Hopkins vs Cloud - Final Predictions?

Bernard Hopkins 174.4 vs. Tavoris Cloud 173.8

 

lol its what i red too

 

I can see Cloud winning, the biggest danger is him hurting BHop, but I think Hopkins is taking this fight super serious and is going to try his best to neutralize him. Cloud has trouble hitting a moving target, and can't fight backing up. If Hopkins can move well enough and pressure consistently enough to get off the better shots, he can win a decision. Especially if Cloud comes in over eager and shoots his loud early. He's not the type of fighter that sustains an attack, he's the type of fighter who explodes. So I find it hard to imagine him winning a decision if he can't drop BHop.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agBMxy2geO4

 

my heart's with B-hop, but something tells me it will be Cloud by decision

 

I'm team Hopkins, all the way until it's over.

 

Cloud better knock him out within the first couple of rounds, because he won't have a chance later. He has to catch Hop off-guard.

 

wildly unrealistic scenario, isn't it?

That's like Lacy KOing Calzaghe... yeah, I know, many thought it would happen...

 

I'm hoping for Hopkins to decision him, i'm betting on that

 

Yeah, pretty much. Hopkins will slip most everything Cloud throws, because Cloud really isn't that fast. Will be a lot of clinching in this fight I'm afraid.

 

Hopkins is great in a clinch and on the inside, so this should help him win.

Fairly scored, he should have this by 4 rounds.

 

Hard to say. I don't know which Hopkins is gonna' turn up. If it's the Pascal one, then he'll take it. But if it's the one that suffered a shoulder injury, gave a below-par display against Chad and has aged a notable amount during that whole period, then it's Cloud. I'm leaning slightly to the second one turning up. In which case - Cloud UD.

 

You crazy Hopkins cant even pull the trigger anymore

 

BHOP looks really drained. Face looks gaunt