Kelly Pavlik vs Bernard Hopkins

[Mr. Philadel]

All I know is I'll bet anybody everything Pavlik doesn't KO Bernard.....Pavlik by close decision!

[Duke McKenzie_]

Hmmmmmmmmm... what weight is this at? Bearing in mind that Hop has a lot more muscle mass than he used to have.

I can see Hop winning this... Pavlik is good, but he's on a single straight line.

Of course, if Moby DID win, and impressively, then it would be a great promo for him vs Joe Blow.

[T-97]

Hopkins will use his usual headbutts, holding while hitting, and sleeper holds around Pavlik's neck.

But it's not going to work.

The fight will end with Hopkins on the canvas, being counted out.

Hi Tunney

Hmmmmmmmmm... what weight is this at? Bearing in mind that Hop has a lot more muscle mass than he used to have.

I can see Hop winning this... Pavlik is good, but he's on a single straight line.

Of course, if Moby DID win, and impressively, then it would be a great promo for him vs Joe Blow.

It's at 170 pounds.

Hop by decision

Execution time.

[abadger]

I will bet all my points that Pavlik does not stop Hopkins, thought I do think he will probably win.

[Boricua6]

October 18th= Execution time. Nard doesn't take a fight unless he is confident.

Yeah That's right! and plus he'll never lost to a white American boy....

Kelly by KO!

[Boxingwizard]

4 years ago Hopkins would win UD. But at age 43 Pavlik is too much for him, Pavlik will knock him out.

[Johnny Rebel]

joe calzaghe quote "if i had been at my best i would have stopped hopkins."

yeah you almost had him there joe..............

Hopkins was in trouble! That's why he pretended to be so hurt by a grazing low blow, just to by time because he was having problems with the pressure and rhythm Joe was getting in.

[Kobe Bryant]

Hopkins got tired keeping up with Joe. And Joe wasn't even tagging him at all. It was just trying to keep up that got him tired. Kelly is nowhere near as fast as Joe. However, he still has a high workrate and works of off the jab. Hopkins best chance is to fight his normal inside fight with Pavlik by getting rough and clinching on the inside. But that may be dangerous as well. Because Pavlik is good on the inside with uppercuts. He literally put Miranda and Jermaine to bed with uppercuts on the inside.


Dangerous fight for B-Hop. I know it's very hard for people to say B-Hop gets stopped. But he's very old. I always wondered why he threw so little as he got older. And it's because he can't simply be that active or he'lk tire out. Being selective is what lost him his two fights to Jermaine and against Calzaghe.

[Kobe Bryant]

With that said I'll go with Pavlik by TKO. I don't see him knocking out Hop cold though.

[Scott9945]

The most even bet would be if Pavlik wins by KO or not. At this point in his career Hopkins just tries to make his opponents look bad, usually with success.