Man last night they re aired Hopkins-Jones 2,and my god i forgot how terrible it was

[letsgobrady]

there was another thread about this earlier.. Jones was in survival mode all night, Hopkins was pushing for the KO. Can't make a good fight when one fighter's just trying to stay alive. This fight was a mismatch, Hopkins was way too good, he nearly completely nullified Jones offense. Jones was a shell of himself and Hopkins still had all the skills.

i don't remeber any of what you posted what i remember was a horrible looking fight with what looked like 2 old men fighting with not anything really happening from either side as far as punches landed and the 1 thing that stands out the most in that fight was all bernards acting

[Porter's Dad]

One of those fights that just leaves you feeling miserable afterwards.

[paulf]

Damn. This was something Ive always been afraid to admit.

I've never seen this fight either.

No shame. After Roy got KOd in his tuneup against Green, this fight should not have been made. Let alone been put on Pay Per View.

[_original_]

Not only do I hate that fight for being boring beyond belief, I also hate it for losing 50 bucks for betting on Hopkins by TKO/KO.

[Mr. Philadel]

combined age of over 80...combined fights runs over 100 deep...combined rounds fought must be a crazy number as well...The Gods are past their primes....it was ugly but they've rocked enough houses and elite fighters to get passes at this stage of the careers....LEGENDS!!!!

[_original_]

combined age of over 80...combined fights runs over 100 deep...combined rounds fought must be a crazy number as well...The Gods are past their primes....it was ugly but they've rocked enough houses and elite fighters to get passes at this stage of the careers....LEGENDS!!!!

They should have granted us a rematch back in 2001 though, no denying that.

[LA_2_Vegas]

I can't remember if I streamed this one or actually bought the PPV but I watched it live and would never try to watch it again.

I feel bad for ppl in the future who will see these two names on BoxRec and check the fight out......it's really only good as reference point to put into context the Pascal turnaround and be amazed that Bhop pulled that off.

[bojangles1987]

Oh, what the hell, this fight is on a local Florida sports channel right now. Why is everyone showing it?

EDIT: LMAO, its in the 8th, Bernard hit Roy with two huge, hard rabbit punches, Roy hit one of his own, and Bernard went down to knee immediately, whining.

[bojangles1987]

Damn, Roy whooped Hopkins' ass in the 10th.

[TheGreatA]

To be honest, Hopkins looked scared of an over the hill Roy Jones. I guess he imagined the 1993 version standing in front of him. Jones had nothing to trouble Hopkins with yet Hopkins still played it as safe as he could.

It was an awful fight and one that Hopkins probably would rather forget despite gaining "revenge". I will always respect Hopkins's great skill but this just wasn't one of his better showings and casts some doubt to whether he could have ever truly defeated a prime Roy Jones, partly due to the lack of confidence he showed going up against him. The possibilty of losing again seemed a nightmare scenario to him and as a result he only hoped to get by with an ugly decision, instead of a decisive finish.

Not asking for a 45 year old man to push for a KO but he looked better against a likely more dangerous opponent than old Jones in Pascal.