Boring fight, Taylor winning easily, Hopkins is sucking balls....
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Round 6
At the midway point, Taylor remains true to his patient approach. Hopkins continues to move around, and manages to get in a right followed by a left. Taylor counters quickly, then follows with another shot that backs up Hopkins. Hopkins scores with a jab, but Taylor gets in two lefts in return. Hopkins lunges and misses, and Taylor takes brief advantage. Taylor is more confident in the left jab now. At the closing seconds, Taylor finishes with a flourish.
Round 7
Taylor gets to Hopkins with a series of lefts, then a series of rights as both fighters clinch. Hopkins lands a right. Taylor, however, still comes back with an answer. The referee separates Taylor from holding Hopkins, making repeated warnings to Taylor. Taylor throws1-2 combinations, but Hopkins makes him miss. The final 10 seconds, this time, generates less excitement.Comment
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Round 6
Taylor fires the jab. Lands a left to the body. Hokins lands a jab...something he hasn't thrown very man of. Taylor lands a forearm to Hopkins back. They traded jsabs. Hopkins lands a right. They trade jabs again. Taylor is cut on his nose. Hopkins lands another good jab. Taylor misses two jabs. Hopkins misses with a 1-2 and falls offbalance against the ropes. Allows Taylor to land a right. Taylor misses a 1-2, but ooks confident. Hopkins lands a straight right and clinches. Taylor lands a jab. Taylor lands a 3 punch flurry to the body. Taylor's round.
Taylor 59 Hopkins 55
Round 7
Taylor pushes Bernard back andlooks stronger. They clinch and Taylor jacks Hopkins to the back of the head. Hopkins lands a big right hand that has the crowd in awe. Taylor clinches. Taylor lands the jab. Again...Taylor lands another jab. Taylor wants to trade...he wants to fight. Hopkins misses with a hook and they clinch. Hopkins lands a good left hook. Taylor holds on. Nady warns him. Straight right hand lands for Hopkins. Nady in Taylor's ear for holding. Taylor lands a jab. Hopkins misses with a striaght right. Taylor holds onto Hopkins again. They trade jabs. Round to Hopkins...not much went on, but Hopkins landed the bigger shots.
Taylor 68 Hopkins 65Comment
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Round 8
Hopins lands a 1-2 to start the round. They trade jabs. Taylor misses with an overhand right and they clinch. Hopkins roughs him up. Hopkins lands another good right hand. Hopkins lands a jab. Not much happening. They clinch. Nady warns Taylor for holding again. Hopkins roughs him up again. Taylor throws a loopin wild right hand that misses. Hopkinslands another straight right. Another right and a left hook lands for Hopkins. Taylor lunging with his jab now. Hopkins lands a shot to the body. Taylor clinches. Nady warns Taylor for a low blow. Left hook is by Taylor is blocked. Lampley says it landed though. Hopkins lands an overhand right. Good left hook lands for Hopkins. Big right hand lands for Taylor at the end of the round but it wasn't enough. Round to Hopkins.
Taylor 77 Hopkins 75Comment
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Originally posted by Super_Lightweightgimme 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 46Comment
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