How is Pascal gonna handle Hopkins ?

[Pullcounter]

Pascal genuinely admits that Hopkins is the biggest challenge of his whole career even if the Legend is now in his mid-fourties.

Based on the fact that Pascal knows he can't really surprise Hopkins with anything despite the fact that he is more versatile than given credit for, how do you think he will approach this fight, what will be his gameplan ?

Make it a brawl, pressure to tire not so young Hopkins and hope to outpoint him or even stop him late ?

Try to box and stay away from the cagey veteran, pick his shots, fight at a slow pace, much like he did against Dawson ?

Get in a foul fest with Hopkins to throw him off his game, make him do a bit of a comedy act and brutalize him ?


Something else ?

Discuss.

fight hopkins in the same way he fought dawson. in and out movement, punches in bunches.

get all the early rounds and force hopkins to pressure late.

most importantly, stay out of the clinch.

[VatoMulatto]

it's unlikely, but that would be awesome to witness the fall of Hopkins live as I'll be there, knocking him out even at this late stage of his career would be one hell of an achievement

Pascal will not get any credit on this site even if he knocks Hop out. There will be tons of threads like this:

"So, Hop is too old and should retire", Pascal needs to fight some young fighters", "This win don't mean anything", Pascal is scared of Tarvis Cloud", and blablablablablablabla...

[Steven Adams]

I just hope Bhop doesnt do any diving like that **** in the RJJ 2 fight

[Tiozzo]

Pascal will not get any credit on this site even if he knocks Hop out. There will be tons of threads like this:

"So, Hop is too old and should retire", Pascal needs to fight some young fighters", "This win don't mean anything", Pascal is scared of Tarvis Cloud", and blablablablablablabla...

definitely

but the real fans know better

[Tiozzo]

I just hope Bhop doesnt do any diving like that **** in the RJJ 2 fight

if things aren't going his way, and at some point in the fight, it will probably happen, I fully expect to see Hopkins throw himself on the mat in agony

if you take into account he has now done it several times and that Pascal tends to throw looping right hands borderline in the back of the head sometimes, I have a hard time visualizing a fight in which Hopkins doesn't make an Anthony Hopkins out of himself

[Marcov]

Hopkins is too old I'm afraid. He will not be able to turn back the clock far enough. Sad but true that all great warriors must surrender to time itself.

[VatoMulatto]

Hopkins is too old I'm afraid. He will not be able to turn back the clock far enough. Sad but true that all great warriors must surrender to time itself.

That's exactly how I see it too.

[boxer2k5]

keep moving and punching his only way to win is to outwork bhop and make him fight at a pace he not use to. and move not let him clinch and work u on inside

[Tiozzo]

Hopkins is too old I'm afraid. He will not be able to turn back the clock far enough. Sad but true that all great warriors must surrender to time itself.

but it's not like he has been looking that old

[daggum]

how is he gonna handle hopkins? by fighting him in quebec. hopkins will not win a decision no matter what.