Pascal vs Hopkins

I'd love this to be on Prem sports (especially if Virgin start to broadcast Premier Sports!)

 

dot get ur hopes up

premier are doing a great with the funds they have imo.

hopefully once virgin customers can get they get more subscribers which means more fights :happy

 

Hope this gets screened on some channel over here. This and Huck v Lebedev are two great fights at the end of the year on December the 18th. At least one of these cards needs to get picked up by British TV.

 

premier have promised 1 big fight a month and have always delivered. this is the biggest available fight in december.

 

Hopkins is always a back as an underdog. Pascal is terrible compared to Bernard. The fight is about how much Bernard has left. Chad Dawson V the winner!

 

i dont see hopkins as the underdog here. i see him as the favourite but think pascal will win.

 

While I think Pascal will decision him, you just don't bet against B-Hop.

 

:nononever ever:thumbsup

 

:think how the hell d'you work that out? Hopkins is in no way the favourite in this fight. If you think he is, get down the bookies quick.

 

serious? i thought most people would be going for hopkins win. are there any early odds up?

 

Odds have been up for months.

[url]http://www.oddschecker.com/boxing/jean-pascal-v-bernard-hopkins/winner[/url]

 

Hopkins points @ 7/2 is massive for someone with his history. I'll have a piece of that.

 

Bernard has pulled it out many times before but he really did look old in the RJJ fight. Pascal is good, very under-rated IMO. I think Pascal out works Bernard convincingly.

 

Couple of years ago this would've been an easy pick in Hopkins favor, but Hopkins can't fight 12 rounds anymore IMO. He's gonna rely on cutting Pascal's activity and countering mistakes. Can't see him getting a decision in a close one, so he's probabily gonna need a knockout and when was the last time he knocked someone out?

He's to crafty to get beat up and that alone is bound to make it competitive and relatively close, plus Hopkins has the style advantage which is one of the reasons he's taking this fight. It's a case of Hopkins knowing how to beat Pascal, but not having the physical tools to do it IMO. A technician like Bernard should never be counted out though, but it's hard to make a case for him here, especially based on what we've seen from both men lately. Pascal seems like a smart guy to me, who has fully matured and at his peak and will take a decision. We shall see.