Face it!...hopkins lost to a cruiserweight!

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  1. theword

    theword Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not that I disagree with Larry Merchant...but Hopkins did sort of have a point about 'jr' and 'super' not existing in the original eight weight classes.
     
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  2. Dos Huevos

    Dos Huevos Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cereal Lobotomy posted a thread bitching about the same issue last night.....
     
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  3. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    It should be Serial Lobotomy at this point. I'm having a hard time being convinced he stopped at 1.
     
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  4. RememberingC.S.

    RememberingC.S. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Honestly, Hopkins looked like the slightly bigger fighter.

    In the upper body, the shoulders, the neck and the arms, he looked even more muscolar than Kovalev.

    And at the weigh in he looked a bit taller, too.
     
    RememberingC.S., Nov 14, 2014
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  5. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You need to go back to the opticians and change your glasses prescription.
     
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  6. LondonRingRules

    LondonRingRules Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah but your point is irrelevant because kovalev didn't beat Hopkins with his size, he beat him with his boxing ability.
     
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  7. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    6lbs weight difference is significant but to say Kovalev is a cruiserweight is ridiculous. We've seen other fighters overcome bigger weight disadvantages.

    Hopkins wasn't just out muscled he was out boxed as well, he simply lost to the better man and probably the best light heavy he's ever fought.
     
    Brighton bomber, Nov 14, 2014
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  8. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hopkins lost fair and square, no excuses. I was rooting for Hop due to his age, but he was outworked and outgunned by the better man. Kov deserves his credit, NOBODY saw a performance that dominating coming and it wasnt due to a size advantage but the bility to keep the pressure up for 12 rounds non stop.
     
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  9. Tancred

    Tancred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol:
     
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  10. J.BULLA

    J.BULLA Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He also boxed better
     
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  11. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    They both weighed in below 175 and above 168. Both Hopkins and Kovalev were FUNCTIONING LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS.

    This in-ring weight realization that has just now swept over everyone is ridiculous.
     
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  12. Pound4PoundGG

    Pound4PoundGG Well-Known Member Full Member

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    You have to give people who walk around at the weight they fight more credit because they dont use the size advantage they rely more on their skills
     
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  13. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I think what makes it worse is he called out nothing but LMWs and that he even tried to lobby the likes of Larry Merchant to publicly accuse them of being cowards if they refused to accept his challenge.

    But that's besides the point. It's the irony of B-Hop fans using his size disadvantage against Kovalev as an excuse for him losing which is so comical.
     
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  14. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Don't forget that these same whinging bigots were crying about the huge size advantage Lomachenko had over Gary Russell Jr. too.

    An insurmountable and thoroughly unfair ΒΌ lb. lol
     
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  15. GGGisGOODboy

    GGGisGOODboy Active Member Full Member

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    Everyone moves up a weight division or 2 on fight night so everyone is a different weight division
    Cruiserweights become HW's on fight night so your argument doesnt really make sense he didnt lose to a CW
    If Hopkins weighed 182 then he was also a cruiserweight :rofl
     
    GGGisGOODboy, Apr 28, 2016
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