Hopkins at 40 jumped from 160-175 to fight the best

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  1. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah, little guys like Murray and Rubio who ran to 168 to get away from MW because after fighting GGG they realized they had no chance. Or that one guy that ran all the way to LHW to get away from GGG. What was his name again? Oh yeah, Chavez.
     
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    Monzon had 14 lineal title defense..these ABC defense are jokes
     
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  3. accidentalbutt

    accidentalbutt Nash Equilibrium Debunker Full Member

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    I think those are the bums he mentioned....Pavlik and Chavez folded Rubio years ago..Murray lost to a crippled Martinez
     
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  4. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Murray was robbed in Martinez's hometown.
     
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  5. Uppercut_Artist

    Uppercut_Artist Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Maybe because your thread sucked.
     
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  6. accidentalbutt

    accidentalbutt Nash Equilibrium Debunker Full Member

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    Why was the fight even close? Murray is garbage thats why
     
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  7. Uppercut_Artist

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    Little g doesn't even have to go that far up.
    The SMW division is now almost as weak as the MW division. He should move to 168 and face Abraham, DeGale or Dirrell.
    Since he KOs HWs, he should have no problem cleaning out the SMW division.

    That way he can definitely secure his place in history by being the undisputed MW and SMW champion.
    He's that good...or so they say.
     
    Uppercut_Artist, Feb 22, 2016
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  8. Jeff M

    Jeff M Future ESB HOF Full Member

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    Triple Coward isn't interested in doing things like that.
     
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  9. GGGunbeatable

    GGGunbeatable Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The previous 17 years Hopkins fought at MW. He moved up when he was 40. Why didn't he move up with 34 then? Whats your point?
     
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  10. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    In the end you are mostly remembered for who you beat. I really hope at some point we see GGG fight canelo, ward AND kovalev. He beats all 3 he's an atg
     
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  11. The Mongoose

    The Mongoose I honor my bets banned

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    Maybe he'll wait until he's 40 like Hopkins.

    Why didn't Hopkins move up when he was 33? Did you spend 7 years crying about it on your dial up? I didn't I had a part time job and homework. Maybe you should go your homework too.
     
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  12. The Mongoose

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    He isn't 40 yet.
     
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  13. Rumsfeld

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    I think there's an important distinguishing factor worth mentioning here:

    Hopkins wasn't being hyped as a future superstar or the potential future face of boxing when he was 34.

    :smoke
     
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  14. The Mongoose

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    Because he was boring, the public didn't care he had been the man in his division for 4 years. Oscar was fighting on PPV, you an Oscar man?
     
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    He did have the same goals as GGG though. To unify the division and beat the record number of defenses.

    Hopkins struggled to get the bigger names in the ring, he didn't move up to a higher weight classes, and fought some not great challengers and below par mandatorys while he was doing it.

    However most of the posters who hate on GGG seem to rave about Hopkins for doing it.
     
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