Hopkins was a 2 to 1 favourit. I don't see any dive here. He may have over dramatised the situation by rolling around, but I think the shot was legit and there was no way Oscar was getting up.
Everyone knows Hopkins is a PPV bonanza so Yeah Oscar took a dive so he could sign Hopkins and get super-rich off all those future PPV numbers The Alien was sure to bring!(SMH)
no way. Oscar isn't going to go down for anything. It was a well placed bodypunch sort of like Roy vs. VIrgil Hill, and Hill reacted in a similar way.
Liver shot. THat'll send most people down. My brother did it to me when I was younger and its an indescribable feeling. You sort of have to go down. Khan hit Maidana with it. Hopkins hit Oscar GGG Macklin Geale - Barker A lot of examples.
De La Hoya is a ******, and was just searching for a way to quit, like Judah against Khan. Hopkins could have probably won anyway.
If he crapped his trunks it was, let's say, for "other mechanical reasons" outside the fight that had agevolated the action. :hey