Bernard "The Terror" Hopkins

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  1. Lampley

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    This is Hopkins in his 5th professional bout. Much different from what we see today! I'm also glad he changed to The Executioner.

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  2. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    He kinda looks like a con here
     
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  3. carias

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    looks like a skinny mike tyson with that hair cut.
     
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  4. Lampley

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    You definitely can see the prison influence in this bout. He didn't mind getting popped back then, and it's weird to see him actively *resist* the clinch.

    He was much more tactical by the time he faced Jones in 1993.
     
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  5. BoxingGuru

    BoxingGuru Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wow. Hopkins is definitely shot now. He is horrible to watch fight.
     
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  6. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I love Hopkins' early fights. Such a different fighter than the one we have today.
     
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  7. COLD-HARD-TRUTH

    COLD-HARD-TRUTH Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Bernard was fighting at SMW for this fight. Wonder what his career would've been like if he had fought at 168 and up his whole career.
     
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  8. Lampley

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    Yep. A higher-level brawl than this one is Hopkins/Echols II. I think that was the end of the true Hopkins beast. He dominated guys after that, but he seemed to want to punish Echols in an embarrassing way.

    I love it after the bodyslam when he winds up his right arm and then starts throwing his right hand again.
     
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  9. MexicanJew

    MexicanJew Jajajajajaja Full Member

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    God in hell, what a drastic difference. He used to be a puncher-boxer, way more agressive, amazing how much his style changed, from that into a defensive counter puncher.

    He sure as hell isnt as fast or as quick or nimble as he used to be, obviously far more skilled though
     
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  10. unclepaulie

    unclepaulie Run like an antelope! Full Member

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    Even then he had a good command of distance
     
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  11. Zaryu

    Zaryu Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :lol: he does.
     
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  12. Lampley

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    What's extra funny is during the pregame for the Hopkins/Jones fight, they actually bill it as a matchup between punchers. Here you have two of the most difficult fighters to catch cleanly in the world, and it was expected to be an offensive fight.

    Larry Merchant probably wishes he could retract his statements made during that bout. He basically writes off both guys as stars. Gil Clancy doesn't give Hopkins full credit, but man he loved Jones.

    Bernard was much more fun to watch during the early/mid-90s than most people realize.
     
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  13. Lampley

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    Yes he did. He also threw the same sharp, compact punches he does now, only he didn't have as good a left hand, IMO. But the right cross was lethal.
     
    Lampley, Sep 23, 2008
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  14. Jack Presscot

    Jack Presscot Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kelly's gonna shove that skill up his slave to GBP ass next month.
     
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  15. Loewe

    Loewe internet hero Full Member

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    Go home to Oscar and lick his shoes.
     
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