Fantasy middleweight match
 

Prime hitman Hearns vs. Xecutioner Hopkins @ 160

Who wins and why?

I see this X being a made to order fight for Tommy. Feather fisted Jermaine Tylor hurt X early. i saw his knees dip. Hopkins can't hurt Tommy and Tommy is so much quicker than Hopkins there's no way he could lose.

Tommy's only problem is when X tries coming on late but as he showed in the Taylor fight, way too little, too late and without that knockout punch, Tommy holds on late for a unanimous points win.

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he wasn't off balance, he was hurt. Don't you know what a hurt fighter looks like? That's why Bernard didn't move in until several rounds later when the hurt wore off.

Hopkins is the 90's version of james Kinchen, only he doesn't have quite the talent and power James had, tho more fire than the heat (no pun intended). james was also a sharper hitter.

make no mistake, Hopkins would not get the respect of Tommy Hearns and he couldn't hope to match his speed. Bernard doesn't have much to his game and has no real weapons. Larry Merchant discussed his lack of power which is what I said all along. He's too low on power and Tommy is much faster and sharper. he might even knock out X with that big right hand

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If you put the Hearns of the Duran fight against the Hopkins of the Trinidad fight, thats an awesome match up.But at 160, Hops is a little sturdier that Tommy, and Benards precision body punching would have an effect.Hopkins might have the edge in this one.

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Hopkins doesn't have the power to hurt Tommy. Bernard never had the power to hurt any middleweight of class while Tommy has power to spare.

Taylor hurt him. Tommy would hurt him even worse.

See how esay Jermaine reached his head with the jab. X couldn't do nothing until they got in the clinches and had no game plan. Couldn't handle an opponent with a good jab.

Tommy could win just on the jab alone and if Bernard slipped past it the way Duran did, then blam!! Tommy would paste him with the right hand and X would find himself on the floor.

Even if X moves his head enough to avoid damage the way you say, Tommy would work his body and move out the way a petrified Jermaine Taylor did. Even though Jermaine was shaky in the late rounds, X still couldn't take him out because he never had the power to bale him out of this kind of situation-so says Larry Merchant.

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But how? he has little power and not quick enough to compete with Tommy. Tommy has all the advantages and beats any version.

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Take a look at the reply, jagoff. Look at his legs, they were off balance. The punch didn't even land cleanly.

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he was hurt! That's why he didn't want to take chances until the late rounds when he got desparate and realized he was in jeopardy of losing his title and then had the nerve to act surpised over the decision.

Sheesh!

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Aren't you one of those people? Anyone writing these things has to be a Bernard Hopkins nuthugger. You should feel priviledged knowing the truth that Tommy would outslick the X man. Hopkins isn't even known for anything other than lose to Jones jr. which makes those 20 title defenses meaningless.

By the way, my pick was Hopkins over Trinidad so I already knew what he could do before any of you.

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Then why did the crowd jump start cheering? Hopkins was holding on for dear life the ref yelling at him to stop holding. Then he did nothing the rest of the round but circle and hold. What happened to the great strategist?

Imagine him trying that with the hitman. He'd get himself killed.

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Hopkins was off balance if you're talking about the right hand I think you are. But if that had been Hearns, Hopkins would have been in real trouble.

The Hearns who zapped Duran and Shuler would beat Hopkins. Hagler and Hearns are a class above Hopkins. If Hopkins was a great as people say, the Taylor fights shouldn't have been close.

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hopkins size and difficult size would be to much for tommy and he wouldnt be able to hurt him i dont think (or be able to catch him with the punch that would hurt him)

i see hopkins taking a decision or late stoppage

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i meant difficult style in my last post

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What do you mean size? And how the hell can Bernard take out Hearns? He can't hit! Only guys who can whack would be a concern for Tommy.

People like Singletary, Minchillo, Geraldo, Schuler, Dewitt, Hill will never cause Tommy problems. It's raw punchers like Barkley, Hagler and Roldan who get him in trouble.

You can throw Hopkins in with the first group. He's never been known as a puncher.

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I will take the fight where Jones made Hopkins look bad. How's that?

Jones and Hopkins are different cases. Jones depended on reflex. As soon as he aged he was in trouble. Hopkins has always depended on a particular style, and he gets better with that style with experience. Hearns has the perfect style to mess Hopkins up. Hopkins lays back. Hearns will jab, jab, and pop the right hand in. Hopkins has a good chin, but he never faced a puncher like Hearns. But even if Hopkins survived, he would be outpointed by the best boxer he ever faced - and that includes Roy Jones and Winky Wright. Hearns is no sucker for lead rights, and he wouldn't be reckless against Hopkins the way he was against the limited Barkley.

Taylor is the perfect example, because Taylor is a big middleweight like Hearns in the classic one-two style, except of course Hearns was two or three leagues above Taylor in terms of talent and skill. Most of Hopkins biggest names were natural welterweights (Brown, de la Hoya, Trinidad), so these don't serve as useful examples. In fact, these wins cause people to overrated Hopkins. Hearns was a big middleweight. Hopkins would be in serious trouble against the Hit Man.

Incidentally, Tarver would never have caught Jones in Roy's prime. Tarver is a second rater.

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Excellent post Lethal. In fact, that was perfect :good