better defense hopkins or floyd?

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  1. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    As opposed to what? N'Dou, Bruseles, Sosa, Gatti, Manfredy,Vargas, Mitchell, Corely...oh wait, Corely did land flush.
     
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  3. blur

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    both have great defense but floyd is much better.
     
  4. horst

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    Floyd made pate out of Bruseles. :deal
     
  5. jharax

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    floyd easy
     
  6. the cobra

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    I had to look up what pate is. Nicely done my friend. :lol:
     
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    :lol: You can't beat a really **** pun. I adore them.
     
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    Not even close, a better topic would be Hopkins or mccallum or hopkins vs pete whitaker.
     
  11. Airness

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    I like B-Hop's defense better. But Floyd looks more flashy with a lot of swag
     
  12. Pimp C

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    Both are effective can't really pick a winner.
     
  13. The13thRound

    The13thRound Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins because he has fought better opposition and in their peaks and even made the great RJJ look boring.
     
  14. Bogotazo

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    Floyd has the tighter guard, the quicker reflexes and upper body movements, and uses his range a bit better.

    Hopkins works angles better, controls the center better, and somehow is able to be even more efficient than Floyd when escaping the ropes towards the center. He just kind of "walks" just out of range almost behind his opponent and he makes his opponent work twice as hard as he does. Something I noticed when I saw him fight Cloud live.

    Both are probably equally adept at parrying.
     
  15. Rexrapper 1

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    Floyd because he got hit less.