Bernard Hopkins vs Bob Foster

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  1. BundiniBlack

    BundiniBlack Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Who wins and how?

    I think Foster wins most of the early rounds with the long jab while Hopkins doesn't throw much. But sooner or later B-Hop figures him out beats him up on the inside, out muscling him and making it dirty and dominates the 2nd half of the fight
     
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  2. SILVER SKULL 66

    SILVER SKULL 66 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Foster would wear him down, and win a comfortable UD.
     
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  3. Brock Rock

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    Hopkins UD
     
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  4. lora

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    Hopkins was a ****ing old man at this weight.He's got no chance at all of mauling Foster on the inside or out-muscling him.

    he's more likely to be gassed by the 8th round due to the pace he'd have to fight at to keep away from Foster's power, and end up having his skill horribly caved in once he slows a notch.He wouldn't have the reflexes to slip Foster's all-time beast jab of doom with any consistency whatsoever.

    In all honesty Hopkins is the most overrated light heavy of my lifetime.The guy was a GREAT middle, but benefited from a weak crop of fighters to keep fighting as long as he did above that.
     
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  5. BundiniBlack

    BundiniBlack Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hopkins was at his strongest at LHW particularly the Tarver fight which is the best he's ever looked athletically
     
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  6. mcvey

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    Foster was a great lightheavy, he wins this.
     
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  7. Ragamuffin

    Ragamuffin Active Member Full Member

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    Agreed. He was confident of himself too. I remember reading a quote of his from an old Ring magazine going something like "I don't think Joe Frazier would want to trade left hooks with me".
    Later outcomes prove otherwise, but Bob certainly believed in himself.
     
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  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    After a little taste of Foster's power in an early round, Hopkins would retreat into his shell, fall down a lot in clinches, feign being fouled, complain to the referee a lot and go into total self preservation mode to avoid getting knocked out. Foster W15 Hopkins.
     
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  9. Bummy Davis

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    true this is what Hopkins would do to survive the 15 rds but Foster was in a class of 175lb puncher that Hopkins never saw and BF could take him out. Foster wins
     
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  10. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Absolutely.
     
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  11. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Foster wins...GREAT Lt Heavy...
     
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  12. Phil_Ivey_76

    Phil_Ivey_76 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Bob Foster
     
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  13. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Hopkins would nullify him but lose a close decision
     
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  14. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Foster by TKO
     
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  15. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Foster by Late TKO, Hopkins was very old at this weight and doesn't belong in with Prime Killers like Bobby
     
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