Bernard Hopkins has underrated power

[hectari]

Seriously guys have to be cautious for a reason. They fear his sneaky right hand. When he dropped that Mongolian dude Shumenov last night with the right hand it was nasty.

In order for a guy to be so tentative against a guy like B hop they have to fear something and they seem to always get nervous about his sneak right, they are always looking at it when he has it up to his chin like he is teasing to throw it.

They spend the whole fight trying to avoid that shot.

Man this dude B hop is one of the sneakiest ambush fighters I ever seen. he is focused on you 100 percent never removes his eyes, he is locked on one little tiny glimpse from his opponent looking the other way he will attack, if the foe turns his head for a half second to look at his gloves or at the ref he ambushes you off guard.

This is why guys are scared when they fight him. You cannot let him have his pace, only way to beat him is to smother him without fear. Most guys think too much wehn they fight him, you cannot out think a fox, they worry to much about the right hand.

[-PBP-]

It's the shots that you don't see that hurt the most.

[Porter's Dad]

You might be right. Knocked down Calzaghe, should have had a knockdown against Pascal too. Exceptional timing and still very quick too.

That KD last night was fantastic.

[MR. SIXTY40]

Disagree, Bernard doesn't have much power at 175. Never has, but he did have decent pop at 160.

He hasn't stopped anyone in 10 years, and Shumenov is the first guy he dropped since Calzaghe in 2008.

[jas]

Seriously guys have to be cautious for a reason. They fear his sneaky right hand. When he dropped that Mongolian dude Shumenov last night with the right hand it was nasty.

In order for a guy to be so tentative against a guy like B hop they have to fear something and they seem to always get nervous about his sneak right, they are always looking at it when he has it up to his chin like he is teasing to throw it.

They spend the whole fight trying to avoid that shot.

Man this dude B hop is one of the sneakiest ambush fighters I ever seen. he is focused on you 100 percent never removes his eyes, he is locked on one little tiny glimpse from his opponent looking the other way he will attack, if the foe turns his head for a half second to look at his gloves or at the ref he ambushes you off guard.

This is why guys are scared when they fight him. You cannot let him have his pace, only way to beat him is to smother him without fear. Most guys think too much wehn they fight him, you cannot out think a fox, they worry to much about the right hand.

Great post hectari. Truly atg

[bojangles1987]

Hopkins could punch in his prime. People seem to forget that. The kind of punches Shumenov was taking were bound to put him down at some point, no matter how faded Hopkins is. He can still hit.

[RichardP]

This is true, he should use it more. but maybe age he watches himself and paces himself.

[!! Shawn]

He has snap, not really power though, he hits hard enough consistently enough to make you not want to keep getting touched like that.

Same way Floyd does.

[Guest]

This is like listening to the talk on a special bus.

[Shambrolic]

Excellent analysis. It's the same thing you see when Mayweather fights, your eye focus is everything and these two guys along with Andre Ward and Rigondeaux is the best. Quillen I see is developing and his eye focus is pretty good.. His defense looked better before he fought Gabe.. But I see him getting back on his game.