Comments Thread For: Dawson Stops Hopkins, Freak Ending in Two Rounds

[Steak]

hilarious and ironic to hear Hopkins fans complaining about fouls.

fact of the matter is that Hopkins jumped on top of Dawson and tried pushing him down, ie illegal activity. Dawson tried to get him off.

if you start roughhousing ****, then you better expect it back. Thats why I was laughing after Floyd KOed Ortiz.


And frankly it doesnt matter if Hopkins was faking or not. If youre injured in a professional boxing match and cant continue, you lose by TKO. even if its caused by a fall.

[EdMon917]

So disappointing.

[kiDynamite92]

As well as Boxing, i've played Rugby for most of my life, looking at the way Hopkins landed there's a very high chance that he could have injured his shoulder. You clearly see his elbow being jammed in a way that pulls on his shoulder ligaments. To add to that he's 46 years old! Rugby players usually are at an end by 32 for the sake of their body and well-being! Now if ppl who are used to landing like this want out of the sport at 32, whats gonna happen to bernard? not to mention they also land on grass. Anyway the MRI scans should prove conclusive.

[Black Dynamite]

the replay showed his left shoulder didn't even touch any part of dawson's head or body.

am i the only one who noticed? first b-hop was holding his groin then he switch his hand onto his left shoulder, lol!!

I saw the exact same thing!!! He didn't land on his shoulder at all. HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED!

[!! Shawn]

Dawson didn't shove Hopkins... Hopkins leaned on Dawson and as Dawson was trying to lift himself, Hopkins flew backwards like he got tackled or something.

By the rules, this probably can't be rewarded a tko but I agree with the call.

Good on Dawson not to give Hops a rematch and I hope bhop retires after this disgrace.

Get a grip man, Dawson grabbed hopkins behind the legs and threw him down.

[Visceral]

Since when can you pick a guy up and dump him on his back/shoulder, guys is injured from that, and now you are declared the winner?

[KickAzz]

if hopkins is that fragile, then maybe he should retire

[BennyST]

Bull****.

Please explain me how can it be a TKO when Dawson throw him on the ground with a takedown ? lol.

Explain how it was a takedown? A shoulder shrug isn't a ****ing takedown. It's done by every fighter to move someone back and if one guy is leaping in and grabbing, then laying over the back of the opponent and gets shrugged....It's the guy who shrugs?

The Clottey/Cotto incident was a takedown. Cotto spun him and threw him. Dawson used his shoulder to push Hop back off him because he was illegally grabbing then laying on his back.

Dawson isn't entirely in the right. You can't shove someone off with a shoulder technically. But, then what Hopkins does is most definitely in the wrong too. Even more so. You cannot punch, grab, then lean over the opponents back. That is illegal.

One problem is Hopkins' past. He has had a long history, especially recently, of using silly tactics to try and draw a foul or time to rest. His own history has been played against him. It's a classic boy cried wolf.

[LAFIRPO]

Another person who doesn't understand basic things. He didn't smash into the canvas, but the issue was that he fell without preparing whatsoever at a strange angle directly onto his elbow at 46. If you cannot understand how that would cause damage then you must have a very low IQ.

Haha, even if he did hurt his elbow, plenty of people shelled out good money for this fight. Hopkins, the self proclaimed tough guy from Philly, should've continued. It doesn't get anymore basic than that.

[I-WISH-A-MF-WOULD]

KO'd him too.
Glad I didn't pay for this.