Taylor vs. Hopkins II - Who Won?

[TopDawg]

It was a close fight, no doubt, but I felt Taylor more than enough to take the second fight.

[Fox McCloud]

To be honest... I though Taylor won both times.

I thought Hopkins could have won the first one easy, but he didn't start trying to win rounds until late. I thought Taylor swept the first 6 easy.

Taylor won the second one also in my opinion, mostly because he just outhustled/outworked Hopkins.

[C'MONMANG']

To be honest... I though Taylor won both times.

I thought Hopkins could have won the first one easy, but he didn't start trying to win rounds until late. I thought Taylor swept the first 6 easy.

Taylor won the second one also in my opinion, mostly because he just outhustled/outworked Hopkins.

this is the best post ever by you. you are coming along way young grass hopper. i thought for sure this would say " Hopkins beat him up and was robbed, and blah blah blah.."

stick with me kid and you'll learn a lot about this sport

[Fox McCloud]

this is the best post ever by you. you are coming along way young grass hopper. i thought for sure this would say " Hopkins beat him up and was robbed, and blah blah blah.."

stick with me kid and you'll learn a lot about this sport

Lol, I just do my best to try to interpret events in boxing in a truthful manner.

The thing that bothers me the most about Taylor-Hopkins I is everyone saying Hopkins should have won because you have to beat the champion decisively in order to take the belt.

That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

[Pugilistic™]

first time i watched the second fight i gave it to taylor.

i just watched it again and i scored it 116-114 for hopkins

[TheGreatA]

stick with me kid and you'll learn a lot about this sport

Back in the day Hopkins would've kept his title because of the champion having the benefit of the doubt but today, Taylor was the new blood and Hopkins was the old man.

Hopkins let those fights slip out of his hands so I can't really blame Taylor or even the judges for getting the decisions.

[C'MONMANG']

Lol, I just do my best to try to interpret events in boxing in a truthful manner.

The thing that bothers me the most about Taylor-Hopkins I is everyone saying Hopkins should have won because you have to beat the champion decisively in order to take the belt.

That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

I agree, you have to simpley have to knock him out or win more rounds. Jermain won more rounds. Trust me I wanted Hops to win both times, but he didnt.

[HappyBoxingFan]

Since circle re-upped this fight yesterday I figured, what better time to discuss it. Being that the first time I saw this fight I was in my infancy stage of boxing knowledge, I didn't score it except in my own head and I thought Taylor edged it out. After re-watching the fight and scoring it round-by-round, I had it 115-113 for Hopkins. I gave Hopkins round 1, which was very close, and I gave Taylor round 7, also very close, AND a round which every judge gave to Hopkins.

Fights like this are prime topics for discussion in NSB, so what do you guys think?

Terrible fight. We're all in agreement there. I had it 115-113 gave Taylor 1, not sure who I gave 7 to. Hopkins didn't throw any punches... right? I don't know I could've lived with a draw...

[Fox McCloud]

These two fights really might have been the worst fights ever in excitement to hype ratio...

These were supposed to be super-exciting, and a test whether the champion could still hang with "the best prospect ever".

God, both were a let down.

[HappyBoxingFan]

Back in the day Hopkins would've kept his title because of the champion having the benefit of the doubt but today, Taylor was the new blood and Hopkins was the old man.

Hopkins let those fights slip out of his hands so I can't really blame Taylor or even the judges for getting the decisions.

Taylor was the champ for this fight.

I agree for the first fight, EXCEPT the rounds Taylor won in the beginning he dominated. Then, Hopkins dominated the rounds at the end, even hurting Taylor. I don't know... I felt like if you looked at that first fight as a whole... you could make a strong case for Hopkins... but Taylor definitely won more rounds.