Hopkins vs. Maskaev? Can Bernard pull it off?
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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 personally a Mayweather fan and based on skills alone and not the fact that Judah is a clown but when he's focus he's dangerous, I think the Mayweather chin is better therefore he'll be able to take more shots.  Judah does have a strong punch, probably stronger than anything Mayweather has face include Castillo.  If Mayweather keeps him in the middle of the ring and not chase him around, then Mayweather wins easly.  I think Judah has to take it to Floyd, make him be on the defense more often during the fight.  It's nice to see a female boxing fan especially one who knows her stuff.  :)
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I can see that fight hapening since Briggs is a American fighter. It will be more of a draw because not only ids Briggs American but he is also a big and powerful boxer. I believe though that Klitschko would beat Briggs and then would fight the next Russian. I did not hear about his brother Vladmir comong back. Before he retired due to injury he was the best Heavy weight boxer.
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Sure, why not? He could beat Juan Jose Landaeta. Plus they're both southpaws so no disadvantage there. The only question is, can Kameda take a punch and can he go the distance?
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It should have been a draw. The knockdown in the first round proved to be costly for Collazo. Needless to say, Hatton is still undefeated, but would absolutely get killed by Mayweather, De La Hoya or Cotto. He does put on a good show though.
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it's hard to pick against Hatton right now...until he gives us a reason to think that he will lose, we have to give him the benefit of the doubt.  he is strong and takes a punch as well as anyone P4P.  i say KO in 9.
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Interesting question Brent!  Ken Norton was one hell of a fighter and he obviously faced much tougher competitiion during his career.  He beat Ali once and lost two very close decisions to him in their trilogy of fights.  Klitschko has a good punch and a decent jab but I believe that Norton would really bust him up inside and set it all up with his very quick and underrated jab.  By the 9th round a very weary Klitschko has taken a lot of punishment and the referee has to stop the fight.  I believe that the same result would occur give or take a few rounds against the other guys with Norton prevailing.  He was just a lot better fighter than any of these heavyweights today in my opinion.
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Good question, lol, I would have to say both would hit each other at the same time and get knocked out at the same time, so a TIE.
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Hopkins. It was a great way for him to retire from boxing. Each judge scored in 118-109, which means that Hokins won 10 of 12 rounds.\n\nI wish he could take one more shot @ Jermain Taylor...
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Hopkins promised his now-deceased mother that he'd retire by age 40.\n\nHe's 42 now.  He wanted to go out on top, and even after his big win, he says he's done.\n\nHe beat Tarver... and Tarver beat Jones.  That's better than beating Jones himself as Jones is now past his prime and should stay retired.\n\nHopkins got what he wanted with the win over Tarver.  He's done.
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It's more like a boxing match...
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I think it's most likely going to be someone from a former Soviet-bloc country,  the leading 'next great heavyweights' in my book are,\n\nWladimir Klitschko of Ukraine \nHe easily outboxed and outpunched Chris Byrd and earned the IBF title.\n\nSergei Liakhovich of Belarus\nHe had put on a great show with Lamon Brewster and now holds the WBO title.\n\nOleg Maskaev of Kazakhstan \nIf his rematch with Rahman goes well, he'll hold the WBC title.\n\n\nAll three of these guys are good boxers with a lot of potential.  Maskaev's chin may be a little suspect, but so was Klitschko's .. undeserving, if you ask me.  Anyone of these guys can throw enough power to knock anybody down.\n\n\nOf course, I'm a fan of Baby Joe Mesi.  He's still undefeated.  But his last couple of wins were struggles, especially with Jirov who had just stepped up from cruiserweight, if memory serves.  Joe hasn't been fully tested against a true heavyweight contender, and at this point, since he has suffered multiple subdural hematomas on his brain, I just cannot support his continued fighting.  I liked to watch the guy box, but now it's just a matter of time before he gets seriously hurt.\n\n\nOf all of these guys, I like Klitschko's chances the best. With Manny Steward in his corner he seems to have settled into a better strategy for winning fights .. accentuating his strengths, staying away from the opponent's strengths, and maximizing his opponent's weakness.  He just systematically demolished Byrd from the start of the 2nd round.  Unless he falls back into bad habits of punching himself out or moving straight back and suffers another huge knockout loss, I think he'll be on the move toward the next great heavyweight.\n\nOf course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
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It's a possibility. The larger fighter has a natural advantage and almost always wins. The only real obstacle I see is Wladimir Klitschko, which would be a great matchup.\n\nThe biggest problem, though, would be unifying the alphabet belts since most boxing organizations will not even rank someone who has a title from one of the other organizations (Valuev has the WBA title). The only way unification bouts could be made would be if there was enough interest and enough money in a fight for the organizations to decide to sanction it. This is especially difficult since most people think of Valuev as being slow with nothing in his arsenal other than the jab. Nikolai definitely needs to get on tv first (he's only been shown on pay-per-view here in the States) and have an exciting enough bout to get the public's attention. Then he might get a shot.
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No.  Obviously Hunt could knock him out if they stand and exchange, but Fedor will definately try to take him down and submit  him by armbar.  I think Fedor wins easily, but Hunt would have a punchers chance.  I think Sylvia is a good test for Fedor, since he will be difficult to get down because he so big, but I still think Fedor wins.
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They already showed it last Saturday on HBO with the Taylor-Wright fight, but they'll show it again tonight.\n\nTue 6/20 11:30 PM (HBO2 - EAST)\nWed 6/21 02:30 AM (HBO2 - WEST)\n\n(Hopkins dominated the whole fight and won by decision.)
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I have a P4P favorite in each weight class.  But I have to go with my boy; Miguel Cotto!  Winky Wright is also a strong candidate.  And no doubt in my mind that Bernard 'The Executioner' Hopkins is on top of the boxing world right now.  Floyd?  He gotta beat Oscar De La Hoya if he wants to be recognized as one of the top P4P at least in my mind.
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marvin hagler was a great champion for years (and really he got robbed when he fought ray leanord) and jermain taylor is just a pup so its not really a fair comparison. hagler was a great power puncher, a better boxer and he could switch from southpaw to orthodox(people forget that). i think that would be too much for taylor to overcome even if he was more seasoned. Hagler would stalk him unlike hopkins did. Hopkins had taylor in trouble but didnt capitalize. Hagler would finish the job. Hagler by 8th rd KO