Comments Thread For: Hopkins: Jacobs Will Beat Golovkin - A Big Upset is Coming!
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“On paper, `GGG’ has to be the favorite. He’s got all those knockouts in a row and very few of those times has he been challenged a little bit, much less seriously challenged. He’s been steamrolling guys. There are some people who have been suggesting that he’s shown some vulnerability in his last two fights (against Dominic Wade and Kell Brook) because he’s been hit with punches he normally doesn’t get hit with, but he’s enough of a veteran to know what kind of power a guy packs, or doesn’t pack, right from the jump. If you don’t get his respect early, he’ll go right to you and eventually through you."
Hopkins is picking Danny partially b/c of how Golovkin vs Wade?
"I thought I’d be around 70 before somebody got close to my record, based on the trend of fighters going for titles in different weight classes rather than to stay in one class that long. I really thought my record would last a long, long time, and maybe it will," Hopkins said.Comment
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Hopkins is unintelligent.Comment
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He refers to the fact that in the beginning these defences were of the regular WBA title (the one Jacobs holds now). But of course it is not that cut and dry. When WBA "super" champion is active and takes all comers, "regular" WBA is a Mikky Mouse title. But in GGG case Geale won the "super" title and the went MIA for extended period of time, during which only GGG defended this "regular" title. After a while it became obvious that "regular" is the only one that is on the line time and again. And he was "promoted". So basically it is a fancy way of saying that "super" champion was stripped because of the refusal to fight his mandatory ("regular" champ). i'm sure if GGG went inactive for a year, the same people who say that his initial defences were not the real ones, would be the most vocal to claim that he is ducking Jacobs and the latter shall be considered the real WBA champion.Comment
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I disagree with your take on it, and your bias towards Golovkin in general but let's entertain it just for a second and hold you to your position here:
You do realize that what you set yourself up for here, is that all he needs is an extra win to override the interim defense, right? Your position in this argument is only valid if he stops at that magic number but why would he? It's unrealistic to even consider.
Now, that aside, do you really have a good reason for holding that against Golovkin? The man fights who they put in front of him, you either refuse to acknowledge that matchmaking goes beyond the actual fighter, or you just don't care to be fair about it.
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that's WBA's rules.
it's the same linear logic as when IBF was created, it divides the titles. How can a division have a WBA, WBO, WBC, and IBF champ? IBF would be the 4th champ in a single division.
IBF being the newest invention it is the least meaningful. only created in 1984.
i mean our opinions can go back and forth.
the fact is GGG was WBA champ. Bernard recognizes this fact.
you are a beta cuckold phag on the internet. nobody cares what you thinkComment
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