Hopkins vs Taylor

[Round 1]

Friday, April 29 2005

HBO inks Hopkins to longterm deal

Bernard Hopkins will face Jermain Taylor for the world middleweight championship on Saturday July 16 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout will be presented by Golden Boy Promotions and be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT). The card is billed as "NeXt In Line!"

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[Cambria]

How long is the long term deal?

[Round 1]

This deal is for as long as Hopkins keeps fighting.

[Truth]

Which probably won't be much longer, If I was Hopkins I would fight Trinidad and G. Johnson after Taylor and then retire.

[borikua]

Taylor by TKO...

[BoxingHound]

I will have a Little Rock house full of Taylor fans that night to watch. Can't wait!

[legend]

This better be accurate. This whole fight has been a jigsaw puzzle from the very start. It's almost like Hopkins was trying to bluff his way past Taylor through deceptive tactics. If this happens, Taylor is going to maul Hopkins. Taylor is a bigger version of Hopkins, just without the experience.

[BoxingHound]

The local news here in Little Rock said yesterday that it was a done deal, so hopefully they are right. *fingers and toes crossed*

[Keleneki]

Gosh, I hope that match happens. It will be exciting to see if Hopkin's greater experience is enough to fend off the younger, up-and-coming Taylor's assault on his middleweight title.

[Round 1]

Hopkins only has a handfull of fights left, he has to fight top notch opponents on mega fights. He should give Tito a rematch next year and then retire.