Admit We Were Wrong

[Mr. Philadel]

***** show me the THREAD, if so im start callin you Nastradomus cuz you got it right, and when didnt Kelly lok good at 166 he Koed Miranda and Taylor and won the 2nd Taylor fight with ease.. Explain the 166 or just show me the thread.. LoL with this ****

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/group.php?groupid=11&pp=10&page=2

[KILLA RIGHT]

Your explanaiton was wrong he didnt counter he was just more aggresive but u did say he would make it easy so i will give u the most credit out of anyone

[roundingace]

I was definitely wrong about the outcome of the fight as well as how much Hopkins had left in the tank. Great performance by Hopkins.

Lol, I'm not stalking you but you're beating me to the posts and posting exactly my thoughts. Hopkins did his thing tonight. Hats off.

[KILLA RIGHT]

^^thats what im talking about no one wants to admit it but we were wrong

[-Antonio-]

I posted this on Oct. 16 on our Coalition group board....my boy TRUTH was feelin uneasy so I had to let him know what was up......

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   10-16-2008 11:10 PM
   SekondzOut
   
   listen TRUTH......peeps been askin' me why am I so confident about B-Hop beating Pavlik......I tell'em to watch both Pavlik and Taylor fights......Taylor was able to land his right hand counter over Kelly's jab with ease in both fights whenever JT threw it. Pavlik had no anwers for the counter right in the secon fight at all.....JT's counter right was so good in the 2nd fight that Kelly didn't double up on his jab like he usually does cuz he feared the counter right.....now with all that said, B-Hop is far more accurate with the counter right than JT.....so if JT was able to land, I'm sure B-Hop will hit Kelly at will with that counter right all night....whenever Kelly jabs, B-Hop will counter with the right then smother him.....Kelly's biggest asset is his power......Kelly needs to keep B-Hop on the end of those bombs, but like I said B-Hop will smother and rough him up on the inside, wear him down and see how good the kid can carry 170 for 12 rounds.......he didn't look good carrying 166 for 12 rounds.....thats another story, but look for B-Hop to counter over Pavlik's jab and see if Pavlik will change his stripes at some point of the fight when he realizes what's worked for him in 30 plus fights won't work on Bernard Hopkins then what? He'll probably fall like Foreman did in Zaire. History has a habbit of repeating itself, lets just say this is Ali vs Foreman all over again
   
   Remember the counter right hand over Kelly's jab.......that will be something you will hear all night long!
   
   I hope I eased ya doubt TRUTH.....if not just watch Hopkins vs Tarver and tell me how many times Tarver landed his left hand power punch or go watch B-Hop vs Tito and tell me how many times Tito landed his left hook.....Pavlik won't land like he did against Miranda and the rest of them cats....even if he does, B-Hop has a solid beard......Beleive me, this will look easy!!
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Yeah when I rewatched the Taylor fight again I knew Hopkins was going to counter Pavlik silly with the right hand over the jab, but that's not even what won the fight. Hopkins won by getting off first and being the quicker fighter. The counter right wasn't even the main reason Hops won, which makes it even more incredible.

[KILLA RIGHT]

^^exactly no one could of predicted what he did tonight

[-Antonio-]

And I couldnt have been more wrong. I never rule out Hopkins because of his craftiness. It's why I picked him to beat Calzaghe, but after that fight I assumed he was done. I watched it again, and felt the same way. I didnt think he could last 12 hard rounds with a strong puncher who kept coming forward. I also overestimated Pavlik's ability to adjust. I refused to believe he was just a one dimensional slugger and I was wrong.

B Hop humbled the **** out of me tonight. Not only did he win in dominating fashion, he did it in a way I didnt see as possible. He wasnt even that agressive against Tarver. Hell he hasnt been this agressive in years.

[Mr. Philadel]

True! I didn't expect him to OWN Pavlik like he did

[Motofan]

I was wrong. I thought Kelly would win on overwhelming Hopkins with activity alone, maybe beating him up to a stoppage late in the fight once the body shots took their toll on Hopkins legs. Shows what I know. All I know is that I cant predict a damn thing anymore. I got Vitali vs Peter right, but I got Hopkins v Pavlik as wrong as you could get, and Cotto vs Margarito wrong. If this trend of me being totally wrong continues, then expect the following
-Roy Jones will KO Calzaghe after a schooling (Im picking Calzaghe to win, so he is in trouble.)
-John McCain loses all 50 states (I work in politics, and yeah, he looks pretty ****ed, even though Im voting for him.)

[BetterCallSaul]

I'll be honest, at first i was confident of a Hopkins win (experience/knows how to handle big fights), but as the fight drew closer, i was sure Pavlik was gonna pull off a decision.

The 3:1 offer Ree****yaluss was throwing around in favour of Pavlik was too tempting to turn away, and lucky for me, i get 15,000 points.

Ha, I got 30,000 off that guy.

I knew Hopkins would win, but like you as the fight drew closer my confidence dropped in Hopkins a little.