Bernard Hopkins-Winky Wright Agree For July 21 Clash At 170-Pounds

[RAESAAD]

It was reported by the John C. Cotey of the St. Petersburg Times that Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright have come agreed to fight at a catch-weight of 170-pounds, on July 21, on HBO pay-per-view. [details]

Wow......unexpected.Hopkins looked strong when he fought Tarver.......this is a dangerous fight for Winky but I have always wondered how this fight would go down.

[-Antonio-]

170 pounds?

I have to admit, Ive been pulling for this fight for a while, but more like at 165at the most.

[-Hyperion-]

i think winky will beat hop(i hate when hop pulls things like this 170 crap..., winkys got some balls take this fight), and if he does so, i think winkys end of career would be great!!!, i mean if he beats hop, he could easily beat de la hoya or mayweather, beat taylor again, beat calzaghe(though stylistically i think calzahe could outwork winky....), AND IF HE DOES, would he be considered as the best fighter of this era???

sugar shane mosleyx2
Tito Trinidad
Jermaine Taylor(though he was robbed)
harry simon(though he was robbed)
oscar de la hoya(or maybe Floyd Mayweather)
Bernard Hopkins
Joe Calzaghe

that would be one hell of a resume, and we could also consider that he arguably has lost 1 fight in his entire career when he was an inexperienced 8 round fighter against one of the best 154lb fighters(though i think he won that two, even with the knockdowns, he outclassed vazquez....)

[AintGottaClue]

B-hop can beat any fighter from 154-175 thats around today including right, as long as B-Hop is fighting i really dont care who it is

[BrooklynBomber]

Hopkins inside work can prove winky's downfall.
But I am not making any predictions yet.

[-Antonio-]

I might get this because Im interested to see just how BHop will fight him. Right now I have it a Winky UD eventhough 170 is a little high.

[CaLLaHaN]

wow 07 is gonna one of the best boxing years in a long time.

and hopefully this fight will be at the garden

[Oasis_Lad]

wow 07 is gonna one of the best boxing years in a long time.

and hopefully this fight will be at the garden

sure is. we have:

de la hoya vs mayweather
hatton vs castillo
winky vs hopkins
taylor vs calzaghe ( if it comes off )

[potatoes]

this should be interesting.

.....yeah, if you like watching a chess match.

[Mr. Ryan]

Here is the title of my July 22 column:

"Hopkins by a Landslide"