How about Kessler-hopkins at 168 ?

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  1. fidds

    fidds Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kessler has the wba strap so it gives bhop the oppertunity to be a champ at 168, both are coming off wins and both have been beat by the welsh father joe calzaghe (joke) :rofl:rofl

    I think it is a good fight, and neither has anything concrete lined up but i think it will never happen but if it did who you got ? :think
     
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  2. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins doesn't want it, even at 170.
     
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  3. Machine

    Machine Active Member Full Member

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    I can't see why Hopkins would be intersted in a title, he just fights big fights ala your Winkys and your Pavliks.
     
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  4. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Since when did Calzaghe beat Hopkins?
     
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  5. JonOli

    JonOli Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Kesslers next superfight seems like it's already mapped out. I can't see Hopkins wanting to wait till Christmas to fight him - I should think he will have retired by then.
     
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  6. PATSYS

    PATSYS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This will be like Hopkins-Pavlik I would bet my house on it. Kessler is too robotic and slow in loading up punches. He is too conventional to beat the slick Hopkins.
     
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  7. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well, he never held a SMW title, so if he's willing to make 168, he can fight the best 168-er for another big achievement, making him a 3-division champ. But it seems he's after the better known names in the US, unfortunately.
     
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  8. fidds

    fidds Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Exactly :good
     
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  9. Machine

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    Hopkins might win but no way would it be as one-sided as Pav/Hop. True, Kessler is pretty cautious, not overly fluid and he does need to set himself but he has far faster feet the Pavlik and he's dealt ok with movers in the past in Mundine and Calzaghe. It would probably be a fairly boring fight cos I think Hopkins would have more trouble landing on Kessler than he did on Pavlik.
     
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  10. Machine

    Machine Active Member Full Member

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    I think at the end of the day it's a far bigger achievement to beat other great fighters than win a title. Why is it unfortunate that he wants to fight bigger names?
     
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  11. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    I've been wanting this fight for a long time
     
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  12. El Cepillo

    El Cepillo Baddest Man on the Planet Full Member

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    Bernard would never get beat by a white boy.

    Yes, good fight, hope it happens.
     
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  13. Vanihm

    Vanihm Active Member Full Member

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    It will be a boring fight yes. Also clinching won't work against Kessler.

    Still, Hopkins only fights guys who have clear disadvatages to him either in size (DLH, Trinidad, Winky, Pavlik) or in style (Calzaghe, Tarver).
    No such disadvantage for Kessler and B-Hop knows it.
     
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  14. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    It would be different to the Pavlik fight..maybe that much more competitive but different.

    Thing is Bernard doesnt get into outside shootouts or jab battles anymore..He takes this to the inside and in the clinch Mikkel wont know what to do.
     
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  15. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    bhop would rather fight dawson
     
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