I just cant see Green beating Hopkins, If you think Green can do it consider this: Green was outboxed and outpointed by Marcus Beyer, who im not saying was bad but not anywhere near as good as Hopkins, Green was also beaten by Mundine who has been KOd by Ottke, outpointed by Kessler and who has been run close by lesser fighters than Hopkins. When Hopkins has been beaten its been by faster, 2 fisted fighters, not by slower punchers. Hopkins is good at mind games, and id imagine him using what Jones was saying about Greens alleged illegal hand wraps, on fight night to unsettle Green before he comes to the ring. All in all I see this fight going the same as Hopkins vs Tarver What you think?
green wont be affected by mind games,dont think he will outbox bhop,but certainly can hurt him and stop him.
Everyone assumed Green would get outclassed and thrashed by RJJ, that didnt turn out like expected. I would assume Hopkins can give us another great performance, but the man is in his mid 40's. Hopkins has taken great care of himself physically and mentally he is as sharp as ever. I figure him to thoroughly outbox and outclass Green. But there is a chance at an upset. Not a great one, but it is within the realm of possibility.
There were probably threads posted in here before the Jones fight asking the exact same question and look what happened....
Hey man, people win the lottery, find gold, 30 year olds date fine ass 18 year olds, Theres some days with 8-10+ perfect breaking waves at the beach, the red sox won a world series, douglass-tyson, Dlh gift decision over whitaker, and the cubs will win someday to, evolution of man, dinosaurs, men being struck by lightning, someone as far left as obama being elected president. Im sure i missed a bunch of strange random things but you get the picture. All in all stranger things have happend, not many though. If bernard put a beating on him like he did pavlik, i wouldnt be shocked. If green gets a gift decision i wouldnt be shocked. If green wins flatout fair in square, i wouldnt be suprised if the world was coming to an end.
At this stage in both there careers you cant even compare jones and hopkins. If you are a true diehard boxing fan i suggest you think about what you just wrote and contemplate a one week ban. Dead serious!
No heavyweight will even stop HOPKINS. "certainly can hurt him and stop him" You could say the same about pavlik.
No. Rather than over-analyizing the fight, the simple fact is, Green isn't going to outbox a quicker, more skilled and smarter fighter, and he isn't going to knock out a guy with an inpenetrable defence and a cast iron jaw.
i love hops but i am an aussie and a proud one at that so in this case i must abandon all objectivity and state without equivocation that Green the Machine will take Hopkins back to prison where he belongs and **** his stuttering senile ass till he turns white....
only chance I see is if BHOP ages overnight, which is not totally impossible, since at some point it has to happen...
I swear boxing fans seriously overrated Hopkins. It took Hopkins 12 rounds to figure out a C level boxer. As for Green vs Hopkins, I doubt Green respects Hopkins power, so I think Green is going to knock out Hopkins too.