Comments Thread For: Hopkins Gets Revenge, Collapses, Demands David Haye

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

By Lyle Fitzsimmons - LAS VEGAS – As far as rivalries go, it was more vitriol than violence.

Outside of three Roy Jones Jr. fouls that each crumpled Bernard Hopkins to the canvas, the crowd of 6,792 at Mandalay Bay was treated to little in the way of action as the 45-year-old Philadelphia evened a 17-year-old score with a unanimous decision in their 12-round light heavyweight rematch.

On the short end of a unanimous verdict in Washington, D.C. back in 1993, Hopkins was a one-sided winner at least on paper the second time around, sweeping the cards with two counts of 117-110 and one of 118-109 in a fight that featured as much angst outside the ring as in it.

BoxingScene.com also scored it 117-110 for Hopkins. [Click Here To Read More]

[SoldierWarrior]

Sounds like a dull-boring fight I missed... So, hilarious that everyone fell for the Roy Jones Jr hype again. Roys back, yeah right. I bet you this fight was a boring clinch-fest.

[laughstock]

Sounds like a dull-boring fight I missed... So, hilarious that everyone fell for the Roy Jones Jr hype again. Roys back, yeah right. I bet you this fight was a boring clinch-fest.

How'd you guess?

[Big Vern]

David Haye would decapitate Hopkins.

[etlux]

Sounds like a dull-boring fight I missed... So, hilarious that everyone fell for the Roy Jones Jr hype again. Roys back, yeah right. I bet you this fight was a boring clinch-fest.

there aws more clinches than punches I kid you not

[csko-2k1]

if jones was confident,he would of beaten hopkins like jeff lacy but he was too cautious and not hungry,if he was hungry he would of tooken risk and punch more!!but he doesnt care anymore,he just wants money!!hopkins wants legacy!!plain and simple.

[SoldierWarrior]

if jones was confident,he would of beaten hopkins like jeff lacy but he was too cautious and not hungry,if he was hungry he would of tooken risk and punch more!!but he doesnt care anymore,he just wants money!!hopkins wants legacy!!plain and simple.

Hopkins isn't shot like Lacy and Lacy has a leaky ass defense. No way in hell would Roy beat Hopkins at this stage of their careers. Especially since for some damn reason boxing allows boxers to use clinches to slow the hand-speed and workrate down of some opponents. I mean I remember when you used to get dq'd for such tactics.

[nomadman]

These headlines just get more and more hilarious. Loved the Dirrell/Abraham one, but this actually made me choke with laughter.

[Mr. Invincible]

Hopkins isn't shot like Lacy and Lacy has a leaky ass defense. No way in hell would Roy beat Hopkins at this stage of their careers. Especially since for some damn reason boxing allows boxers to use clinches to slow the hand-speed and workrate down of some opponents. I mean I remember when you used to get dq'd for such tactics.

Actually. Roy landed more solid shots. The scores were complete crap. Hopkins won because he threw more punches(didn't land) and because he acted like he was hurt to provoke fouls. Nevermind the fact that he hit Roy in the back of the head and several times in the **** and the ref ddin't manage to see that. Yet Hopkins just falls down and act like somebody shot him and the ref feels sorry for him. What about headbutting the piss out of Roy 2-3 times?

The fight was BS. Hopkins is a dirty swindler and looked like complete **** hitting arms and air the whole fight. All Roy had to do was throw more shots and it was his to win. Hopkins wanted to take a breather and landed maybe 3 good shots the whole fight. The rest was crap.

Haye would KO Hopkins if he got the fight. No possible way he wins that fight after the way he looked in this one. No way.

[Jim Jeffries]

Maybe if Hopkins was allowed to wear headgear, and Haye had to wear 16 oz gloves, maybe Bernard could last 12 rounds with him. But I wouldn't bet on it.