Why Bernard won, and why Bernard is still the best

[warped]

Giving Hopkins the fight by four rounds is insane. Everyone saw Taylor take the first half of the fight by staying more active. Hopkins was content to let the kid do his thing and allowed him to establish way too many rounds. The second half of the fight I was relieved when Hopkins finally picked up the pace and starting putting hands on Taylor and it was apparent that Hopkins could do as he pleased with him.

Hopkins was far more effective in the later rounds than Taylor ever was in the early rounds, but even I knew that the best he could hope for was a draw since he started way too late. I was screaming at Hopkins to get a 2-point round to seal the victory but he just couldn't bring it home.

The match should have been a draw but a single judge un-****ing-believably gave Taylor the 12th round. That dip**** let the hype cloud his judgement obviously as there was no way in hell Hopkins lost the 12th round.

[DCReprezenta]

Well, true. But his punches were forgotten by the judges by Taylor's combos. But from the 6th on, Bernard was touching Taylor and tying him up or smothering him with body shots.

dawg, watch ery single taylor combo....maybe 2 punches landed out of ery single combo he threw, and i dont mean 2 punches on each combo, i mean 2 punches combined

[SnoopySmurf]

dawg, watch ery single taylor combo....maybe 2 punches landed out of ery single combo he threw, and i dont mean 2 punches on each combo, i mean 2 punches combined

I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm just explaining why the judges saw the fight they way they did.

[Parodius]

dude....becuz i believe hopkins won da fight im "nuthuggin"?, wow.....and as for ya knowledge on boxing bein better than mine, i doubt it and even it happens to be (which i doubt) ya observing on boxing definitely aint, cheap fouls=taylor throwing a combination after da ref said stop to end da 2nd or 3rd round, cheap fouls dont=bernard punching until da ref says stop; punching back when taylor hits while holding

OK you just proved your knowledge of boxing, you also proved that your a nut-hugger. If you think Hopkins is a clean fighter, you just proved to everyone how much you really know. end of story.

[DCReprezenta]

OK you just proved your knowledge of boxing, you also proved that your a nut-hugger. If you think Hopkins is a clean fighter, you just proved to everyone how much you really know. end of story.

dude, im referrin to da fight dat took place on 7-16-05.....last time hopkins stopped punchin before da ref said "break" he ended up on his back, u a nuthugger since u totally throwin out all possibility dat it even was a close fight, even da die hard taylor fans believe da fight was at least close.....get off ****s man and dont ever watch boxing again in ya life, and throw yaself in front of traffic wit a "I Love Taylor" t shirt on...pu$$y

[Parodius]

dude, im referrin to da fight dat took place on 7-16-05.....last time hopkins stopped punchin before da ref said "break" he ended up on his back, u a nuthugger since u totally throwin out all possibility dat it even was a close fight, even da die hard taylor fans believe da fight was at least close.....get off ****s man and dont ever watch boxing again in ya life, and throw yaself in front of traffic wit a "I Love Taylor" t shirt on...pu$$y

Go lick Hopkins ass, because you talk out of your ass. You're a blind ****, I think you should end yourself. I had the fight 117-113. Your opinion is 0, your knowledge of boxing is 0 & you're a dumb blind ****. Go **** yourself or go lick Hopkins balls.

[Bombardier]

The match should have been a draw but a single judge un-****ing-believably gave Taylor the 12th round. That dip**** let the hype cloud his judgement obviously as there was no way in hell Hopkins lost the 12th round.

And Roth gave Hopkins 3 & 4. It wasn't the only judging mistake.

[warped]

You score it 117 for Taylor then call everyone else blind? The hell.

[warped]

And Roth gave Hopkins 3 & 4. It wasn't the only judging mistake.

Yeah I was actually really surprised to hear Hopkins get the 116 from the first judge. Without those rounds it was (and should have been) a draw.

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

I scored it 116-115 for Taylor. Hopkins was fighting scared in the opening rounds. When he fought dirty and gave Taylor a concussion with his headbutts, you don't think that affected Taylor. Of course it did. I would assume that would not happen in the rematch. Regardless, headbutts, lowblows, cuts, concussions and all, Taylor still did enough to win.

It's pretty sad to hear some of you say Bernard should be favored in certain rounds because he is older, and act as if his rounds mean more than the rounds Taylor won just because he is Bernard and he's been around, etc. The simple fact of the matter is, that's blatant, BS bias in favor of the guy you like. Nowhere in the rules does it say, nor has it ever said, that rounds 9-12 count more than 1-8. If Taylor wins 7 of the first 8 rounds in somewhat average fashion, and Bernard wins the last 4 rounds emphatically, BERNARD STILL LOSES the fight as he doesn't have enough rounds on the scorecards. Hope this has been educational for you guys.