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Nat Gottlieb - HBO Columnist
Hopkins, Unanimous Decision
Bernard has a huge class edge, and has gotten significantly stronger for this fight. Master craftsman will pick him apart, round by round.
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Bert Sugar - Boxing Historian
Hopkins, W12
Hopkins' experience and craftiness will carry the last rounds as Tarver's weight problems and questionable stamina takes their toll.
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William Dettloff - The Ring
Hopkins, Decision
History shows that when older, very accomplished middleweight champions move up to face younger, less accomplished light heavyweight champions, they typically do well. I'm betting history repeats itself here.
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Tim Smith - NY Daily News
Tarver, Decision
Don't think he'll be able to stop Hopkins, but because of his bet to stop Hopkins in five, Tarver will get out to a big lead on the scorecards, and Hopkins, a notoriously slow starter, won't have enough time to mount a comeback.
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