Bhops whole career is smoke & mirrors!

before the **** show starts i'll try to throw something constructive in. this point has been made before, and fairly, but this is an oversimplification of his career.

if you're going to break his resume down he had at the least a long, effecient and dominate reign at middleweight, a brilliant win against a great in Trinidad, a tremendous win against the legitimate and near prime light heavy champion in Tarver and a surprise victory against heavily favoured Pavlik (no matter the weight). You made some solid points and i can't disagree with it all but it seems pretty selective in what you are considering.

 

no one respects b-hop anymore after last night ,just retire mate

 

Neither Hopkins nor Calzaghe are chumps. They're both dicks but neither of them were anything other than elite fighters. Epic fail.

 

Hopkins is legit. You cannot beat the wide range of top fighters with different style and in all those years he did without being great. He has handpicked the last few years and with Roy Jones the handpicking is becoming more evident, but his whole career is great. Roy was greater I think. The best Roy vs. the best Hopkins and Roy wins easily.

 

He is not as bad as what you are saying-

But he si definitely not the GOAT at MW as most would suggest.

 

Hopkins is a truly skilled boxer, but a bitter old man who does not cherish his renowned status, in fact.. he's about to throw it in the bin, this is not the first time he's crying like a baby after being fouled back.

He should be sucking on medias and more importantly THE RINGs dick, as they're working hard to sell the bitter old mans pathetic bouts.

 

Wow...you are not bright. Unless you're a troll. In which case you're probably bright. I don't know. Anyway, take care. :hi:

 

im assumming you mean tarver as the light heavy prime guy

 

atschoops!

 

ive broken down hopkins record as a title holder for all those years before and yes its pretty bad.... (will try to find the thread i started)
but saying he beat a smaller guy n Pavlik is wrong. hopkins fought for 20 years as a middlewweight...because he had moved up in weight doesnt make him naturally bigger. pavlik was even a half inch taller than hopkins, so i call BS on that one...they were 2 middleweights fighting at a catch weight.... trinidad you had a point with, not pav...hes no little guy

 

again you make some good points but tarver was legit, no matter what you say and the best light heavy in the world. trinidad was smaller but looked brilliant at 154 and spectacular in his one fight at 160. oscar was irrelevant, as was wright absolutely. 20 defenses is impressive, lots of champions faced lesser mandos. they weren't great fighters, barely good but the length of his reign is very good otherwise EVERYONE would have 20 defenses. i see where you're coming from and he's certainly overrated by some but he's a tremendous fighter and a top 50 ATG imo