Bernard Hopkins: higher on ATG list than Floyd and Manny?

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  1. Arcane

    Arcane One More Time Full Member

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    As highly as I rate Hopkins both Pacquiao and Mayweather are two very special fighters that I have to rank slightly higher based on one's excellent resume and the others unbeaten dominance over so many weight classes.
     
  2. bjl12

    bjl12 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    LOL? Can't tell if serious :think

    Anyhow, BHOP > FLOYD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PAC

    Pac has fought nobody at WW besides Bradley. All of his other fights were against washed up, drained, and/or shot/old fighters. He has a few losses, including 3 versus JMM, and is dodging drug tests like the plague.

    Manny Pacquiao is NOT an ATG. HOF for sure, but definitively not an ATG. He has to beat Floyd or a fighter in their prime to get ATG status. Losing to a 39 y/o JMM and then rematching him at 40 isn't helping his case.

    Aside from the trolls, BHOP has fought better competition on a more consistent basis and has moved up and down weight fighting nothing but champions. Floyd is more skilled than BHOP, but I think Floyd's a marquee fight or two shy of being higher than BHOP on ATG list.

    If Floyd fights any of Sergio/Canelo/Manny - and wins decisively, I'll give him the nod over BHOP.
     
  3. The Mangler

    The Mangler Active Member Full Member

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    Definitely not Pac.

    May? Maybe.

    Don't put too much stock into the Pascal win. Pascal is a good fighter, nothin more. Winnin a lineal title at 46 is big, but look at the guy he beat for it. It ain't the stats, it's the names.
     
  4. bjl12

    bjl12 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cotto was a shot fighter at a catchweight when manny fought him.

    Manny has yet to beat JMM

    Hatton was long shot when manny fought him (Hatton was getting beat the **** up prior to fighting Manny by journeymen)

    If your 5 fights are indicative of Manny's best performances, then this guy is questionably even a HOF'r.
     
  5. tliang1000

    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If Manny didn't make all the demands, catchweights, fighting guys coming off bad defeats i would've rated him over Floyd.
     
  6. nastynas

    nastynas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No wonder you love Hopkins, you're a ****ing moron who doesn't know the difference b/w a CHAMPIONSHIP and a trinket.

    Dip****.
     
  7. bandido

    bandido The Black Bandit Full Member

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    Lower than Pac, about equal with Floyd.
     
  8. Arcane

    Arcane One More Time Full Member

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    Who decides what a championship is? You? Give me a ****ing break you thick **** :lol::lol::patsch

    And as I recall you're the same guy who thought that Archie Moore not Hopkins was the oldest ever world champion and also hilariously claimed that there had been 5000 undisputed world champions. :lol:
     
  9. nastynas

    nastynas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A Champion is someone who is the undisputed #1 man in the division. Not someone who beats ****ing Segundo Mercado. Dip**** Hopkins fans like you- same mother****ers who make Antwun Echols out to be Tommy Hearns.
     
  10. Arcane

    Arcane One More Time Full Member

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    No that's a lineal champion dumbass, a champion is merely a fighter holding one of the major straps which the IBF title most definitely is. ****ing hell just how stupid are you? This isn't the 50's where there 1 champion in each division. Also nice fake claim with the Tommy Hearns Echols comparison another fail on your part, no wonder you thought there have been 5000 undisputed champions :rofl:rofl

    Just give it a rest already you lemming, don't you think you've embarrassed yourself enough for one life time:nut
     
  11. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Floyd
    Manny
    (pretty big gap)
    Hopkins

    Their careers are still going, so anything can happen in terms of them going up or down on a theoretically ATG list. I don't think Hopkins can really lower his "legacy" since he's almost 50 and I don't think anyone would even hold a KO1 loss to Shumenov against him at this point.
     
  12. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Like anything else, it depends upon your criteria. A consistent prioritising of longevity on a list could reasonably see Hopkins below these two at this time.
     
  13. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    You know what old Jack Burton always says about the longevity between Pacquiao, Mayweather and Hopkins, don't you?
     
  14. Florez

    Florez Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    hennyguzzla Active Member Full Member

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    Behind Floyd, in front of Manny.