Hopkins vs. Pascal: Bernard says he’s going to “Dissect” Jean on 12/18
November 30th, 2010
By Dan Ambrose: 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s) hopes to reach back into his old bag of tricks to pull off an upset win over WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 17 KO’s) on December 18th at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Hopkins thinks that his superior experience will be the telling factor in this fight. He’s going to have to hope that’s the case, because Pascal has a lot of advantages over Hopkins in terms of youth, hand speed, and movement.
In an article at sportinglife.com, Hopkins says “I get a chance to be the oldest fighter in history to win a title. I get to continue to make history. How many times can an athlete do that?”
Hopkins’ chances for success would be much better had he been staying active recently, but he only fought once in 2009 and thus far only once in 2010. For an old fighter like Hopkins to keep sharp and not lose his skills, he needs to have fought at least three to four times a year. He hasn’t been doing that, and it could be asking a lot of his aging body to beat a younger and faster fighter like Pascal.
“I am going to dissect this guy,” says Hopkins. “I am going to take him apart. Take him out of his comfort zone.”
Hopkins’ work rate against Ornelas and Jones wasn’t high. Hopkins mostly mugged on the inside and did a lot of wrestling and threw occasional pot shots. It wasn’t pretty. It was like a major effort for him to throw shots and he looked like he was laboring to throw. It kind of reminded me of an old car not firing on all cylinders. Hopkins would fight well for a short period of time, and then go back to looking awful by not throwing punches and just wrestling. That kind of thing worked against Ornelas and Jones, because neither of them had much to offer. But Pascal is in the prime of his career and he fights very smoothly and has no problems throwing combinations and power shots. He doesn’t need all the rest breaks that Hopkins appears to need at this state in his career.
Hopkins may resort to flopping around on the canvas for punches thrown near the beltline in this fight to buy time for him to get rest breaks. I think Hopkins is going to use a variety of stall tactics to try and rest whenever he can. This is what we’ve seen in his fights with Jones and Joe Calzaghe. I expect more of the same from him.
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@bernie
Hy dude, do you know Hopkins? I have to give you props man cause ur the best writer here by far, I watched all your comments! The one on Hopkins where you make him slimeball deserves Pulitzer. What do you do for living?
12 of one a dozen of the other. Showtime will be handeling this fight and not HBO. Your still at fault Greenberg for not picking up Klitschko. Same with Showtime. If there is nothing worse seeing this fight Pascal-Hopkins than seeing Bernstien and the cuisines vying for the privelge of holding Stanky Ass’ jockstrap.
Even when Borenard was younger he did not fight aggressively for three minutes. He uses his head very well and by that I mean in close he accidentally butts especially if the fight is close. He throws a punch and if he misses, like Spinks and Hagler somehow the opponent still gets a forearm or elbow to slice him open.
This is a typical Borenard fight. Feint, feint, feint, stare, stare, feint, jab, hold, push, forearm, elbow grab. Gets hit with a hard head shot and he complains it was an illegal shot. He gets hit with a body shot and he claims it was a low blow. In both cases if/when he is tired and in trouble he uses this as a chance to go down and get a break when the ref intervenes and catch a big breath.
Despite all of this faking and shenanigans he still gets really tired and does less fighting in the last 3-5 rds. When he loses a decision he will blame the corrupt system and the judges who hate him because (a) he speaks his mind, (b) they know nothing about boxing or (c) because he is black.
Give me a break! The man is a joke. His biggest victories were against Oscar, Trinidad, Winky Wright and Pavlike who he all made come up to face him at his weight. The other great win was against Tarver who found out the hard way like Jones and Chris Byrd, that losing excessive lbs on short notice drains the body. He is dity and boring…case closed!
do people realize that bHop is 45 years old and in superb shape.he has boxing knowlege that only youth and adaquate skills can endure,and Pascal has those adaquate skills and will probably win over the cagey old veteran.Yes B hop wins this and we will all say,Wow! this guy is that great.I realy dont think that will be the case.
B-HOP WINS A DECISON NOT SUPRISED IF HE STOPS PASCAL,HOPKINS TRIVES ON PEOPLE DOUBTING HIM SO EXPECT IT TO BE A REAL GOOD SHOWING FROM B-HOP. PASCAL BEAT DAWSON ON LUCK CAUSE THE REF GAVE PASCAL LOTS OF TIME TO RECOVER AT THE END WHEN CHAD FINALLY DECIDED TO FIGHT AND ALMOST KO PASCAL. IF THE REAL DAWSON SHOWED UP IT WOULD OF BEEN LIGHTD OUT FOR PASCAL,ALSO DAWSON HAS A REMATCH CLAUSE THAT HE IS PASCALS MANDATORY CHALLENGER AFTER PASCAL FOUGHT ONCE AFTER THIER INITIAL FIGHT.CHAD WILL MAKE HIM PAY FOR THAT FIRST WIN
Bernard is going to DESTROY PASCAL!!!!!!!!
pPascal could not hit Bernard with a hand full of rice!
Pascal will seriously hurt B Hop i fear. Too many miles on the clock and he wont get away with his normal cheating in Canada.
YOU CAN’T GO AGAINST NATURE. B-HOP WILL RUN OUT OF GAS IN THE LATER ROUNDS AND WILL GET BEAT-UP.
Yo sayeeb, What do you want a freakin medal for not touching alcohol, dont you know that various religions would use it in there ceremonies. Or is this another knock at you know who. This is why I always infer that your ass stinks!
