Lopez said:
"Those are the two (Bernard Hopkins and Sergio Martinez). He struggles with movement. You know, the guys who try to fight him right inside his danger zone, his tunnel, where he can land the one-two, or if you push on him and you're not big enough to handle (his size), his body shots or his uppercuts. You can't stand in front of the guy, he's a good puncher, he's got great range and if he hit you at full distance he's gonna hurt you. He's not a 'One Punch Monster Knock Out Guy' but if he hits you once and you get stunned and then he catches you again -he's gonna put you out. I think, like you said, you gotta give him tricks, you gotta give him angles, you gotta be in great shape to move around the ring and keep him off balance and fight him when you want to fight him, and don't let him fight when he wants to fight. It's gotta be a smart game plan, I mean, I'm not gonna say a pretty game plan. Hopkins made it look pretty, made it look easy. And Martinez used a little athleticism, a little more speed. He (Martinez) had a great start and then started punching a little too hard and Pavlik was timing him coming in. Then it looked like Pavlik was coming on strong and then Martinez kind of re-adjusted came back behind some punches and took a little off his (Pavlik's) steam. Matinez got a little closer with his shots and put 3-4-5-6 behind them. Those started to hit Pavlik and started to cut him up and then he couldn't deal with that. So, it's gonna be angles. It's gonna be movement. And he's gonna have to be in great shape. I'm gonna give him the movement but I'm also not gonna run all night. I feel like I'm big enough. This is a much bigger weight class that he's coming up to. We've seen him bully guys at 160, smaller guys. He's gonna be fighting a guy who is 185 pounds in the ring, not 170. So it's gonna be a lot different for him. If I feel comfortable on the inside then I'll fight on the inside, but if it's really easy on the outside, then by all means, I'll make it easy."
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