Bernard Hopkins vs michael Nunn At MW

Well I think BHop was more hittable than prime Nunn, do not you agree ?

 

I sorta lean toward Nunn, but the point you make here is very solid

 

Peak for peak Nunn W12 Hopkins. Too much speed, agility and defense.

 

Its funny. Nunn KNOCKS out Kalambay in ONE round and everybody downplays it.
That one win is better then ANY win B Hop has at middle.
Barkley,Mccallum,Graham, Collins nobody ever stopped Sumbu and Nunn iced him.
Tate was unbeaten and Nunn beat the brakes off Tate.
Roldan was a good win as well for Nunn.
Barkley bout wasnt close and Nunn was on cruise control the whole bout.

 

Completely agree. I scored the Barkley fight 8-4 Nunn.

 

Hopkins had much better fundamentals than Nunn and would have easily beat anyone Nunn beat only in much more convincing fashion.

 

Hopkins would have toyed with Roldan who caught Nunn far more than he would have caught B-hop.

 

Nunn looked awful v Barkely B-hop would have beaten Barkley easily.

 

I see the reasoning for picking Hopkins, and it's not bad, but I have a feeling Nunn takes the decision .

 

Nunn is a level above. UD.

 

Lol

So I guess he would have kod Kalambay in 30 seconds, leaving him on the canvas for 10 minutes.

Did you even think before you posted such a sweeping generalization.[/QUOTE]

 

If we’re talking about the prime Nunn who fought Tate I think he would have danced around Hopkins to a 8-4 type decision win. Nunn at his best was very hard to beat and I don’t think Hopkins would be able to pull off what Toney was able to do.

 

You know the more I look at Hopkins record the more i dont really see anyone of note.
Lipsey was a great KO but Lipsey never proved himself.
Glenn Johnson was a good win.
Brown was a blown up welter and Council was a jr.middle.
Eastman a good win as well as Holmes and Joppy.
But he didnt stop anyone of those boxers.
Felix was a welterweight as well as De La Hoya. Great names on his resume but thats about it.
Hopkins didnt force any crazy pace- he actually slowed the pace down.
And everyone forgets he was held to a draw vs Mercardo the first time.
Meanwhile Nunn CRUSHED Tate in his first world title try. Stops Roldan. Starched Kalambay in ONE. Outpoints Barkley. Outpoints Starling and stops Curry.

 

I don’t follow. Kalambay was probably the best win at 160 between the two but anyone can get caught. Then Tito.

I don’t see guys like Holmes, Joppy, and Johnson as being worse than Barkley, Roldan and washed up, blown up Curry or Starling.

And BHop didn’t get iced like Nunn.

 

You are bagging Hopkins opponents yet thrust forward Starling and Curry as examples of Nunn's resume.

Starling had never in his life fought at middleweight and was a thoroughbred 147 all career. He was also in his second last fight tho still fighting at a fine level. Nunn certainly did not impress the fans with his boring effort.

Curry was beaten by Jacquot 3 fights prior to Nunn and was never a middleweight. McCallum and honeyghan stoppe dhim in much quicker time years prior at lighter weights than a peak Nunn did at 160.