Hopkins should of fought Ademek

I like the Ademak fight for Hopkins, too, and am surprised that the prospect of the belt didn't sway him more. I also think he's miscalculating (or just making excuses) when he says Ademak isn't a draw. Face it, Bhop isn't much of a draw himself and other than maybe Jones (which isn't happening), he doesn't have a prospective opponent that would draw as well as Ademak (maybe Bute in Montreal, but he sure isn't doing that).

He has 2 fights that make perfect sense for him and always had the option to drop to a title fight at 168 and didn't move on any of them. He seems to have retired himself as far as I can see.

 

Ademek should stay at cruiserweight.

 

I agree.

 

You hit the nail on the head...Jones, Taylor and Calzaghe all one decisions against Bernard becuase they're fast and punch in combination which the judges seem to favor....Hopkins knows this...and Dawson is just too fast, and throws too many punches for Bernard to win a decision and he knows it...Adamek is a winnable fight for Hopkins...Dawson is not.

 

you never know... people thought that he's too small for cruiser and look now...

 

Well I disagree....speed is what Hopkins has always had difficulty in nuetralizing....I agree that Hopkins got robbed in the Taylor fights but judges usually favor the flashy, quick, busier fighter...thats why I think Dawson is all wrong for hopkins....Adamek is a slower more stationary target who I think Hopkins could beat....and remember, it wasnt long ago that Adamek was fighting at 175 so I don't think he'll enjoy a huge size advantage over Bernard...again, hopkins has had the chance to fight Dawson on numerous occassions yet he's been more interested in Adamek and even a Trinidad rematch...what does that tell u

 

From an boxing fan point of view a Dawson fight is far better. It would be an evenly matched and very interesting fight.

Hopkins, on the other hand, would dominate Adamek purely on the style match-up. I would have thought Hopkins would have wanted an easy extra belt for the collection. But as a pure boxing fan a Hopkins-Adamek fight is not intriguing.

I like Adamek and I think Adamek would do at least as well as Dawson did against Johnson. Hopkins is just a bad match-up for Adamek.

 

i would say adamek is bad match-up for bhop. he's younger, bigger and stronger... too many people overrate old bhop. i'm not trying to say that he's weak or something but it's still 200 pounds limit...