Bernard Hopkins vs Marvin Hagler.

never gave hopkins much chance and not much has changed.

hopkins would do well enough in the early going and land his fair share of straight rights. but the more hagler switches to southpaw and the more than jab/hook lands, the further the fight gets away from bhop

i think hopkins adjusts better than hagler and he's a touch bigger but i just feel hagler has too much strength and too much offense for hopkins to outpoint

 

I've always felt Hopkins would edge a decision. Bigger & smarter and works well against southpaws.

Close, brilliant fight though.

 

I'd have to go with Hagler...

 

Hopkins is the better technician with the better defence, rangier, significantly taller and better footwork/movement. Hagler has the better jab. Both have very good stamina, although prime Hopkins the better workrate and stamina.

Hopkins UD 8-4 type decision

 

Hagler ud

 

In a fight where neither boxer has a stylistic advantage over the other, you would have to favor the greater, more accomplished fighter. Which would be Hagler of course. But this is a hard one to pick. I can't think of anything that Hagler does exceptionally well, that has ever been proven to trouble B-Hop. And vice versa. :think

This matchup has SD/MD/D written all over it.

 

Trilogy

Hopkins wins this one for me

 

Hopkins would make Hagler look bad.

 

Hagler easily. They were on different levels

 

When exactly did this man-killer version of Hopkins exist at middleweight? Against guys like Mercado, Echols and Frank?

At their respective best, Hagler takes a decision sweeping the latter rounds.

 

<<<<------------

 

hagler too accurate and powerfull for hopkins imo, hopkins uncomfortable at range so lots of clinching, some infighting, and, at the end of the day a 3 round decision for hagler

i forgot if its 15, hagler by more if it is

 

He doesn't need to be a man-killer against Hagler. He needs to be a smart, controlling ring general and a sharp technician. He's kind of always been those things.

 

No way he beats Hagler...this isn't the run of the mill variety of guys that Hopkins fought. This is Hagler. The gulf in quality between the guys that Hopkins feasted on and the elite of the middleweight greats of the past is enormous. This is almost general forumlike, this overestimation of a flavor of the week,..in this case Hopkins.