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Hopkins still a character. Wants to take on the two most feared punchers back to back as an old man, and gets to expose all the young guys who don't want any.
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And one of the keys is Bhop isn't locked down with a pimp Al Haymon who does all Hopkins talking for himself, like the 200+ fighters Haymon has in his brothel protecting. Bhop talks for himself, he calls out the best fighters to fight. He stands on his own feet. More than everyone else in Boxing under Haymon.Comment
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Hope he's not broke, this guy should've retired many years ago.Comment
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He's far from broke. He's very shrewd with his money. Lives a frugal life too. I agree that he should have retired quite a while ago, probably after the Jean Pascal series, but he obviously wants to go down as one of the best of all time. A guy who took on big challenges and often won. Some of the younger fighters should look to his example.Comment
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Young fighters should also know that this sport take a toll and u and u should have a life after boxing, u have to know when t walk away cuz one punch at this old age can change ur life forever, this is not basketball or tennis, this is boxing.
Don't get me wrong it's pretty courageous and actually legendary to do what he's doing but I would like for him to retire cuz that would be a bitter end to a sweet story if he got hurt now, which can happen if he keeps fighting all these big punchers, with that being said, I think money has alot to do with it, his biggest "legacy" fight would be Ward not GGG, but GGG can generate more money at the moment so that's why he wants to fight him, and I don't like to see a 50 year old actually having to go through all that physical pain for a payday, especially if he's been doing it for 30+ years.Comment
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Hopkins isn't fighting for money. He's fighting for legacy more than money. He's a true man's man.
Hopkins vs GGG. Let's go!Comment
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can anyone tell me why GGG is rated so high by you guys on boxingscene? becuase he knocks out c and b level fighters? then why arent you guys sucking off wilder as well? he does the same ****, right?Comment
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I can't bring myself to watch kova bhop again
But can someone tell me how Hopkins is gonna punch enough to beat ggg?Comment
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Difference is this: No-one has seen a huge weakness in GGG, we've seen enough in Wilder to suggest he might be chinny and hasn't got the best technique. GGG calls out the big names (Martinez at the time, Cotto, Canelo etc) or as u might call it, your A level fighters and they don't want to know. Wilder is hardly calling out the big names. GGG is fighting these C and B level fighters, we can compare him because these fighters have fought other A level fighters. That's how you compare GGG to other A level fighters. Wilder hasn't fought anyone good enough worth comparing with another big fighter. His impending fight with Povetkin will be his first, let's see how he does.Comment
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True, true, true, and true. You've nailed it.And you know this how? Do you have an insider feeding you information on how much is being offered and to whom?
Nope, not at all. It just shows that he would consider it if the conditions were right. But by the time this thread is done, people will be claiming that GGG is ducking Hopkins, others that Hopkins is ducking GGG and yet others that they are both ducking Ward.
IF this fight was to happen and Golovkin was to KO Hopkins, Ward would never fight GGG, neither would Chavez or Froch or Cotto - well Cotto never will anyways, etc... and GGG will have an even tougher time trying to get anyone in the ring with him in the future.Comment
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