Bernard Hopkins vs Nikolay Valuev, who takes it?

[ßringer]

I don't think Hopkins has ever fought an opponent bigger than him. He only fights smaller opponents (Pavlik, Winky, Tito, Oscar, etc). He would never get in the ring with a big monster like Valiev. Hopkins dosen't even want to get in the ring with the bigger, stronger Tomasz Adamek, he gave him a horrible low ball offer because he never wanted to fight him.

Valuev by KO

18 of Hopkins' 20 Middleweight title defenses were against guys his own size.

Antonio Tarver and Kelly Pavlik were bigger than Bernard Hopkins on fight night.

Joe Calzaghe was Hopkins' size.

You fail.

[Derranged_]

There's one thing to this fight that I could predict with absolute certainty. BOREFEST of epic proportions...

[Golden Boy 360]

18 of Hopkins' 20 Middleweight title defenses were against guys his own size.

Antonio Tarver and Kelly Pavlik were bigger than Bernard Hopkins on fight night.

Joe Calzaghe was Hopkins' size.

You fail.

i believe pavlik was like 171 on fight night while hopkins was 181

[ИATAS]

i believe pavlik was like 171 on fight night while hopkins was 181

where did you get that number?

Pavlik and hopkins are pretty even in size, they were like twins

[Hityawitdat]

I think Valuev's connect percentage would be around 3%. What a hilarious fight that would be.

[street bully]

i believe pavlik was like 171 on fight night while hopkins was 181

Pavlik came in at 175 on fight night, Hopkins was 180. More or less the same size, and Pavlik is a bit taller.

[ßringer]

i believe pavlik was like 171 on fight night while hopkins was 181

Weight is only part of the equation.

You also have to factor in reach and height.

Kelly and Bernard both have a 75" reach.

But Kelly is the taller man, at nearly 6'3", where Bernard is 6'1".

Kelly's shoulders are also much broader than Hopkins', which means he likely won't be at 160 for very much longer.

And once he starts fighting and winning at 168 or 175, this whole "moving up" **** will be debunked, at least, when it comes to Kelly/'Nard.

In general, fight fans make too much out of a difference of a few pounds.

Winky and Oscar, yeah, I can see that.

But Pavlik was at 170lbs, just 4lbs north of where he beat Taylor in the remach at a catchweight of 166.

[Abaris]

Hopkins would get killed. He'd use his great countering ability to slip most of Valuev's shots but he'd not be able to do anything with the opportunities, he's not fleet-footed enough to get in, land his own shots and get out without eating a Valuev bodyshot. He'd also be unable to stop Valuev clinching; he'd be a natural lightweight with a massive heavyweight leaning on him.

Hopkins is awesome, but his style has limitations and facing a long-armed, hard-hitting heavyweight, is one of them.

[NakiFan]

Hopkins loses a wide ud after schooling valuev for 12 rounds.

[ИATAS]

hopkins loses a wide ud after schooling valuev for 12 rounds.

lmao!!!!!!!!!!!