Official Poll: Who wins the Hopkins Taylor Rematch?

[MetalVomit]

I have a good feeling the fight will start how it ended the first time around.

Nard landing at will, putting Taylor on ***** street and stopping him in 7 rounds.

That's what I would like to see happen.

[Bozo_no no]

Bump.

4 days to go.

[THE REAL NINJA]

my mind tells me taylor but my heart tells me hop ..so taylor it is i just hope it is a good fight and no matter what hop is happy and can walk away proud unlike the first fight

[bfg]

I just started a thread from the tidbits I could jot down from the interviews with Hopkins and Taylor on In This Corner with Russ Abner up here in Canada...take a look..pretty interesting comments..

[SLIMZ]

Hopkins by savage KO in the 6th..

i'd go with you, but 6th round is too early. maybe 8th or 9th.

[Shot]

Think Hopkins will up his work rate and win by tko 11

[masterdirector]

I just don't get why so many think Hopkins will knock Taylor out when he took 8 rounds to knock out Hakkar and couldn't knock out Joppy. Yes, he absolutely dominated both. But Trinidad KTFO Joppy in 5 with some brutal knockdowns before it was stopped. And Trinidad was making his middleweight debut, coming up from 154. Hopkins isn't the big KO guy.

[whdempsey]

For whatever reason, I find envisioning a Hopkins win very hard, and a Hopkins knockout virtually impossible. By the sound of this thread, I think a lotta you are gonna be surprised come Saturday night.

I guess, the bottom line for me is who he feels he has more top prove, and that's definitely Taylor. And seriously, Taylor's no clubfighter. He pushed Hopkins harder than he's been pushed in years and years.

[Double]

Taylor has lots of things on his side. He has youth on his side, and he also knows that some fans feel he robbed B-Hop so he feels he has a lot to prove. Also, he did quite well in the 1st fight for his 1st fight on the big stage and wasting loads of energy just from being nervous. This time, he will be more sure of himself. People who expect Hops to KO Taylor forget Hops is not a power puncher, nor is he a very active figher anymore. Also, when you watch the tape of the 1st fight, Hopkins retreats quickly any time Taylor throws at him. This is due to Taylor's size and quick hands. Hopkins is not going to want to exchange enough to win this by KO. If he does choose to do that, my money is on youth prevailing again, and without a concussion-inducing headbutt produced in the 1st fight, Taylor is that much less likely to lose.

The main difference is going to be stamina. As I said, Taylor wasted a lot of energy last fight just being nervous. That will not be so this time. He has seen that a 40 year old Bernard Hopkins is more bark than bite. Taylor's increased stamina will allow him to fight back better than he did in the 1st fight should Hopkins try to be sneaky in the later rounds.

Taylor UD.

I agree, but I think Taylor will get the KO, unless BHop decides to run all night.

[luisillo22]

I say Taylor by UD, its really time for the new and out with the old if you ask me.