hopkins or de la hoya
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A year ago I would've told you that Hopkins will win.
And after their last fights, I would've told you that Hopkins would win easily.
However I always felt that De La Hoya would have a much better chance than most people give him.
Now after watching the weigh-in, I'm almost inclined to say that Oscar's gonna pull off the upset.
If you take De La Hoya's word for it, that he trained real hard to boost his stamina and that he actually went 12 rounds on four occasions during the training for this fight then I'm definately picking De La Hoya to win.
People do not realize that B-Hop is a small middleweight, is very slow on his feet, and is much slower than De La Hoya when it comes to hand speed. Not to mention the fact that his best punch is his right hand, which he telegraphs as he sets up to throw it. He ain't gonna catch Oscar with it.
Hopkins came in at 156 while De La Hoya came in at 155.
De La Hoya is 3 inches shorter but because of this, he looks the bigger of the two.
So Hopkins' size advantage might be out the window already.
Peep the weigh-in pix....
My prediction, Hopkins will be a warded a decision in a fight where it appears Oscar has won.
Much like Oscar's fights with Trinidad and Mosley II....
And after their last fights, I would've told you that Hopkins would win easily.
However I always felt that De La Hoya would have a much better chance than most people give him.
Now after watching the weigh-in, I'm almost inclined to say that Oscar's gonna pull off the upset.
If you take De La Hoya's word for it, that he trained real hard to boost his stamina and that he actually went 12 rounds on four occasions during the training for this fight then I'm definately picking De La Hoya to win.
People do not realize that B-Hop is a small middleweight, is very slow on his feet, and is much slower than De La Hoya when it comes to hand speed. Not to mention the fact that his best punch is his right hand, which he telegraphs as he sets up to throw it. He ain't gonna catch Oscar with it.
Hopkins came in at 156 while De La Hoya came in at 155.
De La Hoya is 3 inches shorter but because of this, he looks the bigger of the two.
So Hopkins' size advantage might be out the window already.
Peep the weigh-in pix....
My prediction, Hopkins will be a warded a decision in a fight where it appears Oscar has won.
Much like Oscar's fights with Trinidad and Mosley II....
No doubt B-Hop is the man.
Hasn't lost in over 11 years and holds the middle weight record for successful consecutive title defenses.
But you have to dig back to his last loss against Roy Jones.
RJ boxed him to death by taking advantage of the flaws that Hopkins still has.
I think De La Hoya will borrow from RJ's blue print, he is capable of outboxing Hopkins the same way Roy did.
Anyways, I just heard on ESPNNews that De La Hoya's right hand (between middle and wedding finger) was cut this past Wednesday while one of his trainers was cutting off hand wrapping with a pair of scissors. Not good for De La Hoya, the cut required eight stitches but the fight is still on.
Looks like De La Hoya's very determined to win tonight....
Hasn't lost in over 11 years and holds the middle weight record for successful consecutive title defenses.
But you have to dig back to his last loss against Roy Jones.
RJ boxed him to death by taking advantage of the flaws that Hopkins still has.
I think De La Hoya will borrow from RJ's blue print, he is capable of outboxing Hopkins the same way Roy did.
Anyways, I just heard on ESPNNews that De La Hoya's right hand (between middle and wedding finger) was cut this past Wednesday while one of his trainers was cutting off hand wrapping with a pair of scissors. Not good for De La Hoya, the cut required eight stitches but the fight is still on.
Looks like De La Hoya's very determined to win tonight....
Well it was fun while it lasted.
Hopkins proved to be too strong for De La Hoya.
I had the fight dead even going into the 9th round.
I think Hopkins surprised everyone by trying to outbox De La Hoya,
but when he sensed he was falling behind, he came out and imposed his will on De La Hoya and thus landed the left hook to the body.
Who do ya'll wanna see Hopkins take on next?
There's talks about him fighting Tarver at a catch weight.
That would be tight!
Hopkins proved to be too strong for De La Hoya.
I had the fight dead even going into the 9th round.
I think Hopkins surprised everyone by trying to outbox De La Hoya,
but when he sensed he was falling behind, he came out and imposed his will on De La Hoya and thus landed the left hook to the body.
Who do ya'll wanna see Hopkins take on next?
There's talks about him fighting Tarver at a catch weight.
That would be tight!
