Comments Thread For: Hopkins: Sergio Martinez Would Have To Face Me at 175!

[TheGreatA]

I'm glad he is done with the catchweights atleast. The less of those, the better for the sport.

[THE REED]

I'm glad he is done with the catchweights atleast. The less of those, the better for the sport.

This is worse.

[nycsmooth]

Hopkins is a cherry picker, like dlh...why doesn't he go to 200/or hvy wt and challenge...sergio is a small 160, better suited for 154...

[LAFIRPO]

Hopins did the same thng at 160. Called out De La Hoya, Mosley, and Trinidad. All smaller fighters. When Hopkins does it it's ok, but when Sergio Martinez does it people call him a bully. People don't even see how they contradict themselves.

[THE REED]

Hopkins is a cherry picker, like dlh...why doesn't he go to 200/or hvy wt and challenge...sergio is a small 160, better suited for 154...

The dude just beat Pascal twice, and is now facing Chad Dawson.

Earlier in his career I'd agree with you to an extent, but at 47, I think we can throw the cherry picking out the window.

[DrewWoodside]

The dude just beat Pascal twice, and is now facing Chad Dawson.

Earlier in his career I'd agree with you to an extent, but at 47, I think we can throw the cherry picking out the window.

I don't think it's possible to cherry pick a very styilistically challenging Chad Dawson. If anything, ppl might want to consider accusing Hopkins of only taking this fight b/c he was in a sort of check mate. Almost as though he had to take this fight after the Pascal fight.. But the reality is he's taking on stiff challenges right now.

[V.WEBB]

Hopkins didn't directly say Martinez would have to face him at 175, talkin' about putting words in peoples mouths

All he said was..."Whoever wants to face me has to come up to 175 pounds".

[TheGreatA]

This is worse.

He didn't say he wanted Martinez at 175 though but that he isn't fighting anymore catchweight bouts.

[KickAzz]

basically hopkins is saying that hopkins/martinez will never happen

[djtmal]

I don't think it's possible to cherry pick a very styilistically challenging Chad Dawson. If anything, ppl might want to consider accusing Hopkins of only taking this fight b/c he was in a sort of check mate. Almost as though he had to take this fight after the Pascal fight.. But the reality is he's taking on stiff challenges right now.

hopkins is counting heavily on facing the chad dawson that lost to pascal...he definitely found a way to sidestep the dawson that fought adamek, tarver, and johnson, without looking like he was blatently ducking him...hopkins was also contractually obligated to face dawson after pascal 2...