Hopkins really looked old

[nujabes77]

i could not keep awake *zZzZzZz*

[pelonxsoldier28]

With the weight and his age he looked like he was stuck in molasses.... It looks like it time for him to hang em up.... But he won,t and he,ll fight roy and they will both make a few dollars and they both should call it quits..... Thoughts???

another "fight fan" with no real knowledge of the sweet science. he ain't fought in how long, and he's 44, he looked a hell of a lot better then most half his age, even with a layoff

[Boxingwizard]

Uhh, he looked pretty damn fresh to me. I mean yeah he's 44 years old and isn't quite as fast as he used to be, but that was his style of fighting. He seemed alert and his reflexes were there.

He did eat a few more punches than I'm used to, but that was also due in part to his opponents aggression and hopkins taking some chances.

He looks slower, looks less sharper, and his punch output is much lower now.

[Boxingwizard]

another "fight fan" with no real knowledge of the sweet science. he ain't fought in how long, and he's 44, he looked a hell of a lot better then most half his age, even with a layoff

The fact that it took like 5 rounds to truly dominate an opponent just means he can no longer throw a high punch-output for 12 rounds, that's a sign of age. In his recent fights Hopkins has looked really sloppy.

[Truth]

He looks slower, looks less sharper, and his punch output is much lower now.

hopkins has always had a very low punch out put. this was a typical hopkins fight for anyone who knows his career

[Truth]

hopkins has always started slow. thats a trade mark of him.

[Pugilistic™]

He looks slower, looks less sharper, and his punch output is much lower now.

I agree on Hopkins looking slower and a little less sharp but that could be due to him not fighting for over a year, and at his age thats a big deal.

Regarding his workrate, i think it was pretty good after round 4, He wasn't active early on because of the ring rust.

The fact that it took like 5 rounds to truly dominate an opponent just means he can no longer throw a high punch-output for 12 rounds, that's a sign of age. In his recent fights Hopkins has looked really sloppy.

Hopkins hasn't been able to substain a high output for 12 rounds since Joppy in 03.

Hopkins workrate has picked up abit in his last 2 fights imo though compared to how his workrate was against Taylor, Tarver and Calzaghe.

Against Wright his workrate wasn't bad either actually.

[ИATAS]

He looks slower, looks less sharper, and his punch output is much lower now.

his punch output is about the same as it has been for a long while.

Hopkins landed 96 out of 326 punches against Taylor. What were the numbers from tonight's fight?

[intoccabile]

The fact that it took like 5 rounds to truly dominate an opponent just means he can no longer throw a high punch-output for 12 rounds, that's a sign of age. In his recent fights Hopkins has looked really sloppy.

Huh?
A year ago (his last fight prior to tonight) he looked incredible...
How can you say some dumb **** like " he's looked sloppy in his last fights"

[KingTito]

Old? No. I think he looked pretty damn good.