Bernard hopkins hasn't had a signifcant win since 2005

Borenard is not my fave, but he has 3 masterful wins over Tarver, Pavlik and Pascal. At his age those wins are huge.

 

Thank you Reko for your comment, now go away.

 

You can find circumstances to taint just about any victory if you really want to.

 

Referring to how he picks the right opponent at the right time: "That's my fox mentality."

- Hopkins

 

True but Hopkins does have a history of cherry-picking his fights a little bit. He's a clever guy inside and outside the ring. What he's done at his age is still really impressive though.

 

I'd say all of those wins were significant. They might not be "great" wins (as in wins over future HoF'ers), but good, solid wins for sure.

 

I could make that same argument for a lot of top fighters.

 

what a joke. Bernard a G.

 

Yeah but it's a lot more obvious with Hopkins. He didn't fight Dawson when he was being called out. He sat on the sidelines and took on Pascal, who he knew he could outbox.

He's fought a lot of good names, but either they were out of their prime weightclass or they were passed it. Hopkins greatness comes from longevity, consistency and what he's done at old age. When you look at his victories by themselves, it's easy to pick them apart.

 

Tarver and the Pascal wins are quality. As well as his win over Pavlik. Maybe they aren't HISTORIC WINS, but that's rarely the case for most fights.

 

Pascal beat Dawson, and Hopkins can outbox Dawson as well.

Hopkins has been supposedly past it for the past 7 or 8 years. There are no perfect victories. He's beaten a lot of good fighters who were expected to beat him.

It's not easy to pick his victories a part. It's just easy to nitpick at his wins. Again, I could do that with just about anyone.

 

How many of those "insignificant" wins was Bernard the underdog goin' in?

 

Anyone who has Hopkin's winning a fight he landed less than half the punches in 9 out of the 12 rounds can't really call someone else out for being ******ed

Calzaghe vs Hopkins was not even close when considered round by round - Hopkins landed the best punches and looked the better fighter, but then Calzaghe out worked him every single round and in some rounds, Hopkins went to sleep completely.

You cannot score more than 5 rounds for Hopkins and consider yourself impartial, in my view, you can't really score more than 3 for him - Calzaghe had the rest comfortably through workrate alone.

 

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