do you consider hopkins defense

[larryx]

to be the philly shell? he does roll his shoulders

or is it a mixture of the philly shell and something else?

his defense is very underated

ive never seen him bleeding or bruised up

[AntonTheMeh]

no.bhop has always been a grade a fighter.he's had great defense great offense when he wanted and was dirty too.i don't even know why they call it philly shell when its michigan fighters like toney and floyd that popularized that ****.

[Spiegelo]

no.bhop has always been a grade a fighter.he's had great defense great offense when he wanted and was dirty too.i don't even know why they call it philly shell when its michigan fighters like toney and floyd that popularized that ****.

Because I invented it.

[larryx]

no.bhop has always been a grade a fighter.he's had great defense great offense when he wanted and was dirty too.i don't even know why they call it philly shell when its michigan fighters like toney and floyd that popularized that ****.

same thing i was thinking pbf and jt are from michigan but its the philly shell????weird

[TheGreatAli]

I don't know why Hopkins doesn't just keep his hands down and head butt his opponents punches.

He could do a lot of damage doing that.

[Spiegelo]

I don't know why Hopkins doesn't just keep his hands down and head butt his opponents punches.

He could do a lot of damage doing that.

Maybe that's why Calzaghe was afraid to actually land any of those punches on his head. Good call.

[larryx]

Maybe that's why Calzaghe was afraid to actually land any of those punches on his head. Good call.

yea bhop got steel in his head//hes a tough s.o.b

[Drunk Punch]

His defence is good, his whole game is defensive, but in the Calzaghe fight he basically just ran away for 10 rounds. Does that make him a tactical genius?

[Spiegelo]

His defence is good, his whole game is defensive, but in the Calzaghe fight he basically just ran away for 10 rounds. Does that make him a tactical genius?

It makes him an old man with tired arms against a very fast fighter. Still, he landed the harder punches and did have moments of defensive genius in that fight.

[ИATAS]

I don't know why Hopkins doesn't just keep his hands down and head butt his opponents punches.

He could do a lot of damage doing that.

funny you say that, calzaghe was the one rabbit slapping hopkins and even admitted that he low blowed hopkins as retaliation for being knocked down. And yet hopkins was the dirty fighter?
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