Hopkins-Wright lets have some expert Analysis.

Hopkins wins in surprisingly easy fashion. Wright ain't no spring chicken either.

 

I got Winky outworking the old man for a UD.

 

This is probably the hardest fight to call. Hopkins will get old someday, but Winky is no spring chicken either. One must take into account Hopkins is undefeated against southpaws, because of the way he can punch in the angles. Its going to be interesting, but not enough for me to buy it. I expect a boring tactical fight, and Ill wait for the rebroadcast a week later.

 

The undercard is pretty sweet, I might get it just to watch the undercard.

 

Hopefully an good scrap with Wright prevailing, but most likely a snoozer with B-Hop winning a close decision and Wright not willing to concede that he lost

 

Hopkins should win this one in a close fight.

Why ? Because in 24/7 DLH/PBF, Tito said Oscar would beat Floyd. He didn't.
In the Hopkins-Wright countdown, while Tito was applauding like a child seeing Winky hitting the heavybag, he made some awful gesture toward Bernard meaning he would be ripped.
According to Tito, Winky is gonna win. So he is gonna lose ! Easy call.

 

Lampley & Merchant will be clinically dead during this fight.... as will most of the crowd

 

I actually expect Bhop to be very aggressive and exciting in this fight, Taylor has shown that WInky's defense in penetrable and Bhop will do the same thing Taylor kept doing but not as sloppy.

 

For sure Hopkins by a comfortable UD I was watching of both fighters best fights in preparation for Saturday and both fighters have had some great dominant wins.

Both fighters looked good against Trinidad. Hopkins had some solid wins over Middleweight contenders and guys like De la Hoya. And Wright over guys like Mosley and Quartey. Judging from there wins I would have made my decison as a WW SD, because of his speed and defense.

Then I looked at both fighters losses. Hopkins who wasn't quite prime lost to a prime RJJ, I rewatched the fight and had a scorecard of 8-4 RJJ. So hopkins handily loss then we all know what happened in the Taylor fights the first fight I had a SD for Taylor and the second I had a SD for Hopkins. I then looked at Winky's losses. The fight against Israel Vasquez made me wonder where Winky's defense went, knocked down several times and wasn't very effective overall. I rewatched Winky-Vargas and came up with a score of 116-112 Vargas, the fight was fairly close but I felt Vargas came up big in a few rounds. I wasn't able to find tape on Winky's loss to Harry Simon.

In conclusion, in victory both fighters looked very good Winky maybe slightly better imo. But in their lossed to me Hopkins is on another level when faced with adversity Hopkins performed better. And I think that Hopkins will take Winky into deep waters and drown him.

 

you've come to the wrong place for ' expert ' analysis lol

 

Wright will be the aggressor, walking Hopkins down with his jab and straight left. Throwing the occasional right hook to the body that he likes. Hopkins is going to let him come to him and try to counter, but find it very tough. Wright is difficult to counter because he throws short, straight shots and brings his hands right back very quickly. I see a rather one-sided fight and Wright winning by a UD. Hopkins just won't be active enough. Also, I think everyone is going to be surprised at how strong Winky is.

 

I'd be very surprised if Hopkins does that. He'd be playing right into Winky's game. He never seemed to be the type of fighter that would let someone dictate to him the pace of any fight.

 

Hopkins has good power. . but i dont think he can really hurt Wright.

I think Winky's work rate will put Hopkins out of his comfort Zone and take away from his accurate counter punching that he tends to need to win fights.

I see Both of them coming out cautious in the first few rounds, and it will probably take them a few minutes to feel each other out.

If Hopkins tries to fight Winky the way he fought Taylor (and im guessing he will), he looses this fight. Winky just cant become a victim of that right hand, but Winky keeps his gloves high, and Hopkins shoots that right straight so i dont really see it landing.

Winky Wright by UD

 

:rofl :rofl

I think if we agree on the basics then this is not a difficult fight to call.

1. This fight is no going to end up with a KO...it will be won on a decision.

2. Hopkins workrate has slowed down in his last few fights. He's more cautious (e.g never followed up when he seemed to hurt Taylor) and too patient (a general pattern since Oscar fight).

3. Winky is no longer a jab & move boxer and likes to press the action behind a steady jab and high guard.

Have a look at how they performed against common opponents Tito and Taylor:
Bernard took a less experienced and confident Taylor, gave away the first 6 rounds and rallied late.
Wright fought a more experienced, confident Taylor in his 2nd fight at MW and beat him (IMHO).
Bernard beat Tito (a very tentative one) through excellent defense, timed offense and craftness enroute to a career defining KO. He applied all the "tools" necessary to beat the PR warrior.
On the other hand Wright shut out Tito with a jab...

Winky's style will present a nightmare for Hopkins in the same way that it did with Taylor. The jab will be in X's face all night while his attack will be neutralised by the Winkster's high guard.

Both have strong chins so Winky will take a close UD.