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Hop is done. I don't think there should be any more talk of Ex fighting after 2 Sats ago. Age caught up with him bad against Cal. He tried to squeeze out two rest periods during the bout the shotness got so bad; and did it while trying to conserve as much energy as possible with the super low punch output (he mentioned b4 this is why the Taylor fights look like they did because of the trouble maintaining his MW frame at the end).
You know what's sadly funny when you think about it? Bernard made the same mistake here twice. He had 2 fighters he saw he just knew he could exploit, but gambled on his own bodily limitations. With Taylor, it was that one extra fight at MW he shouldn't have taken, and with Joe, it was that one extra fight past 40 he shouldn't have taken.
You know what's sadly funny when you think about it? Bernard made the same mistake here twice. He had 2 fighters he saw he just knew he could exploit, but gambled on his own bodily limitations. With Taylor, it was that one extra fight at MW he shouldn't have taken, and with Joe, it was that one extra fight past 40 he shouldn't have taken.
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