B-Hop / Taylor is on

[spinksjinx]

Philly would have been a good spot, but I heard Hopkins couldnt sell **** in his own hometown.

[Soundtraveler]

I think Taylor needed another quality named fighter or 2 before facing Hopkins, but I won't count out Taylor just yet, he is a good boxer, but he needs to jab, jab, jab and quit backing straight up when he gets hit. He may be too busy for the slow starting Hopkins, but you never know....

[drh]

Taylor has 1 shot.

That's going for the KO early.

If it goes past 5, BHOP will carve out a UD.

[Truth]

the fight will be announced tommorow in the media. the fight will take place in Mephis Tenn. on July 16th. Heard it from X himself less than an hour ago.

Great news, you talked to Bernard Hopkins!? How does that happen?

[SacTown1]

Taylor has 1 shot.

That's going for the KO early.

If it goes past 5, BHOP will carve out a UD.

Good point, but Hopkins HAS to get old one of these days, and that might happen in July, it all depends on how B-Hop will be affected by Taylor's power shots, if Bernard rolls & counters like usual, then he'll get the UD, if Taylor can find the mark, it'll be a classic fight and we may possibly have a new middleweight king (unlikely though)

[m00ks]

B-hop would school him unless he does his homework. I remember his comments after the Eastman fight, he took notes on the suttle things that B-Hop did like his right hand counter lunging back from the ropes. He needs to know B-Hop inside out to make up for his lack of experience.

[jpboxer3]

I'm surprised,because all Taylor had to do was wait another year for Hopkins to retire to easily take over the middleweight crown.I see a dog fight,with Hopkins outsmarting and outlasting Taylor in the end....B-Hop by late round stoppage or easy decisions victory.

[m00ks]

Taylor has 1 shot.

That's going for the KO early.

If it goes past 5, BHOP will carve out a UD.

That's not gonna happen. Hop is likely to run if Taylor preassures him. He needs to beat B-hop in his own game. Take it the whole 12 rounds. Hella hard but if he wants, hey why not.

[Super_Lightweight]

lol

Well, in my opinion, this is a winnable fight fo Taylor. Hopkins is past his prme (although still very good) and Taylor is active, fresh, strong, fast, and he has stamina. We'll see what happens but I definitely do no expect a stoppage victory for Hopkins.

[SuckaPunch]

Sad to say, Bernard would take this fight. As much as I wanted him to lose so he can **** up his legacy, he won't lose before he retires. Not even to a rematch with Trinidad.

I'll be rooting for Taylor if this fight indeed happens but I know he ain't gonna get the win. Bernard doesn't give **** about the fans, only his winnings, his legacy and of course, the money. We won't see an exciting fight here, this'll be a counterpunching exercise. If you think Hopkins was cautious with Eastman, he'll be 10x more cautious with Taylor. I hope Taylor makes this an exciting fight, but if he does, he'll risk himself too much and he'll get knocked out.