Fantasy middleweight match

Prime hitman Hearns vs. Xecutioner Hopkins @ 160

Who wins and why?

I see this X being a made to order fight for Tommy. Feather fisted Jermaine Tylor hurt X early. i saw his knees dip. Hopkins can't hurt Tommy and Tommy is so much quicker than Hopkins there's no way he could lose.

Tommy's only problem is when X tries coming on late but as he showed in the Taylor fight, way too little, too late and without that knockout punch, Tommy holds on late for a unanimous points win.

 

he wasn't off balance, he was hurt. Don't you know what a hurt fighter looks like? That's why Bernard didn't move in until several rounds later when the hurt wore off.

Hopkins is the 90's version of james Kinchen, only he doesn't have quite the talent and power James had, tho more fire than the heat (no pun intended). james was also a sharper hitter.

make no mistake, Hopkins would not get the respect of Tommy Hearns and he couldn't hope to match his speed. Bernard doesn't have much to his game and has no real weapons. Larry Merchant discussed his lack of power which is what I said all along. He's too low on power and Tommy is much faster and sharper. he might even knock out X with that big right hand

 

Hopkins doesn't have the power to hurt Tommy. Bernard never had the power to hurt any middleweight of class while Tommy has power to spare.

Taylor hurt him. Tommy would hurt him even worse.

See how esay Jermaine reached his head with the jab. X couldn't do nothing until they got in the clinches and had no game plan. Couldn't handle an opponent with a good jab.

Tommy could win just on the jab alone and if Bernard slipped past it the way Duran did, then blam!! Tommy would paste him with the right hand and X would find himself on the floor.

Even if X moves his head enough to avoid damage the way you say, Tommy would work his body and move out the way a petrified Jermaine Taylor did. Even though Jermaine was shaky in the late rounds, X still couldn't take him out because he never had the power to bale him out of this kind of situation-so says Larry Merchant.

 

But how? he has little power and not quick enough to compete with Tommy. Tommy has all the advantages and beats any version.

 

he was hurt! That's why he didn't want to take chances until the late rounds when he got desparate and realized he was in jeopardy of losing his title and then had the nerve to act surpised over the decision.

Sheesh!

 

Aren't you one of those people? Anyone writing these things has to be a Bernard Hopkins nuthugger. You should feel priviledged knowing the truth that Tommy would outslick the X man. Hopkins isn't even known for anything other than lose to Jones jr. which makes those 20 title defenses meaningless.

By the way, my pick was Hopkins over Trinidad so I already knew what he could do before any of you.

 

Then why did the crowd jump start cheering? Hopkins was holding on for dear life the ref yelling at him to stop holding. Then he did nothing the rest of the round but circle and hold. What happened to the great strategist?

Imagine him trying that with the hitman. He'd get himself killed.

 

What do you mean size? And how the hell can Bernard take out Hearns? He can't hit! Only guys who can whack would be a concern for Tommy.

People like Singletary, Minchillo, Geraldo, Schuler, Dewitt, Hill will never cause Tommy problems. It's raw punchers like Barkley, Hagler and Roldan who get him in trouble.

You can throw Hopkins in with the first group. He's never been known as a puncher.

 

Excellent post Lethal. In fact, that was perfect :good