B-Hops chin has turned to sht

[Sparked_1985]

B-Hops was very impressive after the knockdowns.

Much to my frustration. I wish no harm to him as a legend of boxing, but the man is due a knockout for being a bit of penis for most of his boxing career.

[Clyde Barrow]

It's more his legs than his chin. Bernard is getting up there. Neither KD was serious. And Pascal was frightened in there. Hopkins isn't getting KO'd. He'll win the rematch decisively.

[-Huey-]

B-hop is a legend! He will school Pascal even worse this time around.

[P4P Opinion]

I'd be very surprised if B-Hop gets knocked out and I'd be pretty surprised if he loses a decision. Pascal is only really dangerous for the first four rounds or so, after that he tends to lose the explosiveness that means he always starts well. At that point his workrate drops and good opponents tend to take over for the majority of the rounds - see the Froch loss, the Dawson victory and the Hopkins draw. I don't believe Pascal quite has the power to knockout the still steady-chinned Hopkins early and he'll need to pace himself better to win a decision, provided the judges don't give him a gift thanks to the home crowd!

[Tiozzo]

yeah I know, but it happens in boxing almost every fight. Hopkins has gone down like 5-6 times in his last two fights due to shots in the back of the head. Just something I find a bit concerning is all.

it's called acting to get a little break

Hopkins is an old man after all

[Tiozzo]

he's nearly 50 and you expect him to have an iron chin still?
is it that hard to believe that at 46 his punch resistance has deteriorated?

there is no sure sign that his chin has deteriorated

getting knocked down by one hell of a left hook to the jaw doesn't mean anything, he just got caught, something that hasn't happened a lot in his career

[ИATAS]

LOL! Are you for real? This comment is getting sigged!

why is that sig worthy? Did you watch the roy jones fight? he wasn't taking bombs to the back of the head they were typical light shots during clinches and he was going down from them. They said he collapsed in the locker room after the fight. Likewise the shot in the first round from Pascal was not that hard and it knocked him completely off-balance.

I do believe at 46 years of age his balance is not the same and that could be the reason these light shots to the back of his head are causing him to hit the canvas.

[SplitSecond]

why is that sig worthy? Did you watch the roy jones fight? he wasn't taking bombs to the back of the head they were typical light shots during clinches and he was going down from them. They said he collapsed in the locker room after the fight. Likewise the shot in the first round from Pascal was not that hard and it knocked him completely off-balance.

I do believe at 46 years of age his balance is not the same and that could be the reason these light shots to the back of his head are causing him to hit the canvas.

the truth of that is as he was going to sit down but missed the bench

no joke btw

[ИATAS]

the truth of that is as he was going to sit down but missed the bench

no joke btw

source?

True or not, like one boxing reporter/writer stated, "it seems as Hopkins has a glass back of the head"

sounds like a big LOL but there may be truth to it, he has some balance issues. Hopkins is my favorite fighter but he's gone down to the canvas like 8 times in the last two fights.

A lot of people assumed he was acting in the roy jones fight or whatever, maybe he was maybe he wasn't but it doesn't make sense to me why he would do that so many times when he was winning every single round and jones couldn't land anything on him. He didn't seem right in that fight.

Fast forward to his next fight and he gets knocked down in the first round to a shot to the back of the head, then flash knocked down a couple rounds later. Granted, he recovered and never seemed hurt and put on a hell of a performance, but clearly his balance or legs or whatever it is just isn't the same.

I think he's going to win the rematch, but just pay attention to any rabbit punches by Pascal and pay attention to how hopkins reacts to them.

[SplitSecond]

source?

True or not, like one boxing reporter/writer stated, "it seems as Hopkins has a glass back of the head"

sounds like a big LOL but there may be truth to it, he has some balance issues. Hopkins is my favorite fighter but he's gone down to the canvas like 8 times in the last two fights.

A lot of people assumed he was acting in the roy jones fight or whatever, maybe he was maybe he wasn't but it doesn't make sense to me why he would do that so many times when he was winning every single round and jones couldn't land anything on him. He didn't seem right in that fight.

Fast forward to his next fight and he gets knocked down in the first round to a shot to the back of the head, then flash knocked down a couple rounds later. Granted, he recovered and never seemed hurt and put on a hell of a performance, but clearly his balance or legs or whatever it is just isn't the same.

i would'nt know how to search for the article(or my post where i mentioned it)
but when i posted(right after the jones fight) it i got loads of green all "lol, funny etc" like i was joking when i was being dead serious
and then threads were made about it

i'll try and find it for you

EDIT(found a thread with bhop quoted, although i think i was the first to mention this in teh forums):http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...61#post7999461