Bernard Makes Boo Boo Taking On Tarver.

[neverlast]

BERNARD MAKES BOO BOO TAKING ON TARVER.

I see why Bernard Hopkins is going after Antonio Tarver's light heavyweight
championship. He has nothing to lose. His legacy has already been written. I
just can not see him winning this fight. In fact I fear he may be stopped.
Tarver is a big, strong light heavyweight with serious power. Ask Roy...He
is also a southpaw and knows how to use all these gifts to his advantage. He
is well trained and well schooled.

All I see is a possible replay of Monzon-vs-Jose Napoles. This was a much
anticipated fight in mid 1970's . Welterweight champion moving up to
challenge the middleweight king. In this bout though you had a big
middleweight against a small welterweight. In reality Napoles' best weight
was 135 to 140. He moved to welterweight to get a title shot because no one
else in the lower weight classes would put their title on the line against
him. Monzon was big enough to have been a great super middleweight if the
division would have existed at the time.

As I said Tarver is a big light heavyweight. You could easily see him as a
cruiserweight and yes even a heavyweight if the money is right. He has
already said he would be willing to fight Mike Tyson. Hopkins is a life long
middleweight, a natural at 160. I really can not see him being effective at
175. This is no different then the great Bob Foster's failure against
heavyweights. Bob's natural weight was 175. Over that weight against top
notch competition, he was basically ineffective.

I have to go with Tarver in a rather one sided fight. No dis to Bernard, in
fact I give him his props for taking the challenge. No one can ever say that
Bernard lacked courage.

[TyrantT316]

this is all the more reason it will be great if Hopkins wins...

[Shanus]

I'm rooting for Hopkins, he's done alot more for boxing than Tarver, and would be a great win to retire on.

[Kid Achilles]

IMO Hopkins has a much better chin than RJJ at any weight. Hopkins at 160 takes a better punch than RJJ at 175. I am not sold on Tarver as a serious puncher. I think he's a good puncher but nothing great. He may or may not hurt Hopkins when he lands something significant. We shall see.

[Run]

I think the fight will be a snoozefest, full of head feints.

It's a 50/50 coin toss...but don't be suprised if people are whining about Nard getting robbed at the end of the night.



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[deuce_drop]

Tarver is a tough fight for Hopkins, but I think that Hopkins has too many tricks in his arsenal and knows how to fight a guy like Tarver.

Tarver can be outworked and he can also be made to look like an amateurish at times.

Hopkins has a better defense than Jones too. Jones always was using his ring generalship and natural reflexes for defense, when he started to slow down he started to get tagged, and thats what happend against Tarver. they were throwing at the same time and usually Jones gets out of the pocket before getting hit, not that time. and thats all it took was one time.

Hopkins is very hard to hit, no one ever really gets a clean shot on him. even Taylor said that in both of their fights he was never really able to get any kind of real solid shot off on Hopkins.

although the odds and the advantages are not in Hopkins favor, I see this fight being an easier fight for Hopkins than most people think.

I'm rooting for Hopkins and hopefully since this is going to be his last fight he can pull the trigger and let his hands go and not be so conservative.

I thinking Hopkins get the decision............

[Run]

Hopkins has a better defense than Jones too. Jones always was using his ring generalship and natural reflexes for defense,

That is so damn true.

In a related story....there was a thread a while back asking the question "who is the best defensive fighter".

I chose Winky...because he is in my opinion the best. Virtually everyone else picked Floyd but he...much like Jones relies on his ring generalship and natural reflexes.

Winky and Nard catch punches like Mike Piazza catches baseballs.



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[King Jaffe Joffer]

Taylor hits harder than Tarver. I see this fight being a snooze fest with Hops throwing 2 punches a round. Tarver with the UD

[King Jaffe Joffer]

That is so damn true.

In a related story....there was a thread a while back asking the question "who is the best defensive fighter".

I chose Winky...because he is in my opinion the best. Virtually everyone else picked Floyd but he...much like Jones relies on his ring generalship and natural reflexes.

What are you talking about? Floyd is a defensive wizard and great tecnician. Tell Wright to get better defense vs Vargas as Vargas tore his body up and won with activity and landing. No way in hell a prime Vargas touch FLoyd as much as he did WInky. Didnt Soliman hit Winky like 400 times

[Run]

What are you talking about? Floyd is a defensive wizard and great tecnician. Tell Wright to get better defense vs Vargas as Vargas tore his body up and won with activity and landing. No way in hell a prime Vargas touch FLoyd as much as he did WInky. Didnt Soliman hit Winky like 400 times

For one....Vargas won the fight simply because Winky was inactive the last 4 rounds. He had the fight won hands down.

Secondly....Soliman landed virtually nothing flush on Winky. Most of the punches were bouncing off his arms and gloves and keep in mind....Winky leaves his body open. Body shots have absolutely no effect on him.

Watch Tito try and wail away on his body to no avail.

Winky is like a S.W.A.T. officer with a big shield.



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