i'm praying Hopkins can bow out with this win as one of greatest boxers in his weight class....
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B-Hop is moving up to fight tarver, so either way i dont think many would say he wasnt one of the great fighters at 160. Probably one of the best things b hop has going for him is that tarver is coming down in weight from that foolish rocky movie (and a lot of guys cant really recover from cutting all the weight for one reason or another). Tarver is a pretty skilled boxer so hopkins edge against most fighters probably doesnt come into play as much here. I dont know how much he has left in the tank at this point, but i do hope he can beat tarver for one last hurrah. Still i think tarver wins by a close decision, since thats the way it seems their styles will dictate this fight. Either way hopkins is an all time great at 160.
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I am so sick and tired of everyone blaming Don King for Tyson's demise. Tyson is a grown man, in control of his faculties (well, kind of), who made his own choices. No one put a gun to his head and told him to sign on with King.\n\nI'm also sick of hearing what a 'great' fighter Tyson was. How is he great when the wins on his resume are against guys like Bruce Seldon and Trevor Berbick, and anyone that actually fought back in a planned, disciplined manner knocked his a*s out?\n\nIn answer to your question, yes, Tyson did reach his full potential. The night he bit a chunk of Holyfield's ear off. \nThat night will forever define what kind of a fighter he is, or was; basically a terrifically fast, overrated coward, that brutalized his way out of a fight to avoid getting knocked out again, by committing what might be the most savage foul in the history of sport.
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LMAO Brad, I just mentioned something similar in a response to a question earlier. Problem is we need a Juggernaut to come in and clean it up, KO everyone he faces and take all the belts. Then it will really feel like the 80s. \n\nI also agree with what I perceive was a distaste for the fight last night. I almost turned it off. Did you get a look at Brock's feet position?? What in the world? Is this guy just stepping into the ring for the first time? He keeps his feet so close together a stiff breeze could knock him over. Wladimir still gets frazzled when something bad happens, after he got cut he looked like a frightened little boy. "Manny Help me please, tell me its gonna be all right, kiss the boo boo"\n\nOne fighter from the 80s I liked to watch was Michael Dokes, his fight with Holyfield in March of 89 was fantastic.\n\nMaybe they can stage a play where Wladimir plays Cooney, Valuev plays Coetzee, Toney plays Tubbs, Rahman plays Witherspoon etc etc They can enter the ring to songs like "Tainted Love" or "Sweet Dreams"..
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Yeah that was kind of silly but there is probably one guy who spent a thousand dollars making the graphics for the background of the punch stat board that needed justification or something. Thats the third devastating body punch I saw end a big money fight in the last couple years. Hopkins/De Lay Hoya and Ghatti/Dorin. The latter actually put Dorin in retirement too
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I really don't think anyone could have taken Tyson is his prime.  He was far to overwhelming.  Roy Jones, Jr.?  I saw him fight guys that everyone said he shouldn't beat and he made them look silly; evading punches and throwing them from odd angles.  Tua needs to do more to even be int his conversation.
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Pancho ~\n               In my opinion, I never thought of Hopkins as anything more than a good fighter trying to define his legacy by fighting blown up Jr. Middleweights (Trinidad and De La Hoya) and showed horrible sportsmanship when beaten twice by a younger, faster and stronger natural Middleweight (Taylor)\n\n               There's two things that Hopkins would need to beat Maskaev and he doesn't have or ever possesed at any point in his career Speed and Power. Hopkins doesn't have the speed necessary to get in and out and avoid being hit with a devestating shot. Hopkins doesn't have the power to keep the much bigger and stronger Maskaev off of him.\n\n               Maskaev hits like a mule at any stage of the fight, his power is forever present and he is always dangerous. There's two things that Maskaev does extremely well but doesn't get credit for. He uses his jab very well with good accuracy and he cuts the ring off, better than most of the bigger heavyweights out there. Maskaev also has a decent chin and would be able to take anything a much smaller and weaker Hopkins would have to offer.\nMaskaev has never been completely healthy for any of his past 10 fights, but his back is feeling much better and his training has been going very well in the Poconos for his upcoming fight and he claims he's healthy again.\n\n       If this fight were ever to happen look for Maskaev to stop Hopkins in less the seven rounds. Hopkins would never be in the fight after the 3rd round. The state of the Heavyweight division is indeed the worst it's ever been, but it's not that bad where a blown up Middleweight who could never punch and has little or no speed could take the title from a heavyweight who can punch and wouldn't tolerate any rough stuff. \n\n       Thanks for the question Pancho.
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I'm amazed that De La Hoya made it past Mayorga.  I was stunned.  But regardless...\n\nThere's no way in HELL that De La Hoya could beat Mayweather.  He's smart to dodge the fight.\n\nBut to answer your question, YES, Oscar is definitely dodging a fight that he can't win.
