I honestly don't like B-Hop but tonight he got my respect he won this fight hands down. I read all these messages of people putting hating on Bernard but I honestly don't know what fight thy were watching. What a performance I honestly have respect for that man now.
I honestly don't like B-Hop but tonight he got my respect he won this fight hands down. I read all these messages of people putting hating on Bernard but I honestly don't know what fight thy were watching. What a performance I honestly have respect for that man now.
Funny huh ?
" The draw outcome was not unfair given the knockdowns and the harder punches landed by Pascal but the former middleweight and light heavyweight champ was understandably upset by the official verdict "
Here is one guys take on Hopkins.....
" Hopkins’ performance against Pascal was the gutsiest effort by a fighter in his mid-40s since Archie Moore got up from four early rounds knockdowns to drop and stop much-younger Yvon Durelle in a bout that ironically took place in Quebec (Montreal) back in 1958.
Had Hopkins beat Pascal to claim THE RING light heavyweight title it could have been argued that he’s the best fighter to fight into his mid-40s in history. As it is, the Philadelphia native’s late-career accomplishments put him in the all-time great company of both Foreman and Moore "
I reckon that because of the 2 early Knockdowns from pascal and then hopkins schooling pascal for the rest of the rounds after round 4 is maybe the case of why it is a Majority Draw....never the less a rematch should take place some where else but i can say that im actually suprised that hopkins did not lose since i was expecting a Pascal UD or SD...but i guess bernard suprised us all again
# Jean Pascal has come and gone from presser. No mention of cards. Hopkins hasn't come in yet. 21 minutes ago via ÜberTwitter
# Golden Boy execs are flying around here trying to get answers. I'm going to presser, will report info as I get it. 33 minutes ago via web
# Could a judge have changed his mind and flipped it mid-fight? Sure. But white out is an odd method to do it. 34 minutes ago via web
# From what it looks--repeat, looks--like the changes cost Hopkins. But we don't know the source of the whiteout yet. Officials investigating 43 minutes ago via web
# There is also white out on the first round on the Belgian's card. If that was corrected, Hopkins would have lost his card. But won on two. 44 minutes ago via web
# What I'm seeing, someone whited out the eighth round in Canadian judge card. Bernard would have won the fight about 1 hour ago via web
# Controversy: There is white out on two spots on the official scorecard. Looking at original now.
My friends that watched the fight with me, don't know anything about boxing. But they know how long it takes for judges to give in their scorecards from past fights they have seen with me. They asked me "why are the judges taking so long?". I saw it too, from there on I said, something fishy is going on with the scorecards. Took way too long.
After watching this fight for the 2nd time last night I am convinced I was right the 1st time I watched it. After 3 rounds Pascal was ahead 30-25. This fight changed in round 4 when Bhop went to the body with 4 good shots. After this Pascal was reluctant to engage and repeatedly backed up. It's hard to see pascal winning another round after the 3rd. If you give him the 12th, which could be fair, he still trails 14 to 12. Bhop pushed him back all night, threw more, landed more punches ,combos, and won the body and power punch matchup. Pascal let a 45 year old man outwork, and outland him, in a fight he lost. The 1st knockdown was a punch behind the head. Kudos to Bhop, his legend only increases, and what he is doing is unbelieveable at his age. Pascal is #1 light heavyweight in the world, and Bhop is supposed to be washed up. The teacher took the student to school last night.
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