Pavlik: "What Happens When Hopkins Gets Hit Flush?"

[rogdogx]

hopkins could catch pav and even drop him like he did calzaghe. no way he can win even if he does

[lopez36]

i agree about it being a boring fight,unless pavlik ko him out early,he will be chasing and hopkins throwing two punches,holding,punch,hold,etc..BORING..
then when the decision comes and pavlik wins he will cry like always how he was robbed...

[FLY TY]

I realy think this fight is going to be boring. Pavlik will chase BHop around the ring and Bernard will throw 10 punches a round. It will be like most Hopkins fights. Hopkins will hang in there, never really get hurt, land enough to win 4 or 5 rounds, and lose a close decision. Of course he'll say he won and the judges are blind. The problem for Bernard in his later years is that they don't count not getting hit a lot as a way to win. You have to throw to win.

what SHOULD count, is who lands the more telling blows, not who throws more...........thats always been the way i look at it.......

i like max kellerman's p.o.v.: you decide which fighter you'd rather have been in a partiular round, and thats who wins it........

the thing about hopkins, and i agree he has to throw more, but in order to appreciate his fights, you have to actually appreciate "boxing" and not necessarily "fighting." joe calzaghe threw a helluva alot more than hopkins, but in that fight, there were only about 3 or 4 rounds where calzaghe actually landed the more telling blows......its good to throw, but it has to be frustrating to throw alot and not land anything clean......most ppl dont see it like that tho.

[SnoopySmurf]

I will say that Hopkins will befuddle Pavlik for a while. Almost all night. Then Pavlik lands that punch which turns the whole fight around.

SD for Pav

But I wouldn't be surprised if he knocked down Hopkins. KO? I dunno. That's not easy for a man who doesn't engage that much.

As for entertainment value, it will be a cat and mouse game. Pav is the cat in this match up.

[THE REED]

what SHOULD count, is who lands the more telling blows, not who throws more...........thats always been the way i look at it.......

i like max kellerman's p.o.v.: you decide which fighter you'd rather have been in a partiular round, and thats who wins it........

the thing about hopkins, and i agree he has to throw more, but in order to appreciate his fights, you have to actually appreciate "boxing" and not necessarily "fighting." joe calzaghe threw a helluva alot more than hopkins, but in that fight, there were only about 3 or 4 rounds where calzaghe actually landed the more telling blows......its good to throw, but it has to be frustrating to throw alot and not land anything clean......most ppl dont see it like that tho.

i agree... this is what im counting on for jones calzaghe

[Derranged]

Hopkins will say "Ain no Honky ass **** muh***a knockin me out son!!"

[Ray*]

...If Hopkins gets hit flush he would just hold/cling.

[mspiegelo]

WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik wants to become the first man to knock Bernard Hopkins out when the two fighters clash at the catch-weight of 170-pounds, on October 18 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. He says a knockout of Hopkins will make for a major statement. [details]

what happens when unicorns fly over rainbows sprinkling pixie dust over the land?!??

some questions are just pure fantasy and will never be answered....

[boxasmash]

hopkins needs to hold and he will. it will stop pavlik getting anything more than a 1-2 off. i can see hopkins winning this i really can.

think about it

hopkins will weigh close to 190 with pavlik being 180 ish on the day of the fight, giving away 10 lbs pavlik will be slower again and his punch will not carry that far. i can see hopkins putting on a tarver esque performance by standing out of range against the taller fighter.

[gambleer]

It will happen what happened in the Mercado fight a long time ago. Hopkins will get hurt and knocked down. Maybe KOed.