Hopkins gets away with too much dirty tactics!

who wins in a head butting contest..... hopkins vs holyfield?

 

probably holyfield, you saw how he gave rahman a tumor. as for the poster, well hopkins knows all the tricks and when you get in the ring, he use them all. its up the ref to do something about it. a theif will steal all day if you dont stop him.

 

a tumor? :rofl:rofl

 

:yep

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holyfield made rahman grow a second head. headbutts cant get more effective than this.

 

He does it differently than Holyfield

 

Alot in the general forum might not realize that the way Hopkins fought Winky, is actually the way most of Hopkins fights went pre-Felix Trinidad.

Hopkins got away from using those rough house tactics because he was fighting naturally smaller men who he was by far technically superior too (DLH and Triniad)

Hopkins could'nt do to Jermaine Taylor what he did to Winky Wright because Taylor had young fresh legs to avoid the clinch, and was faster handed than Hopkins in combination when on the inside.....so in essence, Hopkins was stuck between a rock and hard place vs Jermaine Taylor.
Taylor outworked Hopkins with younger legs and faster hands.


What you all saw Hopkins do to Winky is what most of Hopkins middleweight defenses looked like vs legit just as strong middleweight.
When Hopkins fights just as strong a fighter as himself, that is what he reverts too.....clinching, holding, potshotting, etc.......

.....but I have too hand it to Hopkins, even while doing that, unlike someone like John Ruiz, Bernard Hopkins grinds and fights.
Hopkins finds various instances in most of the rounds to throw thunder, which are meaningful shots that wear down an opponent and hurt!

It's not pretty, but BHop gets it done!

 

His head slightlty lowered?

When did u start seeing Bhops fight? If you can review all his fights, you'll notice that that's his normal fighting form . . . his head lowered and his chin tucked in.

It seems to me like you're just sour graping boii . . . how many fighters punch during clinches? Hatton does that, Coto does that, even Winky himself does that . . . so what's your problem?

Stop bitching, crying and whining just stop watching boxing . . . for christ sake. :yep :good

 

Exactly! Taylor wouldn't want to fight close so Bhops had a problem . . . style wise.

 

He was real close to getting Disqualified against Keith Holmes.

 

Jay Nady would have DQ'd his ass on saturday

 

well, he's getting away with it as you have said, so he's still doing it. it works for him!

 

Bernard Hopkins is a very dirty fighter.

Many of the great fighters were dirty fighters.
Dempsey, Marciano, Greb, Holyfield, Armstrong, Tyson, Fullmer, Basilio, Saddler.

 

Exactly.

Often people make a big deal out of a certain guy being dirty. While I don't like it, the fact is, most top fighters get away with bending the rules. Some more than others.

 

Actually it is a big deal because it's unfair advantage. It does not matter whether you're a top fighter or not...boxing has rules and it's unfair when one fighter fights clean and others are made to getaway with it. Hopkins has done it so many times you start to wonder why the refs turn the bling eye.

I thought Smoger, Cortez and Bryd were going to be tough but they kept warning him to no end. A dirty fighter is a dirty fighter and Hopkins is one.