Danny Green looking to destroy Bernard Hopkins
December 22nd, 2009
By Eric Thomas: Coming off an impressive 1st round knockout victory over 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. on December 2nd, International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KO’s) has next set his sights on 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins, whom he is in negotiations with for a fight in early 2010 in Australia. In an article with Philly.com, Green says “I come to destroy my opponents. Over 90 percent of my fights have ended in knockouts. My style is no secret.”
Green is still looking very strong for a 36-year-old fighter, and with his powerful punches and aggressive attacking style, he’ll be problems for Hopkins to deal with. Hopkins, however, is a defensive genius, and he could find a way to slow Green down by clinching constantly. This was one of Hopkins’ tactics in his loss to Joe Calzaghe in 2008. However, Calzaghe nullified it by throwing constant punches. Green will likely too try to overwhelm Hopkins’ defense and prevent him from clinching as much as he’d like to. In terms of work rate, there’s no question that Green will be the busier fighter.
Green likes to throw a lot of punches and stay on top of his opponents. Hopkins, as he’s aged, has become more of a pot shot type fighter. He tends to punch and hold immediately. It’s ugly, but the style works for him. He also can move well against stationary fighters like Pavlik. Green isn’t as immobile as Pavlik is, however, and is quite good at cutting off the ring. Hopkins will have to come up with a different strategy than that if he wants to beat Green. The punch and hold, and the movement won’t likely be enough to beat Green in Australia. Hopkins may have to prove that he can stand his ground and turn back Green’s attacks in the trenches. At 45, I’m not so certain that Hopkins can do that.
Green says “Bernard is a defensive genius. He’s going to try and shut my offense down and hold out for a decision. I don’t think he can do it, but there’s only one way to find out, isn’t there?
Hopkins has few other options besides Green. The fight with Jones is now off the table because of Green’s knockout win over him. And if Hopkins fights light heavyweight Chad Dawson, Hopkins will have a much younger, taller and faster opponent in front of him. He won’t get a huge payday in that fight and may get beaten badly. Other than Dawson, there’s Lucian Bute, the tough IBF super middleweight champion, who has a very hit and run style. Hopkins would have a lot of problems with him as well.
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name says it all 2 out 3 and 1 a soviet trained and he was nationalised real dinky dye you lot try to claim a has a born ozi talkiscrap
So Jeff Fenech, Kostya Tszyu & Vic Darchinyan didnt or dont cut it with you Dale? You Goose. Boxb you are so right in what you say. Stay tuned for some real good fighters to come out of Australia in the near future…maybe they might have the opportunity to fight for some real titles and $$$. Well done Danny Green for giving some exposure to Australian Boxing. Its a shame Australia is so far away geographically from all the boxing hype…Lets all hope Hopkins doesnt do the old one punch then hold trick when/if he fights Green…then it will be something to watch.
course its for the money its always for the money, you name those ozi class that your talking about, oh please dont put the contanders names, yer i am a ozi and proud of it so dont bring that crap to this site i am just seeing
it from my angle theres no one out there, i think you should go back to sleep and keep dreaming, good name boxdumb
boxb wats this rubbish about ozzi boxers you talk more crap then mundine, there is no real qaulity boxers here and has not for about 20/30 years bring johnny faversham he will still beat this top quality crap
Danny Green is a panzy. Roy bet on himself and then took a dive. Danny knew it going in which is why he is not bragging about it. Boxing is a joke now a days. Australian Boxing is a joke with no punchline.
for starters its a cruiserweight belt but they have been fighting at 81-82 kilos in the last two fights, so its basically overblown light heavyweight, so hopkins wont have to put on weight, the weight is no factor. Secondly to all the americans and brits that keep saying who is green and who has he beaten, well the reason he hasnt beaten allot of big american names is because for years they wont take the fights. The risk is too high and the monetary reward is too low so they bypass little known but talented fighters from other countries. It doesnt mean they arent as good as the household names. Lucky for Green , Roy Jones thought it would be a tuneup fight and gave him a shot to get his name known. Ive heard Americans say before the fight that Green was no better than Lacy and i knew that was horset. Also heard people on forums from the US say that mundine who beat green was nothing more than a contender and Pavlik would have smashed him. That is utter . Three years ago i would have picked mundine against anyone in the middle and super middleweight division.His defense was an awesome shoulder roll like mayweather and his speed was unmatched. Unfortunately for him hes a p and his management are only after money so he never took a fight for small cash to get his name in lights in america and now hes dropppin too low in wieght, slowing down , has a hip injury and basically has blown his chance to be a world star. Point is , you cs dont know t about any fighters except for US fighter or fighters that fight in the US against US fighters. Adamenk has a name now and Paul Briggs almost gave him brain damage the two times they fought , and briggs wasnt as good as green or anywhere near as talented as Mundine. im sure most of you havent heard of Briggs either. And to the Brits , t have a look at Calzaghes record, only his last three wins were against proper names , he stayed at home fighting hacks and didnt fight hopkins when they were both in their prime.
