Date tipped: 20/11/2005
Date of event: 2/12/2005
Sport: Boxing
Event: WBC/WBA/WBO Middleweight Title Fight (Hopkins v Taylor)
Selection: Jermain Taylor
Odds: 2.250
Stake: 500
Advice:WBC, WBA & WBO Middleweight Champion Jermain "Bad Intentions" Taylor (W24-L0-D0) again steps up to the plate to take on former undisputed middleweight supremo Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins (W46-L3-D1) on December 2 at the Mandalay Bay.
Anyone who witnessed their first fight will know for themselves that Taylor outworked, out danced, and out-classed "The Executioner" that night, and it was a joke that Hopkins was holding his hand aloft at the end trying to persuade the judges he was the busier man.
We had Taylor a comfortable 116-112 winner that night and he should extend that scoreline again come ShowTime.
Hopkins has been a GREAT champion, right up there with the very best Middleweights of all time. But boxers being boxers they just don't know when to call it a day.
Bernard shows no physical signs of his 40+ years, but father time waits for no man, not even a fitness freak which BH is. He will put on a good display but don't expect him to be as good as he has been.
Jermain looks formidably bigger than Hopkins when they square up with BH needing a stepladder to reach the jaw of Taylor, and the older man will once again find it difficult to connect at such altitudes !
Expect Taylor to dominate this division for the foreseeable future with Hopkins being the first defence of many, which will hopefully include a showdown with Ronald "Winky" Wright (W49-L3-D0).
Best prices across the boards we found about Taylor was the 2.25 with Bet & Win but again for those who have difficulties with this firm, play this at the UK offered price of 2.10 Stan James.
Jermain Taylor will dominate a point's victory, but just play the outright for now.help pay for the festive season ahead.
Stake : $500 To Win $625 (Excluding Stake)
Confidence Category : A