Roy Jones Jr: "Bernard Hopkins has never been impressive".

Obvious early trash talk before the rematch is officially signed. :deal

 

Jones is a funny character these days... Throwing 6 half hooks really fast is not a demonstration of skill. Hopkins isn't even close to being the athlete Jones is - Hopkins isn't even one of the better athletes in boxing, but at a certain point Hopkins became far more technically skillful than Roy Jones ever was - which is the reason in itself there's even any room for debate on this subject.

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Hopkins fought Pavlik in his last fight

 

Awesome video.

 

Agreed. This one is good too. This guy knows what he's doing.

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Thanks. Many consider Hopkins boring, I actually enjoy his fights and love his sneaky antics, true ring generalship and insanely cautious/smart. Love tacticians like that.

 

What can be seen in those videos is skill. Genuine skill possessed by fighters like Juan Manuel Marquez and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Not flashy BS.

What is Roy Jones with out his handspeed? What is he without his athleticism and explosiveness?

He sure as **** wouldn't be Bernard Hopkins.

 

Right with you, Scar.

 

if hopkins fought lacy he would look impressive, thinking of it hopkins beat up tito worst than jones did. funny how things have changed around

 

the best hopkins hightlight video is that one with oldschool hiphop

 

A youtube classic.

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not the one I was thinking of but here's a good one

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Bernard definitely is boring. I love tacticians, but the holding and complaining to the ref and so on is not fan-friendly. Other parts of his game I can enjoy, but overall, I think it is fair to call him somewhat boring.

 

Also a good one I've seen. ^ These don't quite flow as well as the first two I posted - but pretty decent vids. You can tell which of these youtube producers have a real sense of boxing artistry, and the other guys out there who are more into just making videos. All boxing highlights have some value though.

 

No RJJ fight has ever left me in awe as the Hopkins/Pavlik fight did.