Fight Preview: Bernard Hopkins v. Enrique Ornelas
by Scott Christ on Dec 2, 2009 12:22 PM EST
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Tonight in Philadelphia, live on Versus at 8pm ET, living legend and Hall of Famer-in-waiting Bernard Hopkins returns from a 14-month layoff to take on Enrique Ornelas.
This won't be a long fight preview, because it's really pretty simple. If Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KO) hasn't "gotten old" since laying waste to Kelly Pavlik last October, he should win without breaking much of a sweat. While Hopkins is not really a light heavyweight, Ornelas isn't either, and Hopkins has been fighting at or just under this weight now since 2006.
Chances are that Ornelas (a natural middleweight by trade, like Hopkins) will be a bit sluggish and heavy at the 175-pound limit. He's never fought this heavy, dabbling a bit at 168 pounds, where his brother Librado Andrade fights. He indicated before this fight came up that he'd be going to 168 and staying there, but jumping all the way up to light heavy to fight Bernard Hopkins was just too good a chance to pass up.
29-year old Ornelas (29-5-1, 19 KO) has been in with solid fighters like Bronco McKart, Sam Soliman, Marco Antonio Rubio, the always-underrated Darnell Boone, and others. But Hopkins is simply a different class of fighter than he's ever faced.
Though he's 44, Hopkins has yet to give an indication that he's gotten old. But -- and this is a big but, no matter how good he's been and how many times he's proven that his age is nothing but a number -- he is 44 years old. More amazing things have happened than a great 44-year old fighter losing to a guy he'd have smoked earlier in his career.
Ornelas is rugged, tough and has been a pretty decent puncher at 160. His power might come up with him, or it might not. There are a good few question marks with this fight given how lopsided it likely promises to be. If Ornelas is to have any chance, he'll need to be a bit lucky, need Hopkins to feel a little bit old, and probably need to fight the best he's ever fought in his entire career, all at the same time.
Give me Hopkins by UD, maybe a late stoppage if he decides to pour it on.
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I've always wanted to see Keanu Reeves brutally KOd
I suppose this is the next best thing. Hopkins makes it look easy and mercifully sends Ornelas in the 11th.
the matrix (first part) and bill&ted are all-time classics
so lay off of neo.
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
whoah like totally uncool dude whoah
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
His best movie (by far) is Parenthood, in which he’s not even that big of a player. Speed has actually aged pretty well too IMO.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
lol no f’ing way has he made a movie better than The Matrix. say what you want about the sequels but the original Matrix is a classic, and most innovative film of the past 20 years.
speed does still kick ass though. i’m pretty embarrassed that i forgot about it
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
I am not a Matrix fan in the slightest. Just not my kind of movie at all.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
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i guess badass, shoot em up action flicks aren’t your deal. its cool though
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
It’s not really badass to me. Unforgiven is badass. Die Hard is badass. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is badass. Open Range is badass. Tombstone is badass. First Blood is badass. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is badass. The Matrix is not my kind of action movie.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
Epic Die Hard Vid…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTyw6cq86kY
"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."
oh yeah, if clint eastwood didn’t exist die hard would win the ultimate badass award, but alas clint does exist
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
ok nearly all of those are badass (havent’ seen open range;three burials was kinda dull) but come on yo. try not to think of all the parodies/ripoffs/matrix sequels. watch matrix on its own and the badassery of it can not be ignored. obv you are allowed to think it sux, but idk man i always thought matrix was universally acclaimed for its badassery
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 7:33 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t think it sucks. Open Range might have the best gun fight of any movie ever. Very much worth seeing.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
basically any movie by clint “i’m a major badass” eastwood can be considered most badass movie ever
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 2, 2009 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
Parenthood was horrible I thought
The Matrix was a great movie on a standalone basis, I thought. I mean, really great, not even as an action movie or as a sci fi movie, but as a work of art. They straight up ruined it by turning it into a trilogy though and trying to explain everything. The original had layer upon layer of symbolism and interpretation, but it just ruined everything afterwards.
No love for Bill and Ted’s? I know it’s aged poorly, but that’s half the fun.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Bill and Ted is fun.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
I find it best to ignore the other matrix films and forget they ever existed.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Dec 2, 2009 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
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