JT & BHop

[Jay_Lupo]

I don't know about you guys, but I can't wait for this friggin fight to go down. HBO had a 30-minute special on it last night that was great. You guys could probably catch it at some point today or into the next week or so. It was good, so I advise all to watch it. I think FSN is airing something about X tonight at 7pm. The ADG had two articles today about it and 103.7 is broadcasting live from Vegas starting on Wednesday I think.

Jim Lampley (HBOs best, imo, boxing analyst) said he wouldn't be surprised if JT "blew Hopkins up" on Saturday. He said he's "never seen all these skills packed into a middleweight before and it's hard to imagine that there could ever be more of a physical speciman in the class."

I'm not so sure, b/c Hopkins is a masterful boxer, but I'm sure hoping Jermain can do well. Hopkins likes to frustrate (and bore the crowd) his opposition and then capitalize on mistakes late in the fight. In other words, on many nights, the X is hard, if not downright impossible, to get to. Lampley and others seem to think he'll have a tough time doing that b/c of Jermain's superb jab, which is the best in the sport right now. He's going to have trouble hiding from Jermain b/c JT's biggers, stronger and faster.

I just can't wait for this. I feel like I did before the Hogs played in the title games in '94 and '95. I just wanted to know if other Arkies are excited and other SEC boys give hoot.

Please, if you tune in on Sat., pull for our man Jermain. If he wins, there couldn't possibly be a nicer, more respectful and yet brutal champion.

[GeauxTo]

Please, if you tune in on Sat., pull for our man Jermain. If he wins, there couldn't possibly be a nicer, more respectful and yet brutal champion.
Will do.
I really like middleweights; they are small enough to be extremely fast and big enough to hit extremely hard.
;)

[WooHawg]

I can't wait for this. Have been looking forward to this fight for quite a while now. Hopefully our Razorback will take the belts. Missed the HBO special so far but hope to catch it before fight time.

[Jay_Lupo]

The HBO special is on multiple times each day, so you should be able to catch it at some point. If I find out when it is again, I'll post. I think the ADG has been running the show times in its TV listings on the sports page.

Yeah, I'm really hoping Jermain brings all five of those belts back to Arkansas. He's already said he can't wait to hear that first "hog call" :) I heard that $50,000 worth of tickets were purchased by Arkansans the first day they came on sale. I know a few people who're going. I think JT will have a lot of fans there.

Anyway, I hope to hell he wins. Only 4 days till Sat. Can't wait.

[WooHawg]

I can't wait either Jay. Also heard that there are gonna be around 3,000 Arkansans travelling to LV for this fight. I am sure he will be hearing them call the hogs loud and clear.

[Jay_Lupo]

Holy hell the press conference got out of hand :) Hopkins, the consumate thug, is pulling his intimidation tactics. Damn he's a dirty, dirty man :). But he's officially PISSED Taylor off now. I read in the ADG today that a crowd of thousands at the press conference was roughly 80 % Arkansan or Pro-Taylor. Hopkins is routinely booed in his fights, so I think it's a safe bet that the crowd will be behind JT.

The last few days have been huge for this. It's now being billed as the fight of the year and one of the most important in the last decade.

If you're an Arkansan and you're not watching this tonight, then straight up, you just suck. You SEC boys need to tune in too. It'll replay on HBO next week though. Still, I think this is going to be very entertaining. Tonight, could be and hopefully will be the end of a magnificent era in the sport of boxing, and the beginning of a new one. Let's pull our man JT through.

[fernandomike]

I haven't followed boxing very closely in recent years, but I have followed it closely enough to know that Hopkins is a real a$$. I will be watching tonight hoping that Taylor knocks the crap out of him.