Bernard Hopkins willing to fight Paul Williams at 170

[Bhopreign]

The thing with all that is, BHop is actually going to have to do some punching if he plans on getting that shot off. Its hard to throw a hard accurate shot or any shot for that matter with so many other punches coming at you in return. Just like I think if Winky Wright would have tried to open up more with his offense against Williams, he would have likely been stopped from the non stop incoming.

Quintana did it.

[nujabes77]

hope this fight does happen

[Haglerwins]

50/50 fight. I'd ride with Hopkins.

[Mary Jane]

Hopkins would lose.

Williams already had a boxing lesson. He knows he isn't unbeatable. He doesn't have that mentality anymore.

Hopkins would lose a respectful decision and I think it would be one of those great "Passing on the torch" matches.

Please, stick to MMA, you have clearly shown your lack of knowledge when it comes to boxing.

[Boxing Scene]

Quintana did it.

Quintana throws a LOT more punches than Hopkins. PERIOD!

[Mary Jane]

Quintana throws a LOT more punches than Hopkins. PERIOD!

Hopkins threw 50 less punches vs. Pavlik than Quintana did vs. Williams in their first fight.

[Hiram Joel]

War b-hop!!!!!!!!!!

[Iceta]

I would be interested in this fight if it was signed. But I can't really say I'm dying for it either. For one, I've always been against catch weight fights even though Hopkins is one of my favorite fighters. The thing that separates Hopkins from Pacquiao though, is the fact that Hopkins is not trying to weight drain other fighters and he is the one doing the draining. He wouldn't ask Adamek to fight him under the Cruserweight limit unlike Pacquiao's cherry picking ass would if he was that big.

The reason why I'm more against the fight than for it is because there are other opponents out there for Williams to fight besides Hopkins. And even if Williams beats Hopkins, he isn't going to look good doing it. Nobody has. So how will his stock go up? This fight is a win-win for B-Hop and a lose-lose for Paul Williams. A lot of peoples' opinions of Calzaghe dropped dramatically because of his victory over Hopkins. Mine did, I'll have to admit. That wasn't a prime Hopkins and he still nearly beat Calzaghe.

[mathed]

The thing with all that is, BHop is actually going to have to do some punching if he plans on getting that shot off. Its hard to throw a hard accurate shot or any shot for that matter with so many other punches coming at you in return. Just like I think if Winky Wright would have tried to open up more with his offense against Williams, he would have likely been stopped from the non stop incoming.

You may be right but I think Hopkins would tie him up with clenches and rabbit punch him to slow him down then straight right, duck, clinch.....again and again and again, all night.

[Ravishing]

Damn, we all know the term "Legend Killer", Bernard seems to be wanting the title of "Rookie Killer". At 170? We don't know how well Pauli's gonna perform. He'll actually fit well at that weight, but that also doesn't mean all his speed and power's going to transfer that easy too. If it does? Bernard could have a long night. But Bernard even at 45 is a crafty dude and has crazy ring smarts. There's a good chance he can outclass Williams to a decision.