Bernard Hopkins is one of the greatest middleweights of all time and knows the sport as well as anyone, a real technician in there in his time.
A fighter who could dissect his opponents and break them down bit by bit.
Choosing to put a bit more ‘mustard’ on the shots as he used to say back in the day.
Pending on a how a fight would be going at the time.
Speaking at the Ring 2025 Awards ahead of the big fight between Shakur Stevenson and Teofimo Lopez he said to Fight Hype:
“Teofimo got power, but Shakur got that ring IQ. It’s gonna be a chess match, and I like the chess player in a long fight.”
That to us suggests it is the latter he is going with there in his prediction.
He who starts well will have a good advantage — first one and two rounds are vital.
Another boxing great Terence Crawford warned Lopez ahead of the bout to stop acting like a clown.
