Pound for Pound, Who Wins? Hopkins - Mayweather

I Love these mythical showdowns.

I'll go with Floyd by close decision.

 

Hopkins by TKO.

 

Hopkins

 

Definitely Floyd.

 

I don't belief in this "pound 4 pound" fights. Too much imagination.

But I can say that Floyd is more skilled and talented than the very skilled and crafty Bernard.

 

I have a hard time with these, because as people get bigger they frequently lose some of their physical attributes. That's why Shaquille PfP was a better athlete in his prime than 95% of the NBA, but in absolute terms he certainly was not.

And that's obviously a very dramatic example, but who's to say how a 6-0 version of Floyd would be, or a 5-8 version of Hopkins.

 

Floyd is more talented but definitely not more skilled .. he might appear that way due to his natural ability much like Roy Jones was (Floyd has way more skill then Roy though)
There aren't many fighters that are so adept at taking their opponent strength away than B-Hop ... so im going with the old *******

 

Great point about Shaq. Ignorant people call him a tall, big, untalented player. Reality is that he's an incredibly gifted athlete for a 7'2", 330 lb human being. He's got incredibly light feet and can move gracefully. You can't teach that.

As for the question, yeah, you can't play these games because the bigger one gets, you lose some of that speed, agility, and foot speed. Hopkins is a MW+ and PBF started at JLW.

 

I take Floyd by very close UD or even SD.

 

PBF, 8-4...bhop is a very slow starter...4 of first 5 rounds to PBF

but in ATG rankings bhop is higher

 

Agreed. At 43 years old what else does Hopkins have left? He's had to change his whole game to compensate for his ever diminishing atleticism and he's still a top ten P4P fighter. I'd like to see what Floyd will have to offer at 43...

 

Agreed. Even the biggest PBF fans have to admit that he utilizes a lot of natural gifts to get it done. He relies so much on his reaction time/reflexes to see shots coming and get out of the way. That's what makes his defense what it is. He sees and his body can react like few bodies can. This also factors into his offense.

I would like to see what PBF can do around 36 years old.

 

prime hopkins would walk over floyd. LOL at people picking floyd. there are weight divisions for a reason.

 

lol at really, REALLY stupid people who lol at others in boxing threads :nut

I love me some B-Hops, but gotta go with PBF by decision.

 

Pound 4 pound, buddy, which basically means assume they're both naturally the same size.