Boxb…you hit the nail on the head. All you American boxing fans believe your own but. You talk up your self declared legends who select their own opponents in their own country, then make excuses when they’re beat.
If you all didnt have your heads so far up your as, then maybe you would’ve heard of Danny Green. Oops…sorry, I forgot. Antonio Tarver ran at the last minute from a Danny Green fight a few years ago haha…why? cos he knows it was too much of a risk.
Hopkins will get a bigger pay day fighting Green in Australia, than any other available fight. Jimboxe – Lucien Bute same money??…wtf?…dont make me laugh. Australians are mad about boxing…they could get 30,000 at a Green/Hopkins fight.Then there’s PPV.
Talk is cheap…the world is catching on America…
I wonder if the arrogant yanks will know who Danny is after he destroys Bhop?
unless he beats mundine in a rematch will never get the street cred here in oz , only fight that counts in gyms , pubs and workplaces is green – mundine 2.
All this hype around green is based upon what?
Ive just looked at his record and i am not impressed. The only decent name i recognise is Roy Jones Jr.
A old roy jones jr, who got caught with a shot on the temple / back of the head, then jumped with a huge attack of missing punches. There is a huge difference between a ref stopping a fight, and knocking someone out.
Another observation from reading danny greens record… he has never fought ANYBODY who is undefeated. Ever. Most of his opponents had lost several times against nobodies before stepping into the ring with him.
Now… as a british boxing fan id love for danny green to wipe the floor with another american. I just think he is overhyped and is going to get shown up by hopkins. Just like kelly pavlik did.
Nobody ever beats hopkins up. Roy jones in his prime didnt beat hopkins up. Joe Calzaghe didnt beat him up… what chance does average joe danny green have?
There’s no way that B-Hop will travel to Autralia to get beat up at 185 pounds. Same money is available around here with a fight with Lucian Bute a 168 super mid 25-0 with HBO behind him and is willing to move up to 175 pounds !!! Remember folks, it’s all about money !!! B-Hop has nothing to prove anymore …
Danny Green will destroy B Hop 44 year old chin will crumble after Danny hit’s it.
Mundine hasen’t got the balls to come to Cruiseweight
Green will KO Mundine quicker than Jones Jr.
green has no chance ,overated oz could not beat mouthy mundine who fights noone anygood. gill still better
then both
Green’s fighting better than he probably ever has but we want to se him take on the best. At the moment, around that weight, that fighter is Chad Dawson. Hopkins, is dodging Dawson too and there’s a reason for that.
Haha Stu & Ben you’re dreaming Bhop is a boring old mouthy man now – typical American! He’ll get beat up good if he dares to take this fight! He just went the distance with a nobody – cmon guys wake up!
green can bang…but he hasn’t got calzaghe’s stamina. i think you can only beat b-hop by out-working him…but he hasn’t been mixing with cruisers…hell, he hasn’t been mixing with big light-heavies..in fact, he wasn’t even mixing with big middleweights most of the time. it’s a tough fight to call. i’d favour b-hop.
goerge foreman is planning a comeback , green seems to be interested,aussie promoter will bring him downunder for a circus show, hopkins at age 44′ is looking for money it seems oz have the money to fund his retirement . GREEN SHOULD HAVE A REMATCH W/ MUNDINE OR A BETTER FIGHT WITH CHAD DAWSON
Hopkins will be too clever for this overated aussie. His win over Roy means nothing. The commentary saying when you beat a legend you become a legend was ridicolous. Jones Jr was a legend but has lost too many recently and was finished after Calzaghe proven in the Lacy fight. Hopkins how ever old is too classy for Green and hopefully this will be shown when hopkins schools him
Danny Green has been beat on points twice before.
Theres no way he is going to beat up Bernard Hopkins.