On fighting Paqiuao with an african american from the street style, What the F–k does that mean, (someone eyeballing you as you go by in your car at the bus stop?} and you mentioned Mosely, thats the first time I heard he was from the streets, How bout Shannon Briggs? Mmmm! If black fighters from the streets are so hot then why white cops are always kicking there ass. You fk– Frisco Salam.
I’ll tip all you sweet science fans out there to look out for an up and coming Aussie lightweight by the name of Leonardo (Lenny) Zappavigna . After a 1st round KO victory against Ji-Hoon Kim he is scheduled to face IBF champ Miguel Vazquez , lets hope it happens and the world can watch this talented young fighter .
@ Pete
Danny has to fight blokes like Roy Jones and BJ Flores to keep busy while he waits for cats like Beibut Shumenov,Jean Pascal,Tavoris Cloud and Juergen Braehmer to man up and get in the ring and put their titles on the line against a genuine L/H weight contender .
All BHop has to do is keep the flurries coming and Pascal won’t even punch. We saw that the few times that Dawson did his job in the last fight. Pascal completely stops when you shoe shine him. It’s BHop’s fight to lose.
The fight I want to see Pascal in, though, is with Dawson, but Chad needs to wake the he!! up and realize he didn’t do nearly enough in the last fight. And if Eddie Mustafa Muhammad can’t make him see his mistakes and motivate him, then he’s in trouble.
Danny Green KO’s a super shot Roy Jones and all of a sudden he is the best fighter on the planet. Well, you’d think that the way some of you go on about him. Lets wait until he fights someone relevant.
As for Hopkins v Pascal – I literally have no idea what is going to happen. Is Hopkins going to roll back the years? Will the sheer will and strength of Pascal be a step too far at this age? I have no idea.
The only person to beat Pascal had to stand there and take serious punishment before edging a close decision.
when pascal beats hopkins lets hope he fights danny green and not say no to danny green again. pascal show heart and fight danny green.
Evreyone who is on this Blog talking up Stanky Ass dont want to admit they’re on Golden Boy Promotions payroll. You gettin paid back on this one S.A. I really do believe tha Pascal is gonna go light. Because of this exaggerated respect he has for his disfunctional elders. Therefore I dont give this fight any credibility. But I can guarantee You will get paid back for all your antics. Furthermore Ill meet you outside after your first fight. You feel me Bernard!
I said it once and I’ll say it again,ANYONE around the 175 mark should avoid Bhop like the plague!
Hopkins cannot get out of the way of Pascals speed. He fights like he is stuck in cement but he talks a good game. I find it insulting as a fan they are asking me to pay for this. They should pay us for having to endure the cry baby faces, rolling around on the canvas and crying to the ref Hopkins treats his fans to every his over rated ass gets in the ring.Bhop is getting DQED or KTFO because he cannot compete against a champion anymore. The only hope he has is an American ref that will allow him to butt and low blow turning this fight into the WWF.
B-HOP wins a close decision in my eyes, but those judges will rob him of the W, so B-HOP better win clearly(more than a 115-113 score) because the judges will give it to Pascal if the scores are close. B-HOP will land all night counter lefts to Pascal, after 6 rounds Pascal faded against Dawson, but he was still comfortably enough ahead to win. With B-HOP he needs to get a good lead if he wants to win, because when he fades B-HOP even more tired than him will make him look bad and he may get the points for fighting at “his pace”.
Anonymous
well big bad wolf,Dawson beat the road warrior twice, he beat Adamek, He beat Tarver twice, just to name afew.I was surprised at how well Pascal fought Chad D.Hopkins has lost to Jermane Tayler,twice.He has trouble with guys that are fast handed and crisp punchers.It should be an easy enough night for pascal if he fights as well as he did his last.”
What kind of twisted maths is this?
Froch beat Pascal, i assume he’s better than all of the above, right?
Chad Dawson didnt show up to the Pascal fight. That said i like Pascal allot but not enough to beat BHOP. Pascals lunging style is all wrong for the Executioner.
well big bad wolf,Dawson beat the road warrior twice, he beat Adamek, He beat Tarver twice, just to name afew.I was surprised at how well Pascal fought Chad D.Hopkins has lost to Jermane Tayler,twice.He has trouble with guys that are fast handed and crisp punchers.It should be an easy enough night for pascal if he fights as well as he did his last.
Bernard has this fight in the bag.
HOPKINs can win if he makes Pascal fight on the inside
I’ll be there december 18 and i realy want to see pascal destroy bhop. It ‘s the time for hopkin to retire his old self!!!
I hope Hopkins can beat this chump i mean Dawson could have won this if he fought rounds 1-11 like he fought round 12 . To me Dawson over rated who has he actually beat ? I never was impressed with his fighting style SORRY.As far as Pascal he weak If Hopkins was to fight him 5 years before he would have killed dude but sense he is older it gives Pascal and edge b/c u never know when Father time will catch up with him
pascal better be on his game but bh need to give it up he have a weak chin and he cant take to many head shots
Well when bernard hopkins is fighting you have to give the man a winning chance. Ive never seen bernard hopkins in a bad fight were he was completly dominated. I think hes past his time though, still you have to admire his philly toughness and fighting spirit.
bhop is too much of a technician for pascal… pascal might be the physically quicker dude but the dude has some flaws that i feel bhop can exploit… -2cents-
Pascal had better bring his A game to the fight or Hopkins will strangle any life out of the fight. As much as I dislike the way Hopkins fights, he is very effective at frustrating and annoying the opposition to the point where they beat themselves.