Hopkins-Soliman Talks To Begin

[ProBox1]

Promoter Dan Goossen was in Australia to watch his middleweight Sam Soliman win another bout by way of a fourth round stoppage.

Goossen told the Australian press that he was flying back to the states to begin negotiations for a bout between Bernard Hopkins and Soliman.

Soliman is the mandatory challenger to the IBF version of Hopkins’ middleweight crown. [details]

[marvdave]

I can't imagine either fight will take place, but if one had to, I would hope Sturm would get the fight. Soliman is a joke.

[Kimmy]

Soliman is a joke but he is IBF number one challenger. I hope Hopkins avoids this fight and moves up in the weight divisions!

[shadymg]

i know im a lil late to this party, but i just got a chance to see the Soliman fight, and i thought he was impressive. He looked much better than on the Fight on Fox Sports last year. A lil ****y for his age...but still, fun to watch IMO.

But let's be honest, Hopkins won't fight him, right? Although, his style against Hopkins sounds like it would be fun

[The Phantom Menace]

Hopefully Hopkins vacates the IBF belt so he wouldn't have to fight him. This is Hopkin's last year in boxing, I don't want to see it wasted on guys like Soliman. Hopkins/Johnson or even Hopkins/Taylor would be much more interesting.