I'm really looking forward to jacobs vs smith on that card. I think it might be the fight of the night, Jacobs has impressed me on occassions, but i'm not sold on him yet, this a good step up for him from the ESPN FNF and mega fight undercard cans he's been fighting, smith will pose some questions. Jacobs is a kid with a good head on his shoulders, good skillset although not much pop, interesting to see how he fairs.
i remember that interview. I wouldn't mind seeing it...shame it taken this long to come if it does come off but it still be a interesting fight. A different and more entertaining fight then there first fight. I love a fight with a back ground story. :bbb
Yeah i agree Slip. Smith has caused upsets before and he has skills and skills and he has hunger still. I think Jacobs will have to step up to plate and if i remember his last HBO fight wasn't a great display. I'm very unsure of how this fight will pan out. I'm deffo looking forward to it though.
^ What effect do you think the weight will have on this fight? i know jacobs ain't the biggest guy, but wasn't smith a career welter before the contender? i maybe just mixing things up though. Do you think bernard makes more money facing, chad or adamek instead of roy? which are in theory much tougher fights. remember he may talk legacy but paper chasing and bulking that pension account are all that matter. I think Bad Chad beats bernard, hopkins struggles with speed, athleticism and workrate, plus chad is super slick, It will indeed be a tough fight but if he's able to box from miles away, pepper him with combos and don't get caught up in clinches he wins the fight especially with Bernard being 45. Thats why Bernard's calling out a light middleweight who can't draw flies to ****, but wants no part of bad chad, as for Adamek whats the financial value in that fight? (other then the poles in New Jersey) with a guy who was beaten by Chad and who fought on VERSUS in the FOTY candidate. I think he makes more money with Roy.
Yeah your right slip Ishe was a welterweight once before. He's shown skills to beat prospect like Wolak. I feel Ishe is in a strange position..he's not a gate keeper but he's not a name either but he's someone you have to beat to be called a prospect and he's not walk over.Can he do it....i'm not sure...but the hunger will be there i feel and that's what makes it a interesting fight...Ishe's not shot nor is he unmotivated his career is at crossroads and tonight he's got chance to ride onto world scene. I'm going with Jacobs...but i see a good fight....Daniel needs to perform and Ishe can make it hard. I see Daniel winning 97-93 UD I think Bernard should go for either Roy or Chad. Imo Chad beats him as you said...i don't feel Bernard wants any part of that fight...i think least with Roy he makes money and also puts a name on record and can gain revenge. Adamek is a beast and it's a risk to fight a bigger man who's hungry and powerful and the fight will have only trade and Polish community interest. I think Roy's the fight he should take....
If Bernard is so confident of winning then why not take the deal? its easy money, he says Roy is washed up so whats the problem, its all ego to me. He'll be ridiculed if he were to lose to a shot to sh*t roy jones and he doesn't wanna take that risk. becuase no matter how passed it roy is he still has reminisce of that speed and would still be a live underdog and maybe just a stylistic nightmere for Bernard. listen to what Roy's really saying: "I'm gonna take this late November fight with Green at cruiser. No way in hell am I making the same mistake twice by trying to drain down to light heavyweight even though I'm throwing Tarver and Glencoff's name around for pure leverage. Hopkins, get Shaefer & Fishnet in line and pay Adamek some cheddar and then I (Roy) will already be on the 195-200 dance floor. We can then have the ultimate 50/50 at that point when there's $30M plus to split. Winner goes for a fat parlay at hw.
I agree Slip I would love to see it....just don't see B-Hop taking that risk. We all know Bernard's a smart guy...and i got feeling he knows Roy's still live as you say. Roy may not be as good as he once was but he still a damn good fighter.
Based on the fact that at times Froch is a sitting duck. A shot to bits Robin Reid was even having some success with the right hand and Taylor should have put him away. From what I've seen Dirrell can outbox Froch over 12 I'm convinced of that. Froch does have the stamina, the heart and the punchers chance of course though and who knows how Dirrell will cope with the biggest fight of his life. Neither result would be a surprise but Dirrell UD it is for me.
Mandanda, someone who could be an option for Hopkins is Paul Williams, i feel slightly sorry for PW atm outragious gifts without a lot of big fight options. he says he'll fight Hopkins after having Pavlik bail out on him, but he would only fight hopkins at 165lbs. he should stop the pipe dreams. Hopkins isn't making 165, let alone being stupid enough to even try to get his 45 year old body down to that weight. Either fight him at 170/175 or fight someone at 154. imo Williams has 154 for the taking, he should set up camp there and just roll on the defenses. btw what the heck is going on with Sugar Shane? I heard he's got a date of December the 5th scheduled. Berto seemed to be the name on his lips. who ever it is (and he doesn't seem to have many options) he needs to fight soon, that Margarito win is starting to wear off.
I'd like to see that fight you know..that be a really interesting tactical battle and i think it would be entertaining as well. I agree Paul is living in a dream world if he thinks a man Bernard's age is going to drop weight to fight a man with the frame of a light heavy. Yeah Shane seems to be in Bernard's boat atm...and it's losing momentum. I got impression reading Clottey's Facebook Status he was in talking about a fight with Shane. I hope Shane sees sense and takes on a Berto or Clottey..i just wanna see Shane fight and atm he's looking at having a year out of the ring and just watching big fights rather then being in them.