48 years old Bernard"The Executioner" Hopkins (53-6-2(32 KO) rated number 1 in the world and number 1 in the USA will defend his IBF heavy weight title agaisnt much younger (only 30) Karo Murat (25-1-1(15 KO) from Germany originally from Iraq on this Saturday night, October 26 in Atlantic city, USA.
It will be first title defense for Hopkins who won the title on March this year against unbeaten at that time Tavoris Cloud. Hopkins comes to this fight after not impressive win over Tavoris Cloud on March and los against Chad Dawson on April last year. Karo Murat comes to this fight after TKO round 7 win over Sandro Siproshvili (who lost 11 of his last 15 fights) last year. Before that he had a draw against Gabriel Campillo in 2011. I believe Karo Murat lost the fight, but as he was fighting in Germany, and we all know what happens when all goes to the score cards in Germany for home fighters, he was gifted with a draw.
Many boxing fans see this fight as a
big mismatch. Karo Murat is B level fighter and Bernard Hopkins can be
called one of the top fighters, but I still see this fight very
competitive because Hopkins is not getting younger, and his age must
bring him problems once. I don't believe that the fight will be very
exciting, Hopkins is one of those who can produce very boring fights for
all the 12 rounds. His fight against Tavoris Cloud almost made me sleep
watching it, I do not expect something else here. Hopkins had his last
knockout 9 years ago, now he is planning to knockout Murat, but I don't
believe he will succeed....
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