Who Won The Roy Jones Vs Bernard Hopkins Rivialry?

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  1. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    You mean Bernard refused.
     
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  2. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    That's complete nonsense.

    Where have you heard that?
     
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  3. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Great points.
     
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  4. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    And Uppercut_Artist goes quiet. :yep
     
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  5. Loudon

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    Loudon, Feb 10, 2016
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  6. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Well then, which idiot did you vote for?
     
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  7. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    :good
     
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  8. Limerickbox

    Limerickbox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Since trolling Jones is all the rage on this site, Im going to flagrantly troll Hopkins, to level things a little.

    He made his name beating smaller guys, who weren't from his weight class.

    De La Hoya was never a really MW.
    Neither was Trinidad....Winky was a career LMW...maaaybe a MW,and BHOP fought him at 170

    He brought Pavlik up from 160 to fight at 170.

    See how easy it is to troll?
     
    Limerickbox, Feb 10, 2016
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  9. Uppercut_Artist

    Uppercut_Artist Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Nice summary, if your objective is to create a biased view of reality.

    In your summary how convenient of you to overlook Hopkin's dominant TKO win over then, 32-0 Glen Johnson who later went on to score a win by devastating KO over Jones.
    Or, the fight before that when he scored a devasting TKO win over Kovalev's present trainer, John David Jackson.

    What about Hopkins win at LHW over then LHW king, Antonio Tarver, a fight were everyone thought he was the underdog? The same Tarver that KO'ed Roy Jones?

    The fact is, Roy Jones was away the media darling and Bernard Hopkins was not only the outsider the media loved to smear, but for most of his career Hopkins was self managed and self promoted.

    The Calzaghe fight was very close and could have gone either way. Joe got the nod, probably because of Hopkin's pre-fight comments more than anything else.
    Calzaghe's timing was perfect. Had the fight happened 1 year earlier, BHOP would have beaten him by clear UD.
     
    Uppercut_Artist, Feb 10, 2016
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  10. Noon Saibot

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    Prime vs Prime RJJ wins all day everyday and everyone knows it.Hell in his prime RJJ would've beaten anyone from any era 168 and down
     
    Noon Saibot, Feb 10, 2016
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  11. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Hopkins won the rivalry in my eyes.

    He may have only split 1-1 with Jones, at times that bookmarked their actual primes, but Hopkins one-upped Jones with his wins over guys who knocked Jones out brutally.

    :smoke
     
    Rumsfeld, Feb 10, 2016
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  12. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, you can trash literally any fighter's career with a troll view. I guess hating is a lot easier than appriciation.
     
    theanatolian, Feb 10, 2016
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  13. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    What was biased?

    Bernard shrunk himself down to fight in a weak division for 12 years, whilst Roy went to HW and back.

    Bernard was great and he had some great wins, but they were against fighters who'd enjoyed their biggest nights at lower weights, and he only started to take risks in 2006, when he'd got nothing to lose and everything to gain.

    I don't think Bernard beat the same Tarver who Roy fought.

    All this has been discussed in the other legacy thread.

    This is looking specifically at their rivalry.
     
    Loudon, Feb 10, 2016
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  14. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    I see this has become the new rallying cry for Hopkins detractors.

    With all due respect, I think it's complete and utter nonsense which attempts to belittle Hopkins' career.

    :smoke
     
    Rumsfeld, Feb 10, 2016
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  15. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    How did he win their rivalry?

    Roy beat him when the fight was relevant.

    Bernard would not rematch him in 2002.

    Bernard fought him in 2010 after saying he was shot in 2008.
     
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