Bernard Hopkins is the greatest ever

He's clearly inferior to Roy Jones.

 

a modern fighter? ill assume your talking about b-hop he's one of the best MW ever ATG I wouldn't put him in the top 20 but he's not too far off.

 

more significant wins against better opposition same reason Ali's usually ranked above Louis resume vs longevity ranking is very subjective though so cant say anyone's right or wrong unless they're extreme.

 

list your top 20

 

what are those significant wins?

 

If he did all that, including beating a prime Jones in a rematch, plus the amazing things he actually has done, I would have him up there in the top 5. Arguably the GOAT.

Another one is Oscar De La Hoya, had he beat everyone he faced, he would possibly be the greatest ever in my opinion.

 

I can but as you can expect im not about to at this hour. The best I can do is

1 Robinson
5 Pep
10 Greb
15 B Leonard
20 Gavilan
25 R Leonard
30 Chavez
35 Tunney
40 Patterson
45 Jones
50 Liston

Is there many names there you think Hopkins should be above?

 

this always takes to long so im not gonna go in order

1.SRR
2.Armstrong
3.Greb
4.Langford
5.Pep
6.Benny Leonard
7.Duran
8.Ali
9.Louis
10.Burley
11.Moore
12.Gans
13.Walker
14. Charles
15. Whitaker
16. JCC
17. Jofre
18. Hagler
19. SRl
20. Ricardo Lopez, Olivares, Arguello, Sanchez

again that isnt in order.

 

the old goat and done yet, i think he will grab a title again.he might fight the nathan kid for his belt i dout he goes to crusier unless tarver can unify all the titles.

 

Honestly, i think a win over Roy Jones when it actually mattered hurts Hopkins quite a bit..

 

For the love of God Hopkins gets so overrated its untrue.

He lost twice to Jermain Taylor.

A top 50 atg wouldn't drop 2 decisions to a fighter like Taylor.

 

I like to wait till the end of a fighters career for the most part before I rank them I'd probably put him at about 23 list are a pain in the ass I was just naming 20 atg fighters id rank above Hopkins I realize know this is gonna be too time demanding so im gonna get drunk in watch the new game of thrones episode in 3 hours instead. I will say Mayweather has the best defense ive seen since Whitaker and is one of the best counter-punchers ive ever seen as well and the best pure boxer of our generation imo his ring IQ and ability to adjust as the fight goes on is top notch.

 

Mine is


Armstrong
Robinson
Greb
Langford
Pep
Ali
Charles
Duran
Benny Leonard
SRL
Moore
Walker

Gans
Louis
Roy Jones (Come at me.)
Sweat Pea
Hearns
Chavez
Pacquaio
Hagler
Monzon
Mayweather
Lennox Lewis
Hopkins
Sanchez




This is off the top of my head.

 

People will look back at Hopkins and the best guys from the late 80's onwards (with few exceptions) and wonder why the greats of this era fought 3 times a year tops!

 

Hopkins the entertainer.

The buzz in the air before a big hopkins fight. The trash talk leading up to it. The tackles, and the trips. Milking every low blow landed on him for all it's worth. The wincing in pain after every foul. His low blows on the ref's blind side. Hitting and holding. Robbery after every decison against him. Joe Calzaghe's doggy style attempt on him.

Never a dull moment.