Reactions to the hopkins/jones radio conversation.

Kinda, but RJJ has a win over bhop. In that sense bhop needs RJJ legacy-wise.

 

I disagree, though Hopkins has gotten better and Jones has gotten worse Hopkins has a problem with fast fighters, his tactics don't work as well. Jones still has his hand speed and power, though he has lost his ability to commit to finishing he wouldn't KO Hopkins anyway. Jones is still a draw because of his name, its household. His plan for 60% for the winner is a fair idea. I'm going with another Jones UD even though the fight will never happen.

 

Yea i don't see this fight happening... I hope so they 60-40 winner/loser thing is good. If b-hop is so sure that Roy is not on his level he should take this fight like that. B-hop vs Roy will be PPV, but B-hop vs either Adamak or Dawson will only be on HBO boxing after dark. Only because the 2 aren't well known besides to boxing fans and not the casual watcher.

 

True, RJJ doesn;t need Hopkins AT ALL legacy wise.

Hopkins needs RJJ BAD!!!

 

hope it happens

 

I would like to see this fight, but will Roid make it happen?

 

Hopkins not being slapped about and mocked is better for his legacy add to that he fights the better fighters, and has better longivety than him having a loss against RJJ who fights has beens and got slapped about And mocked by calzaghe. Calzaghe should hav knocked RJJ out instead of holding back because that might have actually knocked some sense into him but it seems he is deluded now!

RJJ was the man before but it's Hopkins who is now (out of the two)

 

Who is more marketable now ? I think Roy still brings more seats to the table and he deserves a bigger purse. 50/50 would be absolutely fair. He split 50/50 with Calzaghe. Hopkins is scared.

 

RJJ for sure. With Hopkins people expect a boring fight with a lot of holding. Hopkins needs the other guy to bring the people in - therefore he has to take on Calzaghe, Pavlik etc.

Roy can do that himself and takes Lacy, Hanshaw etc.

 

I don't think this fight will go along, entirely because Hopkins has too much to lose. Worse case for Roy is he loses to Bhop and people will just say how much he has declined since his previous victory over him, age hit him harder etc...

A loss for Hopkins however would prove more detrimental. It seems Hopkins is quite intent on stepping into the ring a good few more times (and with good reason given his domination over Pavlik), but a 2nd loss to Roy I think would seal his retirement. It's much safer for Hopkins to go for dawson/adamek, whom a loss against can be put down to age.

I would favour Bhop to win, but with Roy you just don't know. He's certainly retained his hand speed :S.

 

This has already been done to death on here but I mainly agree with the OP. I also can't believe some of the comments I've been reading on here recently. People must have some very short memories.

 

5-6 years ago, this fight made sense. Not anymore. It does nothing to neither one of their legacies.