Your feelings about Hopkins-Dawson II/

i'll believe it's happening when i see them both in the ring. let's hope hopkins doesn't try to pull another acting job out of his ass.

 

i dont get it though, bhop use to train at my gym and i met him a bunch of times and im alittle under 6'1 and he was around my height, i can understand upgrading someones height to make them appear bigger, but why would you downgrade someones height cuz dawson is def taller than bhop and is prob atleast 6'2-6'3, but is listed everywhere at 6'1...?

 

Dawson will probably win, most likely a boring fight. I can easily see it going either way. The fight needs to happen, but it's kind of one of those get-it-out-of-the-way things.

I can easily see wily ole Hopkins stealing this one, but I think Dawson is just too talented, and he should be able to keep Hopkins at distance with the jab. I'd like to think he was taught a lesson by the Pascal fight about the need to stay aggressive, but I'm not convinced.

 

I agree with this, it's what I've been saying all along. One day he will show up and be off the diving board, but I don't see it being this fight. If Hopkins wins this then alot of haters on this Forum will be embarrased.

One crucial factor that leads me to pick Hopkins is his brain, you can bet that he learned much more in those two completed rounds about Dawson, than Chad learned about him. If there's one guy you wouldn't want having a sneak peak at you before you fight, it's Bernard Hopkins.

If I was Chad, I'd of took my NC to the bank, and stayed there.

 

Thankyou sir, I fully expect you to mention it on your show and give no credit what so ever!

 

i had multiple face to face convos with him so im not just eyeballing his height, i know for a fact hes between 6'0-6'1. Also alot of your examples are heights which have been inflated. Im talking about heights that are downgraded. Why would chad dawson be listed as 6'1 on credible sites (like boxrec.com) when he HAS to be atleast 6'2-6'3

http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/...w-hopkins-dawson-card-highlights-busy-weekend

go to that link, dawson is ATLEAST 2 inches bigger than him and you can see their footwear. Im just saying why would you make someone shorter than they really are because i know for a FACT bhop is atleast 6'0-6'1.

 

I agree.

But I will be watching, hoping it turns into a exciting game of chess somehow.

 

Again, you can round heights down, is one variable and you can try and make them look shorter to take concern off of other fighters in facing someone with a bigger height advantage and your camp can put out understated heights that end up on boxrec or Wikipedia or a television station that doesn't do their own measurements and takes your camp's word on it. I don't know. I also wasn't accusing you of getting anything wrong, I'm just saying you've got a lot of things going on with regard to shoe treads giving different appearances, spinal fluid differences, posture, and you can end up with heights both actually fluctuating and appearing to, to a pretty significant degree. That's all.

Sonny Liston used to wear lifts, making him seem taller.
Wlad Klitschko pretty much is always measured at and listed at 6'6/6'6.5 but he always says he's 6'5 when I hear him mention it. They have their reasons, I guess, for understatement (Paul Williams, Chad Dawson, Klitshcko, etc) as much as overstatement. It's possible Dawson just doesn't want to come across at too much of an advantage? :conf

 

BHop will find a way to get out if this fight before he gets Koed.

 

glad to see its not a ppv haha. both guys are good just hope that the old man can pull it off. good luck to both boxers.

 

I'm hyped for it cause i'm a huge fan of both guys....if b-hop wins he jumps another couple notches on atg list, if dawson wins he finally gets that big career defining win, then it's a rematch with pascal and back to being a higly ranked p4p fighter and from there there's a shitload of interesting fights with the top SMW's and LHW's, lotsa good young champs in both divisions!