting bernard at this stage is a lose- lose unless you another old guy. If he wins it will be a great win for an old fighter and if he loses a part of the reason will be because he is too old and thats because he is. It sucks for chad but he is willing to take the risk cause he knows if he wins in 10-15 years no one is gonna care that bernard was too old or not, they are just gonna see a resume with a W over the great Bernard Hopkins.

hopkins is shot hopkins is old hopkins was robbed hopkins has a thyroid condition hopkins couldn't see out of his executioner mask dawson is on steroids i'm ready lol. Great list.

Watch Dawson write a new book: How to find excuses. A true strory, he wrote his first book in Montreal: Pascal wasn't fighting like he said he would ! Dawson is a great athlete but not a great fighter, Hopkins is old but i woudn't bet against him. I hope Hopkins wins, although he looked stupid when he did push ups during the fight against Pascal ! If I had to put my money down on this fight, I would put my money on Dawson.

hopkins is shot hopkins is old hopkins was robbed hopkins has a thyroid condition hopkins couldn't see out of his executioner mask dawson is on steroids i'm ready

Hopkins has been over the hill for a minute. He does so well because hes ring smart, conserves energy, picks his shots, and sticks to fundamentals. Its why he doesnt do well anymore with fighters who keep up a fast pace and have high output rates.

Dawson doesn't deserve any credit if he wins tbh.

Watch Dawson write a new book: How to find excuses. A true strory, he wrote his first book in Montreal: Pascal wasn't fighting like he said he would ! Dawson is a great athlete but not a great fighter, Hopkins is old but i woudn't bet against him. I hope Hopkins wins, although he looked stupid when he did push ups during the fight against Pascal !

his age will be used as an excuse FOR SURE, it has happened to Dawson before..."Dawson Beat Old Fighters" but yet Glen Johnson and Tarver are still fighting and both are still pretty good If Dawson beats B-Hop, people are going to bring it up and use it to hate on Dawson even more I personally think Dawson is a Top 5 Talent in Boxing today, regardless if you think he is boring or not, the dude has OUTSTANDING BOXING SKILLS! I wouldn't be shocked if he DOMINATES B-Hop just like I wouldn't be shocked if B-Hop Schools Him, I am a fan of both fighters, most are expecting a "BORING FIGHT" but those Glen Johnson, Tarver, Adamek fights with Dawson, I thought those was pretty good fights because those fighters were able to bring the BEST out of him...I expect B-Hop to do the SAME and you will see a UNEXPECTED WAR If B-Hop lose, I think he leaves this division and move up to Cruiserweight and goes after Tarver which wouldn't be a bad match up all, I wouldn't mind seeing that

A prime Hopkins would stop chad so yeah if he loses now its bacause of age. I think even Hopkins in his prime would have problems with Chad.

if hopkins loses, it will be said that he is too old. this is going to be a pretty boring fight. this fight was a lot better a few years ago when dawson was undefeated