About to rewatch Hopkins vs Wright...

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Polymath, Nov 23, 2009.


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  1. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hopkins fought the better fight. Wright couldn't deal with adversity. Hopkins won clearly, as I predicted pre-fight.
     
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  2. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Trying to watch rd 8 and 9. This is really difficult.
     
    Polymath, Nov 23, 2009
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  3. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wright won at least 4 or 5 of the first 6 rds, Hopkins didnt do anything clearly other headbutt and hold.

    In fact Hopkins 'fighting the better fight' might be the stupidest quote in the history of esb. He did the opposite. This performance s an anti-fight. Winky made every exchange of every rd from what I can see. Its hard to believe this is virtually the same Hopkins who dismantled Tarver.
     
    Polymath, Nov 23, 2009
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  4. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    rd 9, lots of spoiling from Hopkins, Wright tiring, nothing of note happens. I guess these are the rds Hopkins was winning. Maybe for aggression, if you count the headbutt clinch 1-2 as effective aggression.
     
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  5. realsoulja

    realsoulja Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Freddie Roach was behind BHop's most boring performances to date
     
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  6. Rudyard

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    :rofl Good luck! I wonder if you can if you can watch the full fight without nodding off.
     
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  7. BlueApollo

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    Best thing about this fight by FAR was the Countdown show HBO put together for it.
     
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  8. realsoulja

    realsoulja Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nah Man the best part of the fight was the weigh in

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    realsoulja, Nov 23, 2009
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  9. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The first 6rds weren't that bad, then Winky tires, Hopkins still doesn't really want to fight, so nothing happens.
     
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  10. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Started watching 8 hours and 26 minutes ago.

    Up to round 10.
     
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  11. Rudyard

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    :lol::rofl You must have taken a nap? I told you buddy, you were bound to fall asleep!:rofl
     
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  12. BlueApollo

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    Man, was Bernard up there trying to sell this turd or what? :lol:
     
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  13. klion22

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    If this fight was as close as some of you believe, Winky's career would not have completely derailed after this fight. Think about it. Before this fight, Winky was sort of "the man" at the moment. Having huge wins and being a top 3-4 P4Per. He fights Hopkins and just as Hopkins predicted, ends up on a milk carton and went missing and is completely irrelevant. Winky then took more than 2 years off to come back to fight PW and get his ass kicked.

    As someone said before, Winky should've probably come in lighter.
     
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  14. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How many of the first 6 rounds do you think Hopkins won?
     
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  15. klion22

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    I forgot. I think i had Winky up 4-2 or tied 3-3. But i had it a score of 116-112 or 117-111 for Hopkins.

    This is a classic fight where compubox numbers are completely misleading because Winky threw mostly arm punches and had nothing on them while Hopkins made his punches count and landed the much harder, cleaner punches. Also, Hopkins displayed great ring generalship IMO. Winky just came forward throwing that jab (missing many) and just trying to be active while Hopkins controlled the pace, distance and dictated the action.
     
    klion22, Nov 23, 2009
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