Hopkins is finally going to put an end to the circus that is now Roy Jones' career. I say Hopkins by knockout. It's no coincidence that Roy has only been looking good against stiffs for the past 5 years or so.
Hopkins will circle, move backwards jump in & grab & rabbit punch his way to victory & if he wins everyone here will love him for it. I hope RJJ ends that twat's career. At least RJJ chases greatness; Hopkins chases cherry pickings.
hopkins is too smart for roy, he's going to control the fight, catch the eye with his punches and hopkins can hurt roy wheras roy can't do the same to him. even in the first fight hopkins stunned roy jones but just didn't take adavantage. a pre-prime jones couldn't handle hopkins straight right so how will one past his prime manage it.
im a big hopkins fan, and a big RJJ fan. but anyone with a bit of boxing knowledge should know that B-Hop would thourougly outbox Roy at this day and age!
Hopkins is going to show respect for RJ's hand speed and that's going to keep him weary. RJ isn't Pavlik or Tarver, guys with telegraphed hand speed. I know many think RJ has no chance but i think he has a great chance based on styles. Both are natural counter punchers. If this fight is fought in the middle of the ring, RJ has a great chance to win. I'll go with Hopkins UD as conventional thinking but i say that with 60% certainty. RJ is a very live dog in this one. And people say Hopkins is smart but so is RJ.
Hopkins by UD, but Roy has a lot better chance than some people are giving him. Roy looks worst against fighters that keep him up against the ropes and let their hands go a lot. This fight will look good in the center of the ring, Hopkins still has much respect for Roy Jones, who still has very fast hands and is very smart himself.
even at this point of the two fighter's career. I still think is hard for bhop to beat Jones. Bhop is the better fighter at this point but he is missing two things that is needed to beat jones. Some power and workrate which he don't have. Bhop varies on aggression from match to match. If he can be the aggressor and counter punch effectively, he can win this fairly easy but he have to be aggressive!
The only reason people aren't calling B-Hop obselete and calling for him to get out of the game is because he's always relied on grappling and the occasional dirty tactic. He never had as much talent as Roy did or still does. Styles make fights no doubt. Roy is back to being Roy after the twilight of his career read******g his skills to his age and probably dealing with the weight from up at heavy. Roy has faster hands....He's the busier fighter... he's the flasher fighter... his ring knowledge is at least as genius as Bernard's..... Jones 116-112 just like all 3 scores of the first fight