My reasons on why Hopkins and Jones will win against Pavlik and Calzaghe!!

Kelly Pavlik is a good fighter. He has power in both hands, but he has never fought a smart MW like Hopkins. It is too bad Hop is not in his prime, but he is still a special athlete. He has ring smarts. He will know that Kelly is easy to hit, but he will have to pull the trigger when Pav does open up. Hop if he can land big rights, and utilize his defense for 12 rounds, and not get tired, he has a very good chance to beat Pav. I like those chances, and that's why I'm picking Hop in this fight. An occassional hard jab by Hop would also be a plus, but I think Hop will only use it at certain times so he can can conserve his energy.

Pav stands too straight up, and Hop can come over the top with his own big right. The fact that both are orthodoz fighters favors Hop. Hop will be able to hold Pav when he gets too close. Making Pav miss will be they key to victory. Nobody has been able to land on Hop clean, and when they did, he showed his great chin also. I expect Hop to give Pav a boxing lesson. Hop UD in 12.

Jones is a fighter who put his body through hell. At lightheavy, as he got older, in the Gonzalez fight, he started to feel that those guys were catching up to his speed advantage. He told merk that Gonzalez was strong. Roy's dreams of winning a heavy belt, albeit not Lennox's belt was still a great achievement against a bigger man. He gained 25 lbs of muscle, and beat a good heavy in Ruiz. When roy came down to fight Tarver, he was never the same fighter.

Tarver being a southpaw with power gave Jones and his depleted body hell. Losing the weight gave Jones more hell than Tarver's punches. We all know Jones would lose to Tarver and Johnson by ko. We all figured Jones was done. Now I take a look at Calzaghe, and what does he offer. He offers great defense, slick boxing, and body punching. this style fits into the type of fight Jones loves. Jones loves to stay on the ropes, have a guy try to work him over, and counter effectively. This is Jones now, not when he was the offensive wizard. Cal is not a big puncher, but he is a two fisted puncher meaning all of his punches land with the same effect. Cal doesn't specialize in any punch, so Jones doesn't have too much to worry about in terms of power.

Jones has to somehow make Cal attack him...make Cal the aggressor. Cal loves to feitn, and so did Jones. Notice I says "did". Jones has to get back to his feints in this fight. Cal's game is also being a counter puncher, only he can be moving forward and counter punch which is what makes him great. Jones has to attack Cal when Cal jabs his way in. On the ropes, Jones will be ok. He can land hard shots, rest, and work Cal's body with the left hook. Jones still has some speed, but he rests a lot more. The key to this fight is getting an early lead and making Cal the follower/attacker, so that Jones cna do what he does best. Both are incrdedible counter punchers and can attack when they need to. Jones has a better selection of punches than Cal that he can use...even at age 39. I expect Jones to turn Cal into the aggressor, and Jones will use the uppercut, left to the body, defense, and win a unanimous decision.

Yes I'm rooting for these two old legends. Their time is up, but this is their last big fights, and I expect both legends to surprise one more time. Jones UD in 12.

 

Well, it's always good to hope that it happens. The funny thing is people are siding with the young guys over the old guys lol. I thought it would be the other way around:rofl

 

Scar, posts like this are why you are one of my favorite posters. I read every word that you write whether the posts are short or long, and I don't do that all the time with posters:good . You, BigReg, and a few others, and that's it about it. Good post.

 

Because I want Pav to fight Arthur Abraham at 168.

 

Scar, Link, we are on the same page lol...

 

Ah, don't make too much out of where I put my name. I'm trying to make a name for myself