Bhop vs DeGale: Possibility for later this year

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  1. Leoh

    Leoh Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    “I’m interested in beating a guy up – the same guy that beat up [Andre] Dirrell.”

    “There’s a few things that would need to fall into place,” IBF President Darryl Peoples said. “But, given what he’s accomplished, we would give Bernard due consideration if he petitioned to be reclassified as a super-middleweight."

    How do you rate this fight and predict the outcome?

    :bbb
     
    Leoh, Jun 4, 2015
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  2. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Degale decision, but B-HOP gives him some trouble. Something like 116-112 for Degale.
     
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  3. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    WAR B-HOP!:ibutt:ibutt:ibutt
    :eek:ld
     
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  4. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Holy ****. This is actually a guy that the ancient BHop could still beat. What an awful fight to watch it would be. But, it may be a smart move for Degale since he will most likely lose to whoever he fights next. (At least if he loses to Bernard, it was to a Hall of Famer.)
     
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  5. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    BHop wins in a close fight, making the Kovalev shutout all the more relevant.:deal
     
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  6. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    You and your agendas.
     
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  7. beachie17

    beachie17 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Degale will win a very wide points decision. Hopkins was a great fighter but has nothing to trouble any of the top current fighters in my opinion.
     
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  8. CST80

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    A least I'm honest about it, but I'm being serious Hopkins doesn't have a great style for DeGale, I'm a huge fan of Chunky, but the Dirrell fight without the KD's was a draw and the Groves match should have been as well. Hopkins is still just crafty enough to make another young buck look less than dynamite.
     
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  9. fruitpunch

    fruitpunch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Old man Hopkins should just retire

    As Mancini said, "I wouldn't walk across the street to watch this guy fight"

    Degale probably beats him anyway
     
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  10. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Agreed, except I think it will be decisive.

    :smoke
     
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  11. Dos Huevos

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    Hopkins does not need to keep fighting! Sure it's his life but considering everything else he has going for him, why?

    Sorry: I really have no opinion on this fight...
     
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  12. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Shhh I agree, but I didn't feel like arguing with anybody that much today so I said close to avoid any crazed Brit****s attacking me.:yep
     
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  13. Ducklerr

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    Am I the only person in the world who likes watching both these guys?

    DeGale 117-111 or 116-112.
     
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  14. realsoulja

    realsoulja Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hopkins is talking about Froch probably, since Froch also "beat up" Dirrell.

    If BHop vs Degale does happen, I can see Hopkins teaching Degale a lesson filled with dirty tricks and old school infighting.
     
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  15. PRINC£

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    Unlike Kovalev, DeGale has the confidence in his own chin to walk Hopkins down and blast him out. Fight won't happen tho, DeGale has bigger fish to fry
     
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