A great pension fight that would sell big?

its bad form comparing hopkins to ruiz. hopkins is 10 times the fighter ruiz ever was.

hate to say it, but a hopkins - jones rematch doesn't look as tasteless as it should, but maybe that's only because this is a rematch that should have happened years ago.

 

i think jones still beats hopkins jones is past it but ut still takes a fighter with a good work rate to beat him witch hopkins deffo dosnt have would love to see the fight big fan of them both

 

Hopkins has the body a 22 year old, and is currently fighting as well now as he ever did. He's arguably coming off wins against Calzaghe and Pavlik.

Roy gets decisively beaten. Roy is past it, and just beat a fellow past it fighter, Hopkins is still giving the best fighters in the world hell is a consensus p4p number three.

Roy needs to stay the **** away.

 

Should've happened years ago, I think it'd be pointless now.

 

RJJ would win.

 

Wasent this supposed to happen about 3 years back?

 

Roy Jones Jr was completely outclassed by Joe Calzaghe and knocked out cold against decent fighters in Tarver and Johnson. A special performance over a shot to pieces, never proven, Jeff Lacy is not enough to match him up with a fighter like Bernard Hopkins. People are pretending like they are in the same boat or something. Hopkins went neck and neck with prime Joe Calzaghe not long ago, and whereas Roy shutouts Lacy, Hopkins does it to Kelly ****ing Pavlik. They are world's apart.

I agree, Joe Calzaghe won the fight. He was still yards more competitive than Jones was, and that speaks volumes on where both Hopkins and Jones are right now.

Bernard Hopkins is a master at his craft. He dominates great fighetrs; Trinidad, Pavlik, and Tarver was expected to win easily. People criticse him saying he takes on Welterweights and beats them but look throughout history. Why did nobody criticise Hagler for taking on Duran (former Lightweight), Thomas Hearns, or an inactive, blown up Ray Leonard. Historically, all of the great Middleweights have taken on the best Welterweights.

You obviously didn't tune into his fight with Kelly Pavlik, arguably the performance of the year. He outfought, outboxed, and out punched the much younger Kelly Pavlik. It was humbling to watch.

Good for you.

 

Comparing Hopkins to Ruiz is, as others have said, absurd. But yeah, this would be a great fight - one that SHOULD happen. Unfortunately, these logical late-career rematches don't always happen.

 

Sour grapes.

Hopkins was a 4-1 underdog going into that fight. He absolutely battered the **** out of Kelly Pavlik for 12 rounds. What a performance.

Give credit where's its due and we won't fall out.

 

I think Bernard Hopkins has a slightly better resume than Roy Jones, but who was better in there prime is up for a debate - certainly.

Bernard Hopkins remains one of the best fighters on the planet, whereas Roy Jones is hardly relevant - even after yesterday's display.

I feel this would be a huge mismatch.