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Picking against Bernard Hopkins can leave one equally in two states of mind at the end of another of his post-40 wins: ****** and in awe.
It was clear at signing that Cloud is the sort of guy Hopkins would have owned in years past. He wasn’t a Chad Dawson where the speed deficit and style match favored the younger man on a technical level. To pick against him against Cloud assumed an aging that hasn’t been proven in the ring yet. That makes it ****** to have picked against Hopkins is the first place.
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Then there is the awe. No, it wasn’t a great fight. No, it wasn’t as impressive in terms of record-setting performance as the win over Jean Pascal two years ago. Pascal was the legitimate Light Heavyweight champion. Cloud was coming off a fight he should have lost.
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It was clear at signing that Cloud is the sort of guy Hopkins would have owned in years past. He wasn’t a Chad Dawson where the speed deficit and style match favored the younger man on a technical level. To pick against him against Cloud assumed an aging that hasn’t been proven in the ring yet. That makes it ****** to have picked against Hopkins is the first place.
See: author.
Then there is the awe. No, it wasn’t a great fight. No, it wasn’t as impressive in terms of record-setting performance as the win over Jean Pascal two years ago. Pascal was the legitimate Light Heavyweight champion. Cloud was coming off a fight he should have lost.
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