john hopoate

Tend to agree...maybe he can develop a jab as well :hey

 

Good point, i noticed that as well.

I thought Hoppa was disappointing last night.

 

worst fight ive seen in some time. hoppa would be eaten alive by anyone with a technique.

mirovic said before the fight...." fittest ive ever been" ..and yet was clinching in first round.

 

Leapai vs Hopate & Haumono vs Kirby winner fights for the title of King of aussie heavyweights

 

Would be good to throw Kali and Mark into that mix :good

 

Jesus melbboy, last week it was Muenier & Heta, make up your mind.

 

leave my boys out The Victorians are tooooo good especially Muenier give him 2yrs & he'll KO the current heavies and heta is having time off.

 

Heta should be having time off, a month at least for the ko he recieved 10 days ago.

 

Hard to critically judge Hoppa's performance in such a sh_t fight.

Bob clinched every single round, and at almost every single opportunity. Yes, Hoppa should have jabbed (so should Bob even more so), and yes, he could have been more aggressive.

But Hoppa controlled the fight from start to finish, and took the belt home. I'm not a Hoppa fan, but his next bout will logically play out very differently to this one.

 

I would like to see Mark VS Hoppa

I hope Mark gets his over seas shot but if not lets hope Mark gets bored and tries to make this fight for the aussie title :good

Hint hint

 

de mori beats hoppa....

 

Hoppa isn't a boxer, he's a slugger.

His only game plan/tactic is to push his opponent onto the ropes so he can unload on them in the hope of a KO or ref stoppage.

If he is unable to do this, then he is ****ed. He will tire and be KO'd, like he was against Edwards and McCall.

The fact that his rematch with Bob involved the Australian Heavyweight title is just astounding...actually, the fact that any Hoppa fight involves the Australian heavyweight tile is astounding.

 

I think aussie fighters should just stick to fighting each other like you said.They don't have the ability to compete on a world stage , but I am sure they could give us some really exciting local match ups if they were matched against one another.Perfect example, Haumono vs hoppa.
Sio vs edwards.
Also Kicket vs Zapppa
or kickett vs Dib if he were to move a division or 2.
or zappa vs dib, but I doubt that would happen.