does hopkins have the right to choose only canadian boxers to fight?

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  • Pullcounter
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    #1

    does hopkins have the right to choose only canadian boxers to fight?

    hopkins has paid his dues, maybe twice over... can he decide he only wants to fight canadian boxers?

    what about dawson?

    will boxing fans look the other way as hopkins ducks dawson? is it hopkin's right to do so?
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    yes, hopkins has paid his dues, he can pick and choose
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    no, hopkins has to fight the best and dawson is one of the best at lt HW
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    #2
    Originally posted by Pullcounter
    hopkins has paid his dues, maybe twice over... can he decide he only wants to fight canadian boxers?

    what about dawson?

    will boxing fans look the other way as hopkins ducks dawson? is it hopkin's right to do so?
    Dawson lost the right to a fight with Hopkins when he lost to Pascal.

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    • Russian Crushin
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      #3
      iTS not like he wants to fight Canadian bums

      He is going after the top guys, the champs

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      • BritishBoxing92
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        #4
        Originally posted by Pullcounter
        hopkins has paid his dues, maybe twice over... can he decide he only wants to fight canadian boxers?

        what about dawson?

        will boxing fans look the other way as hopkins ducks dawson? is it hopkin's right to do so?
        he said he wants to wipe out the canadian fighters....does not mean he only wants to fight canadians for the rest of his career,as for pascal who hopkins drew in a controversial decision he has every right to want a rematch with him and then fight dawson, aside from that if hopkins does not fight dawson then yes he deserves criticism for it...

        but aside from that dawson can wait his fucking turn since he lost to pascal and hopkins deserves a rematch with pascal first..



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        • Clyde Barrow
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          #5
          Hopkins has no obligation to fight Dawson. If Dawson were to get a Pascal rematch first and win, then Hopkins is SOL. But nobody can expect him to fight Dawson now. At his age, selective competition is permissible.

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            #6
            Originally posted by ny123
            Dawson lost the right to a fight with Hopkins when he lost to Pascal.
            yeah, but what if dawson beats pascal in the rematch? will hopkins fight dawson or go with the grudge match against pascal?

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            • Pullcounter
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              #7
              Originally posted by Russian Crushin
              iTS not like he wants to fight Canadian bums

              He is going after the top guys, the champs
              yeah, but if dawson beats pascal in the rematch, will hopkins fight the american champ? and if he chooses not to, will he have the right not to?

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              • Pullcounter
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                #8
                Originally posted by BritishBoxing92
                he said he wants to wipe out the canadian fighters....does not mean he only wants to fight canadians for the rest of his career
                fair enough, but why no mention of dawson or cloud?

                ,as for pascal who hopkins drew in a controversial decision he has every right to want a rematch with him and then fight dawson,
                never said he didn't deserve the rematch

                aside from that if hopkins does not fight dawson then yes he deserves criticism for it...
                thanks, vote no then?

                but aside from that dawson can wait his fucking turn since he lost to pascal and hopkins deserves a rematch with pascal first..
                well, dawson has a contract that says he got next, so we'll see what happens.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Clyde Barrow
                  Hopkins has no obligation to fight Dawson. If Dawson were to get a Pascal rematch first and win, then Hopkins is SOL. But nobody can expect him to fight Dawson now. At his age, selective competition is permissible.
                  thanks for the honest opinion.... you believe hopkins can pick and choose his opponents. vote yes?

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                  • BritishBoxing92
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Pullcounter
                    fair enough, but why no mention of dawson or cloud?



                    never said he didn't deserve the rematch


                    thanks, vote no then?


                    well, dawson has a contract that says he got next, so we'll see what happens.
                    hes obviously concentrated on a pascal rematch since he believes he won and even on sky news they announced that WBC have ordered a pascal rematch...http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...642678,00.html

                    and yes i voted no...as for dawson i reckon he would want to fight him if he successfully beats pascal in a rematch...as for cloud who are you kidding that guy aint even all that skilled
                    Last edited by BritishBoxing92; 01-08-2011, 02:19 PM.

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