Hopkins Taylor Thread-Round by Round

[DLT]

How come ESPN said that 3 rounds are in the book but no one is talking about it on here?

[kadyo's]

I'm giving points to anyone who will give an update!

[USA4LIFE]

haha, to all you suckers who paid money for this fight:... you suckers!

LOL and i was pissed i wasn't gonna be able to see it.

[gnostic19]

How come ESPN said that 3 rounds are in the book but no one is talking about it on here?

i know kinda wierd.
i got maxbxing and boxing scene updates going.

[Brockton Lip]

Taylor is winning but Hopkins is starting much quicker. I think Hopkins might get tired too fast but Taylor might too.

[TheEvilSaint]

LOL and i was pissed i wasn't gonna be able to see it.

its a fight with b-hop and taylor, neither fighter will ever be in a fight of the year, what did you expect from two boring fighters? a legendary slugfest?

[USA4LIFE]

How come ESPN said that 3 rounds are in the book but no one is talking about it on here?

Why don't you read the main page round by round?

[USA4LIFE]

its a fight with b-hop and taylor, neither fighter will ever be in a fight of the year, what did you expect from two boring fighters? a legendary slugfest?

Yeah but i was hoping they would be a lot more motivated than the first fight. I guess i was wrong.

[v00d00]

I'm starting to wonder if these forums are getting knocked around a bit. Takes forever to refresh...

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

gimme my pts brah

Round 1
Woooooooo...there's the bell! They meet at the center. Hopkins pawss withthe jab. Taylor fires a jab to the body. Both men just posing. Hopkins tries a lead straight right...Taylor doesn't fall for it. They clinch. Taylor lands 4 shots to the back of Hopkins head as they clinch. Nady warns Taylor. No respect! Neither man doing anything. They both jab. Hopkins looking to land the straight right. Nothing happening for the last minute. Crowd begins to get restless. They clinch and Hopkins sneaks in a right hand. Hopkins circles. Taylor misses a left and a right. Hopkins pushes him back and grins. Ick...nothing happened. Absolutely nothing. Neither man won it. But...if you got to give it to someone, like the last fight, I gotta give the champ the benefit of the doubt. Round to Taylor. But it was really an even round.

Taylor 10 Hopkins 9


Round 2
Hopkins fires a right hand over the top and Taylor shoots some flurries to the body. Both men posturing. Taylor fires a jab but hits nothing. Hopkins does the same. Crowd getting restless. Hopkins lands an overhand right that's partially blocked by a left hooko from Taylor. They trade left hooks and Hopkins falls a little off balance. Hopkins lands a sneaky right and Taylor misses with one of his own. They trade in the middle. Taylor misses with some jabs. They collide into each other and clinch. Taylor misses with a big right hand but flurries at the end of the round. Didn't really do anything, but since nothing else happened at all in the round, you might as well give it to the champ. Round to Taylor

Taylor 20 Hopkins 18

Round 3
Nothing happens in the first 30 seconds...nothing at all. Taylor finally lands a jab. Bernar'ds corner seems to think that Taylor won't fight until round 5. Both men do a little roughhousing on the inside. Intereseting comparison by Merchant who just said Hopkins is like an old lion just waiting in the weeds for his pray to walk by. A little more roughhousing on the inside as Nady separates them. Nothing from either man. They trade jabs. Hopkins feints. Tries to land a right but misses. He feints again. Taylor misses with a jab. Misses with another 1-2. Hopkins dances in and out but does nothing. Right hand lands for Taylor. They clinch and roughhouse. Round to Taylor.

Taylor 30 Hopkins 27

Round 4
Both men posing in front of each other. Taylor lands an overhand right that wobbles Hopkins a bit. Bernard just feints. They clinch and Nady breaks them. Taylor flicks the jab out, misses with an overhand right that gets the crowd excited and they clinch. Taylor lands a sneaky left hook on Bernard as he walked into it. Hopkins lands a jab and they clinch. Hopkins lands two jailhouse hooks. Hopkins getting dirty. Two STIFF jabs land for Taylor. Left lands for Hopkins and a right has Taylor holding on. Tayor misses a jab and an overhand right. Hopkins getting loose. Hopkins lands a stiff jab of his own. Hopkins starting to turn his game on now, but round to Taylor.

Taylor 40 Hopkins 36

Round 5
Both men come out posing again. Hopkins lands a jab. They clinch. Hopkins feints and lands a nasty straight right hand. They both miss jabs. Hopkins lands to the body as Taylor misses a hook. Hopkins lands two left hooks. Taylor has a left that's blocked and misses with the right. Taylor lands a jab to the body. They clinch. Hopkins lands an uppercut inside. They trade stiff jabs. Hopkins misses with a right but works him inside and dips out. Taylor misses ajb. Right hand lands for Taylor though that baks Hopkins up. Taylor misses over top and they clinch. Hopkins works him inside. Taylro lands a hook and then throws an elbow. They're both trying to stedal it at the end. Wooo...close round. I give it to Hopkins.

Taylor 49 Hopkins 46