175lbs takes another hit: Hopkins vs Murat coming up

[Earl-Hickey]

Old man Hopkins will fight Nathan Cleverly victim Karo Murat in a fight nobody wants to see on 27th July at the Barclays center in New York

Boxrec rate this fight as a 3 star fight which is being generous.

It's alright though, Hopkins is old and gets a pass.

[SirTomJones]

Boxrec have ranked Bellew 5th.

1 Bernard Hopkins 880 53(32)-6-2
1988 48 orthodox Hockessin, Delaware, USA

2 Chad Dawson 603 31(17)-2(1)-0
2001 30 southpaw New Haven, Connecticut, USA

3 Lucian Bute 533 31(24)-1(1)-0
2003 33 southpaw Laval, Quebec, Canada

4 Adonis Stevenson 403 20(17)-1(1)-0
2006 35 southpaw Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
5 Tony Bellew 383 19(12)-1-1
2007 30 orthodox Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

6 Tavoris Cloud 380 24(19)-1-0
2004 31 orthodox Tallahassee, Florida, USA

7 Jean Pascal 367 27(16)-2-1
2005 30 orthodox Laval, Quebec, Canada

8 Isaac Chilemba 366 20(9)-1-2
2005 25 orthodox Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

9 Nathan Cleverly 364 25(12)-0-0
2005 26 orthodox Cefn Fforest, Wales, United Kingdom

10 Andrzej Fonfara 300 23(13)-2(1)-0
2006 25 orthodox Chicago, Illinois, USA

[RSBonos]

Espinoza probably paid a king's ransom to make this mega fight.

[Hougigo]

Didn't Cleverly say he wanted 2 more fights before he's ready?
If not, it's unification.....nothing stopping it

[P4P_No1]

What a BS fight.

[DoubleMM]

Is Hopkins broke or something?

[New England]

Is Hopkins broke or something?

nope. he's quite wise with his finances, actually.

[BoxingGenius27]

What happened to the Cleverly fight

[IronDanHamza]

This fight is beyond a joke.

[ShoulderRoll]

Murat is B-Hop's mandatory. It is what it is.

Cleverly said he wants to fight 2 more times then go after Hopkins. Presumably once he's a little closer to 50.