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Antonio "Magic Man" Tarver and Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins set to meet in "Fight to the Finish" on June 10 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, live on HBO Pay-Per-View.
Discuss the fight here.
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Sep 9, 2006 2:31 PM
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> > Great clip. "Yall must have forgot".
> > I could'nt say it better myself.
> > Thanks for the clip..
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> That's the thing. The same qualities that made Roy
> great is what makes him booty right now. He is
> unorthodox and technically flawed.
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> Any other fighter would have approached a hurt
> Pazienza and thrown a left hook to the body, an
> overhand right followed by a series of blows up top.
> Delahoya-style.
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> Roy would pull punches out of everywhere because he
> had the athleticism and coordination. When that was
> gone, he had nothing left to fall back on.
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> Three uppercuts while running forward? All of them on
> the chin? Sick.
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> Buy stocks today. That Middle East crisis won't last.
Sure was a fun-time watchin' Roy "Puttin' on a Show"
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Aug 27, 2006 1:28 PM
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> thank you B-hop for that fight. I hate Tarver
> and the mouth that come with him.He has deserved that
> ass whipping since he verbally disrespected you and
> Roy.To see him humble close to a whisper in the
> interview after the fight with two puff eyes was
> almost good as sex. Congratulations Hopkins on a
> wonderful career!!
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> --
> G's up
Grasshopper, I see that you are punchdrunk, yet again!
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Aug 26, 2006 3:00 PM
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thank you B-hop for that fight. I hate Tarver and the mouth that come with him.He has deserved that ass whipping since he verbally disrespected you and Roy.To see him humble close to a whisper in the interview after the fight with two puff eyes was almost good as sex. Congratulations Hopkins on a wonderful career!!
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Aug 8, 2006 4:15 AM
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he didnt do shit. people just make excusses for people expecially guys who are favored and most people on this sight pick to win. he won fair.
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Aug 8, 2006 3:02 AM
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What did he do i like to know???
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Aug 8, 2006 2:57 AM
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Xcuse me I am new,but I love boxing,I seen two people post Hopkins did something very dirty to Tarver please let me in on it, because i thought that was one of Hopkins cleaner fights.........THNX
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Jul 28, 2006 9:43 AM
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I am very inclined to agree with that.Calzaghe jus doesnt have what it takes to be in there with B-Hop.Calzaghe is good against one dimensional opponents (sad to say,thats wut I think Lacy is).I think B-Hop would box circles around Calzaghe & finish him in like the 9th or 10th
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It is what it is!
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Jul 28, 2006 9:27 AM
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Hopkins would KO Calzaghe late. Jeff Lacy is strictly a power puncher (no jab, very little head movement), B-Hop would slowly and methodically break Calzaghe down over a period of rounds and get em' late. Bernard is not only a skilled fighter, but he's a hard fighter and Calzaghe has never been in with a fighter of Hopkins' caliber. Hopkins can not only hurt you with his fist, but he's one of the more skilled fighters when it comes to using other body parts to inflict pain on his opponent. He'd use his head, hit Calzaghe in the hips (he's infamous for that) and just wear em' down over time.
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Jul 28, 2006 3:16 AM
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> Tarver is done. As for Hopkins, I believe he will
> stay retired, but if he comes out of retirement this
> year, he will fight Calzaghe. That would be a
> superfight. Hopkins proved he still has something in
> the tank and if Calzaghe could ever stay healthy
> during a full training camp, that would be a great
> fight. My pick: Calzaghe by split decision
Tarver isn't done; last I heard he's movin' up a weight class to fight one of the greatest heavyweights of the big screen: Rocky Balboa (Christmas 06)...should be a good one. But on a more serious note, at this point in his career Calzaghe v. anyone isn't a superfight. I've already stated how I feel about him (like him, he can fight) but he doesn't have much of a followin' outside of Britain (he's a Welshman). I imagine a PPV involvin' Calzaghe would be financially unimpressive to say the least. And if, because I seriously doubt the Executioner would come out of retirement for Calzaghe of all fighters, they fought Hopkins beats him (Unanimous Decision).
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Jul 23, 2006 8:13 PM
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> >
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> > Buy stocks today. That Middle East crisis won't
> last.
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> Dup,
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> where did that come from?
> What about inflation, rising interest rates and the
> housing market? hold on to cash, the markets may get
> worse before it gets better
The day I wrote that, the Dow was swinging down a buck plus. Two days after I wrote that, the market swung back up damn near two bucks.
You sittin' and holdin' or you trading? This isn't 1988.
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Jul 23, 2006 7:05 PM
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Tarver is done. As for Hopkins, I believe he will stay retired, but if he comes out of retirement this year, he will fight Calzaghe. That would be a superfight. Hopkins proved he still has something in the tank and if Calzaghe could ever stay healthy during a full training camp, that would be a great fight. My pick: Calzaghe by split decision
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Jul 23, 2006 6:09 PM
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>
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> Buy stocks today. That Middle East crisis won't last.
Dup,
where did that come from?
What about inflation, rising interest rates and the housing market? hold on to cash, the markets may get worse before it gets better
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Jul 23, 2006 6:03 PM
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"Maybe I should change my ring name from 'Left Hook' to 'The Magic Man' since I'm the one who made Tarver disappear."
~~ Former super middleweight titlist Jeff Lacy, on former light heavyweight champ Antonio Tarver (nicknamed 'The Magic Man'), who seems to be ducking Lacy's challenge to fight him this fall in Tampa, Fla., the area where they both live.
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Jul 16, 2006 3:42 AM
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Ok but he is aging and already a hall of famer. What more can he do? This would be like the UFC hall of famer Ken Shamrock, way past his prime, going to fight again. It is not the same and there just isnt a lot of gas left.
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Re: HBO Pay-Per-View: Tarver vs. Hopkins
Jul 16, 2006 2:28 AM
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...this is exactly what i was saying, Roy was so superior that he outclassed everyone with his superb skills and athleticism.
...but superior athleticism and heart doesn't necessarily go hand and hand.
...he's a super-talented cur, as soon as the fight is not in his overwhelming favor, he gets scared and chicken out...he can only fight if he totally outclasses his opponent.
...the minute he finds out that the opponent is going to give him a hard time, he fights like a coward and start running, not attacking like he should be able to....the last Tarver fight exemplifies this.
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