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Iran Barkley lost a lot of credibility with me with his lackluster effort against Roberto Duran. He was lucky to win that. When he was on his game Hagler would be tough to beat. I'll take the marvelous one in a close match.
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Man, that is a tough question, as a boxer enthusiast, and amateur boxer myself I am really excited about the Chris Byrd Wladimir Klitschko fight.  \n\nNow, about your question, I do think Klitschko is going to easily defeat Chris Byrd, by even more than he did their first fight, and I believe that James Toney will then be the Ring Magazine number one fighter, however I believe everyone will then consider Wladimir Klitschko the heavyweight to beat.  Klitschko looked great in his last fight, and will defeat Chris Byrd by unanimous decision.
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Yup, great fighter. I remember him from the '84 Olympics. I saw him fight (and lose to) Tommy Hearns at Caesars Palace for the WBA Light Heavyweight Title in '91...He should have hung 'em up after losing to Michalczewski and Jones Jr. in succession, cause all he ended up doing was moving up to Cruiserweight and fighting a bunch of stiffs...
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Yeah Deadman is going to be victorious this time. \nThe Great Khali, REST IN PEACE.
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oh, brent. would have torn my house apart watching this. pedroza was tall, awkward ,clever & dirty. he would do everything to disrupt sanchez- rabbit punches, elbows, combinations to the groin, bolo punches, walking away from exchanges. young sanchez would grow up on this night. pedrosa would win rounds & hurt sanchez with low blows. salvador would adjust. he was still learning his craft. here, he would begin to cut the ring & be aggressive as in the gomez bout. an angry but thinking sanchez begins to land more combinations in the middle rounds, taking advantage of pedrozas on/off style. though the old master would frustrate, foul & outslick him at times, sanchez would be relentless. pedrosa, having been forced to fight at a hotter pace than he wanted, would find his late stamina is not there on this night. sanchez wins by 13th round tko.... we were robbed of this mans talent too soon. i dont think we got to see all he could do. i believe he might have proved the best feather of all time. thanks for the question!
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John Ruiz is one of my favorite boxers but he really has been in a crisis lately and I think that he is going to have his work cut out for him in this match against Ibragimov. But to be honest i believe that whoever wins this fight will stand very little chance of wining against Wladimir. He is in my opinion the best heavyweight in the world at the moment. The way he handled Chris Byrd in his last fight was just awesome and it's really hard for me to see anything else except the winner of this elimination bout ending up in similar fashion.
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unbelievable. this man hasn't proven he's worth a pimple on a great fighters *ss. since he avoids the fighters we know would test that claim(and his chin), it would be perfect justice if someone with 'no chance to beat him' knocked him out & sent him to the oblivion he deserves
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Taylor is a joke. Yes he gave Hopkins two good fights, but didn't bet him. Gave Winky allot of problems in the middle of the rim, but didn't beat him. I think that they are trying to build boxing around Taylor & they don't want him to loose. I can understand Hopkins didn't do real good the first fight, but the second was better. For a man to say that he did anything or he can do anything, there is no show. Why would Taylor say that he's ok with the draw. That tell you that he didn't win.
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eh the one guy hits most of it but not quite all of it. Hopkins does win the biggest fights of his career excluding the roy jones jr fight. Really by the time taylor hits him, his legacy is already fairly well intact, but another win would have probably cemented it further. Imo hopkins won the first fight anyway. \n\nTo get to the question though, hopkins does not get the recognition that he deserves because he is not a very likeable guy all the time. Outside the ring he is often distant, difficult to work with, and has a checkered past at best. Inside the ring he is very methodical and does not fight incredibly exciting fights to the casual viewer. In order to enjoy a Hopkins fight you need to know what you are getting in for. It will not be a slugfest like a manny paciquao is going to bring. For many Hopkins incredibly control of the pace of a fight is not fun to watch. If a fighter is not fun to watch fans arent going to give him the credit he deserves. However Hopkins is an all time great at 160 pounds for the duration and dominance he held over the division no matter what the common public says. He might not be in the top 3, but id imagine he pushes the top 5. \n\nFor the last part of your question as to why Oscar has a shot against Floyd Mayweather Jr. PBF is moving up in weight and oscar is looking good after his destruction of Mayorga (who is a good fight for oscar). Going into the hopkins fight Oscar was the one moving up to fight the well established Hopkins coming off what looked like a loss to Felix Sturm. So the situations are different, but the result for Oscar probably will be the same.
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Cookie, he was the best heavyweight I have seen in 35 years more skilful than Tyson, Holmes, Lewis, but there have been other fighters at other weights who were just as sensational, like Leonard, Duran, Hagler, Barrera, de la Hoya. Tough call, my friend