Will Hopkins Duck Kessler ?

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  1. StreetsOfGold

    StreetsOfGold Boxing Addict Full Member

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    With Kesslers recent challenge to Hopkins do we think Hopkins wants nothing to do with Kessler ?
    Personally I think Kessler UD Hopkins and clear cut too and dare I say it the first man to TKO Hopkins unlikely but possible ? but I don't think Hopkins will want this fight.
     
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  2. butler08

    butler08 Active Member Full Member

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    no hell just ignore him and get tunnel vision on joe
     
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  3. BADINTENTIONS2

    BADINTENTIONS2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    why the hell should hopkins fight kessler with the chumps he's(kessler) been fighting lately?

    kessler wants to fight hopkins...but he has to stop fighting euro b-graders first to be taken seriously or else he's just not in the market.
     
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  4. Jepster

    Jepster Almost Audleysome Full Member

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    Sure thing bubba sure thing... :tired
     
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  5. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hopkins ducks noone. He takes Kessler to school anyway
     
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  6. DaHead242

    DaHead242 Active Member Full Member

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    Hopkins is at the point in his career where he shouldn't have to fight these young guns. He's proved his merit. If he chooses not to fight Kessler than I wouldn't call it ducking. The guy is 43, he only has a few fights left, let him have some easy ones. He's earned it. Im a fan of Kessler, but he doesn't need Hopkins. I hope MK clears out 168 before moving up.
     
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  7. StreetsOfGold

    StreetsOfGold Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes and by the same token your all calling out Calzaghe to fight Dawson ? and now saying why should Hopkins fight Kessler ? :patsch

    The truth is all Hopkins wants is another payday against calzaghe in wales he knows the same thing will happen again and he'll lose on points.
     
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  8. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Hopkins considers Kessler a "Euro-bum" and nothing special. However, he did get very excited about fighting and beatin a fighter who doesn't seem to be more dimentional than Kessler at all, and who is considered by many a lesser fighter than Kessler: Kelly Pavlik. Of course, part of the reason is that Kessler is not American. One thing is to be beaten by a white boy, but it's even worse when that white boy is a Euro-bum. But what better fight is there out there for Hopkins? None, except possibly Chad Dawson. I think Hopkins will much rather fight Dawson than Kessler, to be honest. Either is a great fight and we should be thankful if he fights either! As to ducking, Hopkins never ducked anyone, that's for sure. :deal
     
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  9. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Double standards; they're so used to them, they're not even aware they're using them...
     
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  10. JM22

    JM22 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    B-HOP Dosent DUCK NO ONE.
     
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  11. DaHead242

    DaHead242 Active Member Full Member

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    Kessler is far better on the inside than Pavlik, is faster, has better footwork, and far better technique. Kessler has superb variety in his punches and is a far tougher fight than Pavlik for Hopkins.
     
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  12. StreetsOfGold

    StreetsOfGold Boxing Addict Full Member

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    we shall see then as Kessler has issued a challenge and calzaghe isn't rematching Hopkins
     
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  13. BADINTENTIONS2

    BADINTENTIONS2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    issuing a challenge isnt enough alone if the fighter issuing it hasn't worked hard enough to be on equal footing. and kessler has done nothing to warrant a fight with hopkins post calzaghe.
     
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  14. StreetsOfGold

    StreetsOfGold Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Niether had jones ?
     
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  15. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    Exactly
     
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