Whats up with the geezers dominating our sports? First Bernard takes out a top PVP er in Wright at the age of 42. Now Randy Couture beats the dog shit out of Gonzaga at the age of 44, who is like 15 yrs younger. These old guys are defying all laws of nature. I love it.
You would think it would be tougher in MMA where you can't hide behind a hit and clutch or run strategy. Couture dominated Gonzaga with young man strength and stamina.. That's impressive shit at his age..
Seriously, he gave him an old school beatdown. I thought Gonzaga was gonna cry right in the middle. :laughing:
He was in pain from his broken nose which was caused by Couture's head smashing into his nose during the slam in the 1st round. Accidental. You can't breath too well through a broken nose and much of the blood may have been going into his mouth. He still fought hard though, despite only being a 9 fight novice. Gonzaga is a young inexperienced cat, he's never been in a big fight.
In sports that depend a lot on strength and explosive power, bit older guys usually do well. In is not unusual to see 35-year-old sprinters or weightlifters at the top level. That is because it takes years of hard work to get the best physical equipment possible. In boxing also the ability to read your opponent can make up for the lost speed and reflexes
Hopkins isn't dominating anything. He's Jermaine's son, and always will be. Let's all watch this "vicious" "ruthless" dirty old bastard avoid Chad Dawson like as if he were creeping vulcano lava.
Seriously, Hopkins is almost 43 years old.. Can he really be called-out for avoiding people? The guy has 4 fights in a row against the absolute top caliber opposition in a 2 years span. They are 30 year old "Champions" that don't have that recent history...
If he was just fighting with no supposed title then no, he shouldn't be called out for avoiding people. However, if he is the so called Light Heavyweight champion then he should be more active and fighting top Light Heavyweights.
The word was 'dominating',... he certainly didn't dominate Jermaine, and he certainly isn't 'dominating' the lightheavyweight division, I mean, making a 36 year old career junior-middleweight go up to 172lbs to fight him?,..that aint no Chad Dawson :nono: .
But I thought Hopkins, at 41 years old, absolutely dominated the living dog shit out of the guy that WAS the top Lightheavy in the world???? Or do we just dismiss Tarver now because of how bad Bernard made him look?
Well Tarver's secret is alot like Bernard's really, fight all the older contenders, and steer clear of the fit young prospects, ie Jermaine Taylor, Chad Dawson, Hopkins made that mistake once, and I bet he'll be twice shy.
Tarver lookd bad before and after the Hopkins fight in all honesty. Beating tarver was a good win for sure, but is it enough to make him the top Light Heavyweight without a doubt? I am not to sure about that.
I love how you overrate Dawson. Gimme a break, whats so special about Dawson? He barely squeaked by Adamek who didn't even fight him the 1st half of the fight.
He didn't win 11. And like I said, Adamek was asleep the first half of the fight. After coming on in the 2nd, Dawson was ucky he banked those 1st 6 rounds. Dawson just to survive the last 6 rds and hit the deck late in the fight.
You were watching a different fight. Up until Dawson was dropped he won every round. He was really kicking the shit out of Adamek in some of the rounds to the point where the corner told Adamek he had to do something besides take punishment. Dawson won no less than 9 rounds. Say what you want about Adamek but he was an undefeated fighter who got outboxed and beaten up by Chad Dawson. Adamek wasn't sleep walking early he just couldn't handle Dawson's skills and speed. LOL@ Dawson squeeking by Adamek.
Sorry, but in order to be praised as the next great LHW. Dawson should have a better fight on his resume than winning a decision vs. Adamek by a score of 9-3 and being floored in the process.
Why is that? It's not like Adamek isn't any good. The guy is a very good fighter with some good wins. Dawson whipped his ass in his first title fight. Seems impressive enough to me.
.... Dawson's win over Harding wasn't bad either. He put a beating on Harding. It's not hard to see all the skills and talent this guy has.
Just curious, what 3 rounds did you give to Adamek? I'm a bigger fan of Adamek than Dawson, but the only round I saw him win was the 10th, when he dropped Dawson. None of the previous rounds were even close. After getting dropped, Chad came back and won the 11th (Dawson hurt Adamek in this round with a right hook that did more damage than Adamek's knockdown) and 12th on my card.
Well I actually agree with him. Wright is no Chad Dawson at that weight. Wright has no bussiness at those weights and looked pretty damn soft to be honest. If Dawson and Wright fought tomorrow at 175, I would pick Dawson in a milisecond.
SQUEAKED by, BNW?? I had Dawson winning that fight 118-109...and that includes coming back to win the 12th. He dominated Adamek. EDIT: just read the rest of the thread. Dawson won 10-2 in rounds (Adamek won the 10th and 11th on my card). Dawson dominated a top 3-5 LHWT with good wins - and came up off the floor to do so. That's a great win. Peace.
To me it means Wright isn't as good as Dawson at 175 and I agree. Wright is no Light Heavyweight, which is why he is moving back down of course. Unlike Wright, Dawson has actually beaten other Top Light heavyweights.
And just wait until Mosley bowls over Cotto whom everyone is picking based on overrated power and youth.
Yeah, the tables will turn soon though. I predict that next, Mayweather will beat Mosley, Calzhage/Kessler will beat Hoptooth, and Fedor will crush Couture. Nice seeing you team old man. ld:
