Hopkins-Wright lets have some expert Analysis.

Exactly Hopkins is the master of getting people to fight his fight. I would be shocked if that happened.

 

He's not going to have a choice. He just can't do it anymore. Watch his last fights, going all the way back to that ****ing Bald English dude (forget his name ) before the Hoya match. he sits back and waits to counter...then comes on late. Nothing is going to change. Just like nothing changed in the 2nd Taylor fight :deal

 

It's still a hard fight to call, but I've been leaning towards Winky lately.

 

Didn't B-Hop press the action in the 2nd fight? :huh At least that's how I remembered it... with Taylor holding every time Hops closed the gap.

 

I think Hopkins footwork, physicality, dominance against southpaws, and ring generalship will get him a UD

 

God i can't wait till Wright outworks outjabs and just straight up outboxes the Old *******

so many sack swingers about a guy whose biggest wins came against mediocre peanut head tarver and a couple of blown up welters

people even think hopkins growin a little beard is part of this crafty mystique so he can rub stubble on his opponents nut in clinches...there is no mystique to hopkins hes just a boring negative cagey conservative old *******

Wright UD 12

 

look at what JC says about it !


Calzaghe took a swipe at Hopkins' superfight against Ronald 'Winky' Wright, which is being staged in Las Vegas on Saturday, by branding it a non-event.

"Kessler and me will be the fight of the year - forget Hopkins and Winky Wright and that rubbish that's on at the weekend," he said.

"That's a 42-year-old man against someone from two weight divisions lower.

http://www.sportinglife.com/boxing/...oxing/07/07/17/BOXING_Calzaghe_Nightlead.html

 

Yeah right. Hopkins wide UD 12. Near shutout.

 

He'd be the first one to do it to Wright in over a decade. :shock:

 

Well, get ready for it.

 

:hat

 

*Smug statement* We won't.:yep

 

Winky hasnt been knocked down in ten years. Hops hasnt had a KO in many years himself. What makes you think a Hops KO is possible. He hit weak chinned Trinidad at will for an entire 11.5 rounds before he stopped him. Winky has a better chin and takes way less shots than Trinidad plus Hops is older and less active.



Hops lost both Taylor fights because he doesnt throw enough. Winky was able to out throw and out land Taylor.

Winky wins on activity.

 

Hopkins controls the pace of every fight with his positioning. basically even a fighter with a high workrate will never find himself in good position to use that workrate and will therefore be thrown off.

He is also the best at nutralizing the jab, especially the southpaw jab.

The reason Taylor was abe to beat him is that Hopkins has decent but not amazing power. And so everytime he would open up on Taylor, Taylor would close his eyes and start hitting because he knows he's probably strong enough to take a good Hopkins shot and to force Hopkins to go back into defensive mode. Though Taylor didn't cause any damage because he didn't land anything close to clean, he is big and strong enough that he had Hopkins worried about getting hit by a wild shot. Especially at the beginning of the fight, when Taylor was still very strong and full of energy. Basically Hopkins waited for Taylor to lose a little bit of pop and then dominated him.

Against Wright, Hopkins' few but accurate shots will have a greater effect than against Taylor, and Hopkins won't be as scared of getting hit by a wild shot because Wright isn't as big.

Hopkins clear UD with a KD or late round TKO

 

Hopkins will win. Don't be too surprised if Winky's face looks similar to Joppy's.