Hopkins Wright, where dose the winner stand historicaly?

At least Napoles was trying to hit Monzon. And for a while he was doing a good job of it.

 

Interested in your take on the fight Sweetscientist. I rarely try and score fights (just try to enjoy them) but I did have a bit of a go, and after 6 rounds I gave up.

It all looked too close to call for me.

Hopkins did a great job of spoiling when it suited him. I think he controlled the fight.

Winky really struggled to land the southpaw jab. Probably the most I have seen him struggle in this regard.

Neither fighter landed too much clean. It was sort of an ugly fight, but fascinating because they are both so proficient.

I will not be revisiting it though...

 

You're right Nick, Winky did struggle to land the jab, and he also did some wild swinging and missing with hooks which made him look silly, so Hopkins was doing well defensively. He also didn't allow Winky to outwork him by clinching at opportune times when he needed a break and continuing to land a few short sharp shots on the inside which didn't have much on them but got the judges' attention.

However I think Winky pretty much neutralised what Hopkins threw as well. I was watching the English telecast with Jim Watt and the boys on Sky Sports, and they were overflowing in their praise for Hopkins' combinations, but if you look closely, Wright was blocking quite a lot of his combinations. I checked compubox after the fight and Wright was actually more accurate and landed a tad more, which wasn't surprising, becuase he did do a good defensive job as well.

Both men blunted each other which is why I feel a draw or a close win either way would have been fair.

 

Not at all ,have you seen the "fight"?