Worst Idea for a Superfight in '09? HOPKINS vs MAYWEATHER at 160lbs

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  1. DINAMITA

    DINAMITA Guest

    From The Ring, Jan '09, by Jeff Ryan writing about Bernard Hopkins:


    "Give me a telephone, a Rolodex, and more money than a suite full of AIG executives could blow on a weekend golf outing, and I'll zero in on two targets: Chad Dawson and... Floyd Mayweather.

    In Dawson, Hopkins would be facing an unbeaten 26-year-old boxer-puncher who is on the rise and, unlike Pavlik, is as big and strong as B-Hop. As for Mayweather, well, what sales pitch needs to be offered here? Don't tell me Hopkins can't make 160lbs anymore. For the right price/challenge/perceived insult to his pride, he'll make 120lbs. Mayweather would come into the ring at 157 (just three pounds more than he weighed against De La Hoya) and still be the faster fighter.

    The pre-fight trash talk would be so rich, it would be reprinted in textbooks and taught in boxing gyms and on playground basketball courts around the world. And the prize would be the winner's knowledge that he'd beaten the best overall talent that he'd ever faced."


    Now, this article was written before Manny Pacquiao confounded logic by jumping 3 weight divisions in a year and beating lmw Oscar De La Hoya.

    To me, the very idea of Hopkins-Mayweather is absurd, but does anyone think it might be under serious consideration in the wake of Pacquiao-Oscar??
     
    DINAMITA, Dec 27, 2008
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  2. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    Absurd:deal
     
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  3. DobyZhee

    DobyZhee Loyal Member

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    what's the difference between this and watching a Pac-Hoya fight?
     
    DobyZhee, Dec 27, 2008
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  4. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    I have a sick feeling Mayweather would edge Hopkins @ 160 now. :lol:

    Not that it would ever happend.. but oh well..
     
    MrMagic, Dec 27, 2008
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  5. Jack Presscot

    Jack Presscot Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Money would school Hopkins and Pac in the same year.
     
    Jack Presscot, Dec 27, 2008
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  6. DINAMITA

    DINAMITA Guest

    Nah.
     
    DINAMITA, Dec 27, 2008
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  7. 1Kolijn

    1Kolijn Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Mayweather Vs Hopkins ?? Come on now.. Can we be just a little bit serious for a second.. There's no way they will ever fight ! Mayweather wouldn't step into a ring with Hopkins even if he had 50 behind him :rofl
     
    1Kolijn, Dec 27, 2008
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  8. Mind Reader

    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    Its hard to tell after Pac vs. Oscar.... Anything is possible, almost a year ago I was laughing at the idea of the fight even happening, never imagined the winner would be Pac.
     
    Mind Reader, Dec 27, 2008
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  9. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    im sick of mayweather vs everyone threads
     
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  10. puga_ni_nana

    puga_ni_nana Dempsey Roll Full Member

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    yeah, floyd by KO. :D
     
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  11. Borincano

    Borincano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hopkins could never make 160. If he could, then you would get a Pac vs Oscar all over again. Hopkins is much smarter then that, but then again, money talks.
     
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  12. The Mighty One

    The Mighty One Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Absolutely right on!!
    It would be as stupid as a fight between Pacquiao vs De La Hoya..oh...uh...hmmm....never mind
     
    The Mighty One, Dec 27, 2008
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  13. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    PBF by decision @ 160.

    There, I said it. :oops:
     
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  14. bizzer07

    bizzer07 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    its pathetic
     
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  15. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Wow, that would be a boring ass fight.

    Who would throw the first punch? :huh
     
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