The Guru says "Taylor is going to beat Hopkins"

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

I also feel that Taylor has a good chance to beat Hopkins (50/50). I think Hopkins' mental strength will be challenged by the young buck. Taylor has never met anyone that was his match in the pros or amateurs, and I feel that pattern will continue, because Hopkins has declined JUST ENOUGH to be taken advantage of by a guy like Taylor.

Eastman was known as a complacent fighter vs guys like Hacine Cherifi. It was very unlikely that he would have beaten Bernard. However, many people picked him for the upset (including me). In reality, I think people hoped for the upset more than they really believed it would happen.

Taylor I pick for different reasons. He will force the fight in my opinion, something that Eastman would not do. Taylor has a real mean streak in him...and it could be enough to beat a 40 year old Bernard Hopkins.

Complacency (Eastman) won't get the job done. Taylor could very well get it done. It's very possible.

[mic573]

Taylor hasn't met his match at the pro level because his management hasn't tried to.

[sena]

The problem with Eastman was that he looked so awkward, almost like he didn't hav full control of his limbs. Taylor is a well conditioned and schooled athlete w/ an excellent jab and the footwork necessary to jet out of Bernard's grapples. Hopkins is gonna hav to fight at a much faster pace otherwise I feel Jermaine is gonna simply beat Hopkins by out pointing him w/ his quicker and longer jab. I kno Hopkins is gr8 but man he's soooo boring

[mic573]

The problem with Eastman was that he looked so awkward, almost like he didn't hav full control of his limbs. Taylor is a well conditioned and schooled athlete w/ an excellent jab and the footwork necessary to jet out of Bernard's grapples. Hopkins is gonna hav to fight at a much faster pace otherwise I feel Jermaine is gonna simply beat Hopkins by out pointing him w/ his quicker and longer jab. I kno Hopkins is gr8 but man he's soooo boring

He may be boring but he gets the job done and Taylor won't be an exception. The only real problem Hopkins will probably encounter against Taylor is the jab. The jab alone won't get it done and the right can be seen a mile away with the way he ****s it back. The straight righthand lead will more than likely be Hopkins best punch in this fight. He'll shoot it down the middle while Taylor has his left down by his waist.

[BBFM]

Taylor 8th round ko.

[Floydmayweather]

I think Taylor is going to catch Hopkins and have him trading at Taylors size and power will put Hopkins away by late Ko.

[dustymoo]

I'd love to see Taylor do it. But it may be decided by the ref. Just like the Eastman fight, Taylor may be pushed away by the ref when in close. So 'Nard can get away with running away for 12 rounds. I'd love to see Calzaghe move up and clean up. But that may look like it may never happen. It's a shame that by far and away the best Super Middlewight wont be able to get the big fights at Light Heavy, just because he wont pull in the punters Stateside. What happened to the best fighting the best?

[The Fix]

i cant wait for this fight to happen because the odds will surely be favoring b-hop and i will place at least 500 dollars on taylor winning the fight.

[FrankJack]

I can see this fight bein pretty boring. Taylor's a pretty big guy so I don't really see Hopkins tryna fight with him the whole time. After seein some of his fight though, I'm goin with Hopkins in this. And from what I've seen of Tito so far, he seems to be a pretty legit middleweight to me. He did alot better against Joppy than Taylor did. Taylor hit William with some ill shots but couldn't stop him whereas Tito did (granted, though, Joppy fought ****** against Trinidad).

I think we've seen what happens when a fighter can take away Taylor's jab, he starts lookin for the power shots (from what I've seen at least). Hopkins may be an older fighter, but I don't think he's slowed down so much as to get beaten in that manner.

[joeboxer]

This will be a replay of the Eastman fight. Taylor is a little faster than Eastman, but not enough to make a difference.