Comments Thread For: Hopkins: "When Will Pacquiao Face a Top Black Fighter?"

[throbk1974]

Roy Jones is/was one of the slickest African American boxers out there and he got beat by hopkins, tarver, & johnson, all of whom use an orthadox boxing style. most of the time, a true , fundamentally sound boxer will beat the "slick style".....just gotta pop that jab out there. I believe the late, great Vernon Forest said it best.

[Left Hook Tua]

Roy Jones is/was one of the slickest African American boxers out there and he got beat by hopkins, tarver, & johnson, all of whom use an orthadox boxing style. most of the time, a true , fundamentally sound boxer will beat the "slick style".....just gotta pop that jab out there. I believe the late, great Vernon Forest said it best.

yup.

jones being shot helped too.

[M.I.C.]

If B Hops words didn't ring true then this thread wouldn't be getting all these replies.

[Red_Menace]

i'll say it one more time.

david diaz and joshua clottey makes pac and arum more money.

since they're top rank arum gets paid from both sides. since arum is getting money from both sides , he can pay pac more also.

not an excuse. don't care. not saying it's right.

but i'm explaining it to those who don't understand.

Yeah, that's probably true. I wouldn't say there are many guys at 140-154 right now that are big draws anyway, so I guess they can make a little more making money off another Top Rank fighter than off a guy from another stable.

[JOM'S]

Hopkins didn't say anything about Shane so stop assuming hes somehow promoting. Maybe he's saying exactly what he said, Team Pac avoids African American fighters!

lolz how you can say that, Team PAC is after a fight with the best African American fighter in PBF?

[jpunieves]

pac versus hopkins! make it happen!

[Left Hook Tua]

Yeah, that's probably true. I wouldn't say there are many guys at 140-154 right now that are big draws anyway, so I guess they can make a little more making money off another Top Rank fighter than off a guy from another stable.

not a little. a lot more.

especially considering arum has to split his share with gbp if the opponent is a gbp fighter.

whenever pac fights a gbp fighter , gbp not only gets their cut from the gbp fighter's end , gbp also gets half of arum's cut from pac's end.

[M.I.C.]

lolz how you can say that, Team PAC is after a fight with the best African American fighter in PBF?

No they're not, they always find an excuse to not fight Floyd, as Floyd proved with Mosley, take OST and u got a fight. Pac, who miraculouslymoves up in weight losing no speed or power should be delighted to do OST and prove he did it naturally.

[Red_Menace]

Roy Jones is/was one of the slickest African American boxers out there and he got beat by hopkins, tarver, & johnson, all of whom use an orthadox boxing style. most of the time, a true , fundamentally sound boxer will beat the "slick style".....just gotta pop that jab out there. I believe the late, great Vernon Forest said it best.

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Jones beat Hopkins long before their horrible rematch. Jones also beat Tarver before he lost their rematch and rubber match. That was a great win for Jones, even though he struggled. People always wanted to see him in tough and see if he could come out on top, and he did. Also, Hopkins is an incredibly slick fighter, probably one of the craftiest fighters between 160-175 in the last 20 years. He was a killer in his prime and could brawl, but he was an amazing counter puncher. Even Tarver has some decent ring smarts, though I don't think he's on the same level as either Jones or Hopkins.

The thing is, Pac fights mostly guys that rely on toughness and athleticism over real skill. You don't see Pac in with too many guys that can move or have great defensive skills. The last two were probably Morales and Marquez. Morales gave him a lot of trouble the first time around, and Marquez arguably beat him twice, though they were incredibly close fights. If Pac has any kind of weakness, it's guys that are smart in the ring and fundamentally sound - slick fighters.

[Drunk Punch]

What can he do if the top black american fighter won't face him