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If you'll watch the entire fight, rewind it, and then watch it second time, you will realize that Taylor did not land but one or two 'flush' punches on Bernard. The rest were all shrugged off power punches, while they looked good to the average novice fan or judge because leather is flying in the ring, to a person that really knows Boxing it's easy to see he was missing with 99% of his punches, because Nard would duck his head right out of the pocket like the insane veteran that he is. On the occassion that a punch would land, Bernard's head would be moving away from the punch,(i do this) so even if that catches him it causes zero damage.
Even if you are bold and novice enough to say Taylor legitimately won, you can't deny Hopkins greatness..he owned Taylor, he was landing straight right hands right on the button, I'm not sure if anyone else heard the lead straight right hand Hop landed in the 9th or 10th, to me, it sounded almost like a .22 going off. And when in the history of the sport have you seen an undefeated bull with a 75%+ KO percentage get owned by a 40 year old man/not land a single clean flush power punch on him? NEVER! The old guy always gets his ass kicked or at least takes some shots, not Bernard. He is still the greatest, and you sadists that say he's boring, can lick my *******.
You have to admire Bernard for his inside work. While he was holding and hitting at times, you just have to understand that's how the man fights. He's not hitting behind the head, he likes to hold and dig in his power hand into your body 2-3 times, then unclinch. It's not Ruiz, and it's not Hatton, it's Bernard's version of roughhousing and it's completely legitimate in my opinion. Hatton spins opponents around and punches behind the head, Ruiz constantly grabs, Bernard just does it when he feels he needs an edge. Bernard is the king at cheesy infighting like that and making it look good. He'll turn his back to the ref and do it, and when the ref turns to get a better look Nard will turn with the ref and keep punching, it's really quite skillful.
Lastly, you have to admire the way Bernard fakes his accidental headbutts. I believe it was in round four or five, he comes in with the hardest part of his body aimed straight at Taylor's chin, his neck is immobile and stationary, while throwing punches coming in so it looks unintentional, he lands the top of his head FLUSH on Taylor's chin, turning Taylor's skull 90 degrees to the side. A ****ing work of art.
Yeah, and don't forget, Taylor was holding onto Bernard because he was dazed, at least once, in that fight.
I think Bernard was robbed, by HBO, because the fans all hate Bernard's style except those few hardcore fans like myself..Not only that but Bernard has a thugged out attitude and the fat white guy who runs HBO doesn't like that ****, he'd rather put a young guy like Taylor who tucks in his shirt and is from a redneck town on the throne, it's just a ****ed up situation..
oh and Dibella did you hear how he was talking **** about nard saying Taylor is gonna knock him the **** out? man i swear to god i know he'd sue me but put me in a room with him and I swear id strangle that mother****er
Even if you are bold and novice enough to say Taylor legitimately won, you can't deny Hopkins greatness..he owned Taylor, he was landing straight right hands right on the button, I'm not sure if anyone else heard the lead straight right hand Hop landed in the 9th or 10th, to me, it sounded almost like a .22 going off. And when in the history of the sport have you seen an undefeated bull with a 75%+ KO percentage get owned by a 40 year old man/not land a single clean flush power punch on him? NEVER! The old guy always gets his ass kicked or at least takes some shots, not Bernard. He is still the greatest, and you sadists that say he's boring, can lick my *******.
You have to admire Bernard for his inside work. While he was holding and hitting at times, you just have to understand that's how the man fights. He's not hitting behind the head, he likes to hold and dig in his power hand into your body 2-3 times, then unclinch. It's not Ruiz, and it's not Hatton, it's Bernard's version of roughhousing and it's completely legitimate in my opinion. Hatton spins opponents around and punches behind the head, Ruiz constantly grabs, Bernard just does it when he feels he needs an edge. Bernard is the king at cheesy infighting like that and making it look good. He'll turn his back to the ref and do it, and when the ref turns to get a better look Nard will turn with the ref and keep punching, it's really quite skillful.
Lastly, you have to admire the way Bernard fakes his accidental headbutts. I believe it was in round four or five, he comes in with the hardest part of his body aimed straight at Taylor's chin, his neck is immobile and stationary, while throwing punches coming in so it looks unintentional, he lands the top of his head FLUSH on Taylor's chin, turning Taylor's skull 90 degrees to the side. A ****ing work of art.
Yeah, and don't forget, Taylor was holding onto Bernard because he was dazed, at least once, in that fight.
I think Bernard was robbed, by HBO, because the fans all hate Bernard's style except those few hardcore fans like myself..Not only that but Bernard has a thugged out attitude and the fat white guy who runs HBO doesn't like that ****, he'd rather put a young guy like Taylor who tucks in his shirt and is from a redneck town on the throne, it's just a ****ed up situation..
oh and Dibella did you hear how he was talking **** about nard saying Taylor is gonna knock him the **** out? man i swear to god i know he'd sue me but put me in a room with him and I swear id strangle that mother****er
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