Classic Forum's take on Jones vs Hopkins II

It's a ****in joke, Roy's just scrabbling around the globe grabbing any last payday he can get his hands on, I don't blame him if there's mugs out there who even take this farce at 1% face value then they deserve to be fleeced. B/Hop being an employee/dark partner in Oscars empire/GBP will always take/make this sort of fight for commercial publicity reasons & Jones has now reduced himself to cheap ***** status in my eye's & more's the pity for it.

Anyway who ****in care's who wins!!! I don't!!!

It's a SHITE event made for mugs & plenty of mugs there be by the sound of it.

Popkins told yer what the future holds if this sort of **** event becomes the norm & it will if GBP get their way.

 

It's like Duran-Leonard III, only it will be a thousand times less entertaining (and that's saying something).

Hopkins will win and it will mean absolutely nothing.

 

Jones KO1. I think someone will be able to come up with a time machine to transport '98 Roy Jones Jr. to saturady's fight against Hopkins.

 

Y'all must a forgot!!!!















That Im shot!

 

Jones by UD. Bhop would not be patient in this fight and it would be his downfall

 

Jones will be tkoed cut up and stopped

 

You're right. Jones is greater than Pacquiao.

 

I think this one is going to be a stinker. This fight should have been made 5-10 years ago. It means very little now.

What we have here is a safety first fighter in Jones, and a fighter who likes to be calculating and counter in Hopkins. Jones knows to stay away from Hopkins in the clinches. Bernard likes to slip in kidney shots when the ref is on the opposite side of the action on a clinch. Jones is also going to watch out for Hopkins counter hook. The one could be a dancing contest.

Jones has lost his punch resistance. He’s done.

Hopkins is over the hill on a downward slope as well. His stamina has declined, but I do think he’s still a tough man.

Who wins? I could only guess. I think Jones will take a very boring and tactical decision in a fight that won’t feature a high punch output. . Hopkins won’t press like Joe Frazier unless he thinks Jones is hurt.

 

Hopkins is a habitual offender at this, yet usually gets away with it , you are one of the few people I have seen mention it.
Hopkins will tko Jones whose punch resistance and skin tissue is suspect now, this is a farce , that could have been a great fight several years ago.

 

Hopkins is well schooled in the arts of dirty fighting. Will Hopkins KO Jones? Its a horrible style match up for Hopinks. Speedy out fighters often out point low punch out put defensive minded fighters who look to counter. Countering a fast jab is one of the hardest things to do in boxing.

Jones had a very easy night when they meet years ago. As long as his legs and conditioning hold up, it should be the same result. Hopkins was never a big one or two punch KO/TKO type of fighter. Yet if he lands, I think he could easily get the stoppage win as Jones punch resistance is horrible these days.

 

No way can Bhop hang with David Haye at heavy at 45 yrs of age. He would get badly hurt. The only fight left for Hopkins after Roy would be a fight with Dawson which is long overdue to determine the man at 175 then retire win, lose or draw.

 

poor Jones must need the money

 

For once we disagree. Leonard's draw with Hearns was far better than Jones loss to Green comparatively. This fight here should never have been made whilst we can find many more reasons for SRL-RD II even if thin.

 

Put it this way: it's like Leonard-Duran in the sense that it will tell us nothing about who was the better boxer. It's just two old men cashing in a paycheck and pretending that they're still relevant (well, Hopkins is, but Jones hasn't mattered for about 7 years).

That said, I would be impressed if Jones wins. But he won't.