It's funny how

[tyson]

I remember when I was picking Hopkins when the fight was first announced and people treated me as if I were a mental patient, who'd escaped a clinic and found an internet connection.

Funny how the closer the time gets the more even it becomes. I guess people are having second thoughts underestimating Ex.

You are a smart guy.

[ßringer]

You are a smart guy.

Can't say I blame them, Hopkins has made a career out of making his critics eat crow.

[K-Nan]

Excellent post, Konstantin. I've actually been thinking about this all day. I was thinking about the B Hop fight and how I didn't give him that much of a chance at first. I think that's because when a fight is first made, you go with your gut analysis. As the fight draws nearer, people think too much and overanalyze things. Same **** happened with Mayweather-Hatton. I was initially like, "Mayweather will starch him".. But as the fight grew nearer I wondered if he might lose. Just goes to show that sometimes it's best to go with your gut.

[tyson]

Excellent post, Konstantin. I've actually been thinking about this all day. I was thinking about the B Hop fight and how I didn't give him that much of a chance at first. I think that's because when a fight is first made, you go with your gut analysis. As the fight draws nearer, people think too much and overanalyze things. Same **** happened with Mayweather-Hatton. I was initially like, "Mayweather will starch him".. But as the fight grew nearer I wondered if he might lose. Just goes to show that sometimes it's best to go with your gut.

It's always best to go with your gut.

Let that be the rule, not the exception, and you'll do great in life.

Seriously.

[tyson]

Can't say I blame them, Hopkins has made a career out of making his critics eat crow.

Yup, this is because the critics never learn.
It's kind of like religious people. No matter how many times you prove to them that they're talking out of their arse, they still will smile and try to convert you.

[ßringer]

Excellent post, Konstantin. I've actually been thinking about this all day. I was thinking about the B Hop fight and how I didn't give him that much of a chance at first. I think that's because when a fight is first made, you go with your gut analysis. As the fight draws nearer, people think too much and overanalyze things. Same **** happened with Mayweather-Hatton. I was initially like, "Mayweather will starch him".. But as the fight grew nearer I wondered if he might lose. Just goes to show that sometimes it's best to go with your gut.

Well then you better be ready to lose all your points because my gut screamed "B-Hop!!!!".

[Zerwas1]

Funny thing is: Only the people who were right about the fight outcomes will post here. After a while there will be a person, who says that everybody now claim to had the right outcome and people start to get mad about that

[tito yuca]

This happens all the time. The most exaggerated case I can remember recently was Floyd-Oscar. Due to all the media hype, more and more people believed Oscar would win and the odds kept increasing, by fight time they were almost even.

I think this tends to happen because promoters want to make the fans buy the fights, and they work hard on making the people believe that even mismatches are a lot more even than they appear to be. Since these people are master salesmen, the public gets fooled and actually buys into their bull****.

[Zerwas1]

Well then you better be ready to lose all your points because my gut screamed "B-Hop!!!!".

Has something to do with the hbo countdown, too.
They think Bhop won't be the betting favourite, so they show him training with high tech stuff and his 4 trainers, after that they show Calzaghe training with his dad in his little city.

[tyson]

Funny thing is: Only the people who were right about the fight outcomes will post here. After a while there will be a person, who says that everybody now claim to had the right outcome and people start to get mad about that

Of course. Sheeple will always act like sheeple.

What I find silly is the fact that so many people "know" everything about a match-up, and start calling people names because they put up a decent argument the other way.

I think Hopkins will win against Calzaghe.

But there is always a factor infinite & unknown, so who the **** knows what will happen?
THe fighters themselves are trying to figure out how to plan the fight, so the average fan are basically talking out of their ass.