you guys hear about this? they been tryin to do this for awhile but neither would agree on the purse. but now that they are both old as fuck they humbled up and agreed. supposed to take place early in 2010. its official. its crazy jones has two fights booked at once hes fighting green next month. i used to love watching young rjj fight. it was sad when glen johnson laid him out.
anyway…predictions?
roy will get blasted into retirement.
thats what im thinkin. he shoulda hung em up after that last tarver fight. i watched his “comeback” fight live with prince badi. it was in my city. it was cool seein roy fight live but sad seeing old gunshy roy fight live.
b-hop is an animal tho man. he looked incredible dismantling pavlik
Roy has gotten worse with age. B-hop has improved with age.
B-hop gets his vindication via KO I say.
i agree
Bhop wins this… Roy is nowhere near what he was when they fought so long ago, but Hopkins has just gotten better.
I dunno guys, this one seems tough to call. Roy is much more active than bernard, so thats gotta be an advantage, staying in shape and staying sharp. Also, i think hopkins is much more inconsistant than roy. Yeah he look incredible agains kelly pavlik, but before that fight he was constantly giving rounds away, not being active and just not fighting to win. Roy as well, more in the past though, has been inconsistant but i believe those days are behind him or at least i hope so. Roy fights to win, and win big, i cant always say the saem for bernard. Last 2 fights: Bernard whooped Pavlik, a very tough, hard punching prime middleweight. Roy spanked Jeff Lacy, whose also tough, dangerous, but nowhere near the skill level of pavlik. Dont get me wrong, Lacy is no slouch, no bum, no pushover, but hes more of a B level opponent now.
In the end we have two legends of boxing going at it again, and i truly believe it is a 50 50, either guy could take this one. It depends on which roy and which hopkins show up, if the roy that got whooped by calzaghe shows up hes done for and will prolly get KO’d but then again if the Hopkins shows up that fought calzaghe then its roy all night. I’d love to see Roy take this one, ive been watching him forever and i like his attitude, and stlye much more than hopkins. we’ll see
[quote]Rampage19 wrote:
Roy spanked Jeff Lacy, whose also tough, dangerous, but nowhere near the skill level of pavlik. Dont get me wrong, Lacy is no slouch, no bum, no pushover, but hes more of a B level opponent now. [/quote]
Yes, he is a slouch, a bum, a pushover. He was highly touted for about a month… but he’s a C level fighter at best.
Comparing him and Pavlik is crazy… Pavlik is the middleweight champ, and has fought and beaten far better competition. They are worlds apart.
Plus, Hopkins came much closer to beating Calzaghe than Roy did… Roy’s fight should have been stopped numerous times.
i love em both. who cares what they do now anyway? their legacies are already cemented in history.
[quote]Therizza wrote:
i love em both. who cares what they do now anyway? their legacies are already cemented in history.[/quote]
Sure thing. THis is one of the first fights that I could say I really don’t care who wins, only because I love both fighters.
it would be great to see a 24/7 on these two… but its not gonna happen.
do they even do 24/7s on non mayweather fights?
well… they did one for Jones- Calzaghe… and they did one for Hopkins-Pavlik, and maybe Hopkins Calzaghe… so they’re not adverse to doing either fighter.
Depends on who’s showing the fight I guess. They love that 24/7 shit.
Well, I hope Roy listens this time… and fucking retires. He’s got nothing left after a first round KO at the hands of Green.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Well, I hope Roy listens this time… and fucking retires. He’s got nothing left after a first round KO at the hands of Green.[/quote]
It’s sad to see how far he’s fallen. This is why I have no interest in seeing him fight Hopkins. He’s nowhere near the same fighter he used to be (ever since he came back down in weight after fighting Ruiz at heavyweight).
Well, Aussie Davo will be happy haha.
omg my heart is broken again. he really needs to hang them up. PLEASE ROY HANG THEM THE FUCK UP
jones will not retire to this pathetic first round knockout… i think he’ll still go through with the fight. It’s a pretty good payday and he’ll call it a career. Or I could be in denial… damn!! i really wanted to see bhop vs jones 2!!! fack!!
nah