When Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. go head to head, Bernard Hopkins believes Pacquiao will end up being target practice.
The boxing world is finally getting the fight that they have been waiting for: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao.
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The two men will go head-to-head on May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and everyone has already been weighing in on who they believe will be walking away from the ring with that special, commemorative belt.
One of those people weighing in on the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight is Bernard Hopkins, who held the IBF and WBA (Super) Light Heavyweight titles until suffering a loss to Sergey Kovalev in November of last year.
Hopkins believes the highly-anticipated fight will start off close, but then Mayweather will pull away as Pacquiao’s lack of defense begins to get exposed. Hopkins believes Mayweather can win so convincingly that Pacquiao will simply be target practice.
In an interview with Fight Hype, Hopkins said:
"“The first 5 or 6 rounds, it’s going to be a back and fourth fight because of Pacquiao’s aggression. But Pacquiao is not the best defensive fighter. Mayweather is going to sharp shoot, and not only is Mayweather going to fight back when he needs to, but after that 6th round, it’s done,” stated future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins.“Hey, listen, there will be people that’s so upset because they charging people money, they are going to be so upset because in the second half, it somehow turned into such easy work that they are going to feel like there was some type of corruption or foul play or pollution in the air. They are gonna make up all kinds of excuses (laughing). I believe the second half of these 12 rounds gonna be target practice for Floyd. And it’s going to be a situation where, is he putting a show on just so people can get their monies worth or is it just that easy. That’s my bold statement and I stick by it, now let’s wait 8 to 9 weeks and see what happens.”"
It will be interesting to see how the fight plays out, but let’s hope — for the sake of people paying thousands of dollars to put their butts in the seats — that it is a closer fight than Bernard Hopkins seems to believe it will be.
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