Pavlik was a catchweight, something that everyone on this board seems to hate unless your are the son of nazi's and beat up cans and bum's 4 times a year while being cheered by dirty Sanchez. Pascal fight was fair the first time there should have never been a rematch. Tarver was the same as he is now, out of shape. Dawson beat Hopkins old ass just like Taylor did 2x. Hopkins is a cry baby, cherrypicking, POS, lying, ass kissing, fraud. He made a career of bringing guys up in weight and bragging about beating them. When he fights a guy his size and gets his ass beat he cries for a rematch. **** Hopkins. I hate Calzaghe but Joe beat his ***** ass and I wish Joe would come back after all these years and get whoop Hopkins ***** ass again.
And like a scared ***** he skipped SMW and went straight to LHW because guys fought slower there. I hope Abraham breaks his jaw.
He made Winky move up to LHW to fight him. Is that the mark of a legend to you? ODLH had never fought past 154, not even a warm up fight. Had Pavlik fighting LHW without 1 bout at 168 to test the waters. Hopkins is the biggest opportunist in boxing history. He will fight Paul Williams now because he is in a wheel chair.
You realize these people are in charge of their own careers, right? He MADE them do that? What, he forbid them to have fights at whatever weights they wanted and they obeyed? Seriously? Did he pee in your cheerios? Take your lunch money? Have an affair with your mum? Look at your own lack of logic: he came DOWN in weight to fight Oscar (at 156), he went up in weight to 175 and beat Tarver without a tuneup, which you seem to think is unfair. This is delusionally deranged thinking.
Agreed. Very good fighter but very overrated. Didn't beat anyone at their weight class. Tarver was drained from the Rocky movie. People like to say Roy was drained but not Tarver.
hopkins went from 160 losing to taylor right up to 175 (one fight later) to face tarver who gave jones hell and knocked him out the 2nd time ... only to make tarver look slow and dumb and he dropped him case closed
:deal funniest thing of all is that in recent years Hopkins has tried to come off as some type of savant.