Upload: Hopkins vs. Simon Brown (plus some serious totty at 0:30 of the 2nd video)

This and the second Allen fight are where I think Bernard was really at his best, where he had the best of both worlds: skills and athleticism. It's actually not quite as technical a display as you might expect; his hands are often all over the place and he does a few unorthodox things. But all the defensive intuitions are there, he's as slick as I've ever seen him, whipping in counters from all over the place - over Brown's jab, over everything. Pulls all the classic Hopkins moves: body feints, turning the opponent, pulling the old Jersey Joe Walcott step to one side before a quick right hand, spinning his man and hitting from the other side, giving him a working over inside. And he follows it up with a wicked uppercut KD which is the beginning of the end.

This man would have knocked Taylor out! :deal

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Quality has come out quite nice as well.

 

bump

 

:fire

 

Yeah, he knocked off a few decent welters, but was definitely on the slide by the time he ended up at 160.

 

Yes. Even now, Hopkins wears Light-Heavy quite well, and you don't lose technical ability when you move up in weight. He could have been formidable anywhere from 160-175 IMO. Perhaps he just didn't want to fight Jones again.

 

Bump.