21st July 2007! B'Hop v Winky

Winky Wright has promised to let his fists do the talking when he meets Bernard Hopkins on Saturday night.

The pair face off in a battle between two veteran pound-for-pounders and two of the most skilled technicians in the game today.

While many experts are predicting a cagey affair, the pre-fight build-up has been anything but.

Hopkins has been stoking the flames - saying Wright is not even the best southpaw he has faced and doesn't come to fight - while Wright, is quietly confident of extending his 13-fight, eight-year unbeaten run.

"It's gonna be a smart fight, a great fight, because you're gonna have two fighters who want to win," he told Sky Sports.

"I definitely want to win and I ain't leaving without that win!

"I'm gonna whoop him. He's been talking a lot of trash, I'm not a trash talker. Saturday night's when I'll do my talking."

Wright is moving up from middleweight for the Mandalay Bay megafight, while Hopkins is coming out of retirement to box for the first time in over a year.

The pair boast over 100 pro fights, and 34 world title fights between them, and having both campaigned around the 160lb division, have common foes on their impressive records.

i think hopkins gettin too old but i like winkys toughness so i think he will beat hopkins.

Winky is a class boxer like, keeps it nice and simple textbook style and it's effective. Should be a good bout though, looking forward to it.

i think this fight might end hopkins career because i think he just too dam old but he could prove me wrong.

dont count hopkins out.. everyone said he was too old for tarver. and he didnt ko him or anything but he did win

I'm looking for a very technical bout. Lots of boxing not much brawling till the end. I think Wright will win by a clear UD unless B-Hop gets the late KO when he starts to brawl.

Wright 7-5 8-4 rds or B-Hop ko 11th rd.

"bernard hopkins is like batman ...whatever happens he will find a way to defeat you" larry merchant

hopkins won that fight very bad. told you not to count him out

man just watched it...how lathargic was winky? his jab had the snap but he didnt throw nearly as much as before and his movment has dropped.hope he moves down to middlewieght again

shit. i cant edit my old postings mikkel. I wanted to erase this dumb postings i spammed this forum with but my old Redneck account is banned.
Sorry again for the trouble and everyone should know that you are doing a good job with the games here.
hm...i spam this postive message to the threads my old posting still is on top. All i can do.

Redneck