Could any 160 in the 2000s era beat GGG?

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  1. El Chicano

    El Chicano Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Could any!? He seems unbeatable, too much skill and power n chin! Impressive wins over Stevens,Ishida, PRIME OUMA! FROM 2000-2013 could any 160 beat him? Doubt it
     
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    Bald_Toad Ring Title Full Member

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    no fcking way
     
  3. Rumsfeld

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    2001 Hopkins would have taken him to school.

    :smoke
     
  4. Garrus

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    GGG vs Tito would be good.
     
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    Agreed. That would have been something!

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  6. Hammer Hands

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    Could have beat him to a dropped bar of soap in a prison shower, but that's it.
     
  7. RobertV77

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    Hopkins, Tito, Allen. Probably lots of guys. He hasn't beaten anyone who would have made Hopkins break a sweat yet.
     
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    Sergio Martinez and Kelly Pavlik
     
  9. Farmboxer

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    Ask me when Golovkin beats Martinez, Quillin and Barker, or at least, Martinez..........Golovkin is a very underrated fighter. Jones easily out boxed Hopkins at middleweight, but Hopkins at middleweight did not have the amateur experience, did not have the fights as he was in prison. It took Hopkins a lot of time to get where he did. Calzaghe outboxed Hopkins, made him look like a fool..................
     
  10. JM22

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    Lol Hopkins schools his ass and Tito knocks his overrated ass out.:deal
     
  11. Farmboxer

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    Well, tell Hopkins to fight him at 160 then. Hell, tell Stevenson to fight Kovalev. Tell Ward to fight Stevenson, as Stevenson has called him out on HBO............I am sure that Golovkin would love to fight Hopkins at 160, please call Hopkins and talk him into such a fight.............Hopkins refused to fight his mandatory when Kovalev was him mandatory...............Hopkins has said that he will never fight Kovalev or Stevenson, so perhaps Hopkins should go back down to 160 and fight Golovkin.............
     
  12. eltirado

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    #1 Felix Trinidad 2001
    #2 Bernard Hopkins 2001
    #3 Sergio Martinez 2009

    GGG fan here :deal
     
  13. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ

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    Not for a geography lesson I hope :!:
     
  14. MoJoGoodie

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    i wouldnt put it past Winky Wright either
     
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    Hopkins
    Wright
    Pavlik
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