What on earth made Hopkins think that he won the fight?

Hopkins knows he lost. . . Hopkins is just being Hopkins.

 

The difference between this fight and the others is that Hopkins had a legitimate case in the Calzaghe and Taylor fights. I scored the fight 115-113 and I was being extremely generous to Hopkins (was likely a fair bit wider). Hopkins came back and talked to Dawson, though so it's all good I guess.

 

Lol yeah I gave it to Dawson 116-112, and I was probably being generous with round number 2, which is likely the round that was scored for Dawson on the judges cards who had 117-111 - which was almost certainly the correct score card. . . I thought Hopkins DEFINITELY won rounds 3, and 4. . And almost certainly won round 11, in which he was surprisingly aggressive.


I don't thingk you could make a case for him in the Joey Zags fight, though. . . I thought that was pretty clearly an "8-4" (115-112) fight

 

Hopkins has too much pride and he's incredibly stubborn. It's part of the reason why he became one of the sport's greats. Plus losing decisively is a new experience for him. Hasn't happened in about 20 years.

 

hopkins is a sore loser is all i can say. i sayed all of along that i thought dawson would win but i was rooting for bhop. i watched the fight twice and it did not win the the fight by anymeans. i had it 116 to 112 - 8rds for chad and 4 for bop and i was being generous.

 

117-111 was the correct score. The judge that had it 114-114 should have to explain to the commission how he came up with that score. The clean, effective punching was done by Dawson. And Dawson outlanded Hopkins by a significant number.

 

voted wrong option. dawson clearly won. not easily, but clearly. great showing for dawson.

 

I gave Hopkins 3, 4 and 11. And 3 could have gone either way, as I recall. Regardless, it was a very clear win and major performance by Dawson, who needed it.

 

He is a sore loser and a cry-baby.

 

:deal this!

 

I had it 116 - 112

Hopkins doesn't take defeat well. It rubs people up the wrong way but it's been a positive character flaw in his life.

I hope we can all agree that he wasn't scared now. At 47, having just lost a decision on his feet against the number 1 LHW in the world, now would be just as good a time as ever to call it quits.

(He could still beat Cleverly and Cloud)

 

hopkins is senile.

 

No i will not agree with that. hopkins finished on his feet because he fought scared and ran all night.