Sugar Ray Robinson vs Bernard Hopkins

I could see a split trilogy. I think Robinson is close to the hardest match up in history for Hopkins. In a one off at their best i think Ray might outpoint him in a competitive matchup. Hopkins sure can spoil and nullify tho so it'd be a tough gig.

 

Robinson UD.

 

I actually think SRR would hate to fight Hopkins. Not cos he feared him but styles.
Robbo wins but it's not pretty to watch!

 

Hopkins 8-4 type fight
Hopkins is too big and skilled
Only guys who im picking to beat Hopkins at Middleweight are guys who are natural middleweights and have a big speed advantage like Roy Jones.

 

Hopkins was probably bigger,but SRR had a good speed,power and everything else than size advantage,but I'm afraid that Hopkins would spoil Robinson and repeat SRR vs Maxim.

 

B-Hop would outbox SRR imo. He was too big, too rangy, and too crafty for the much smaller SRR. Turpin for example was able to defeat SRR by countering him because of the rhythm of his footwork and by outmuscling and out-hustling him on the inside where SRR was uncomfortable at times. Gavilan was a similarly excellent counter-puncher who give SRR one of the toughest fights of his career. Basilio and LaMotta both gave Robinson losses and a lot issues by outworking him on the inside. Counterpunchers and good inside fighters tended to give Robinson a lot of problems. Hopkins was both those thing and much larger than Robinson. SRR was undoubtedly one of the greatest to ever lace up a pair of gloves but B-Hop is much bigger and a stylistic nightmare for him. The rhetoric of SRR being the unbeatable GOAT who was endlessly talented and versatile is romantic but overlooks the fact he was a man and did have styles he struggled against.

 

Hopkins takes this

 

BHOP robs Robinson then goes to IHOP to celebrate.

 

Maxim was due to the conditions of extreme heat. Robinson was outboxing Joey and on a normal night he probably cruises to a UD. It happened to be the hottest night in New York history on that date. The referee got switched out because he couldn't stand anymore.
Joey Maxim was big and durable and Ray seemed to miscalculate his battle plan by moving too much. Maxim certainly won fairly but it was a fluke.