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I'm pleased that I've round about predicted the fight, the rounds and the result about the same as someone whom has watched virtually all of their fights, because that's more to go off than I've got in all honesty. Of course we could be wrong, as much as it is based off prior performances, known current skill sets and what have you, a lot of it is also just little subtleties of each fighter, kinda personalities aswell for me.
You can say Joe's great strength is adapting and have several styles he can switch to, or even new ones, to win rounds and the fight. True I agree. However, looking deeper some of his most recent examples were against quite predictable opponents where he should have known what to do from the get go, not half way through.
Kessler - was fairly robotic at that time, it took getting some massive uppercuts to teach him a lesson and change his game plan.
Hopkins - he knew what he was going to do but got caught with the predictable right hand, and didn't work out a gameplan really til again the 4th round ish.
It needn't have been that way had he have researched and anticipated more his opponents styles and game plans, and vision a couple of styles and game plans to counter act them. He shows a lack of planning which Roy will catch him out with, and he's also slightly less predictable than Nard or Kessler really. So I he'll gona have to get stuck in once again having made it harder for himself than it needed to be early on.
You can say Joe's great strength is adapting and have several styles he can switch to, or even new ones, to win rounds and the fight. True I agree. However, looking deeper some of his most recent examples were against quite predictable opponents where he should have known what to do from the get go, not half way through.
Kessler - was fairly robotic at that time, it took getting some massive uppercuts to teach him a lesson and change his game plan.
Hopkins - he knew what he was going to do but got caught with the predictable right hand, and didn't work out a gameplan really til again the 4th round ish.
It needn't have been that way had he have researched and anticipated more his opponents styles and game plans, and vision a couple of styles and game plans to counter act them. He shows a lack of planning which Roy will catch him out with, and he's also slightly less predictable than Nard or Kessler really. So I he'll gona have to get stuck in once again having made it harder for himself than it needed to be early on.
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