Floyd Mayweather 1. Shane Mosley-old but had a great previous performance 2. Juan Manuel Marquez-small but great, comback fight 3. Ricky Hatton-140lineal champion and undefeated 4. Oscar De La Hoya-bigger at a higher weight class 5. Carlos Manuel Baldomir-bigger but not championship level 6. Zab Judah-extreme speed only fighter hopkins faced with p4p speed like this was young roy jones jr and he lost 7. Sharmba Mitchell-not championship level, higher weight class 8. Arturo Gatti-not championship level, great heart 9. DeMarcus Corley-not championship level-but can be dangerous 10. Jose Luis Castillo-very good and new eight class 11. Jose Luis Castillo (x2)-more dominating performance than the first one 12. Jesus Chavez-had a record of 35-1 at the time and floyd was 23 13. Carlos Alberto Hernandez-not championship level but went 12 against morales 14. Diego Corrales-bigger and great fighter 15. Gregorio Vargas-not championship level 16. Genaro Hernandez-not championship level Bernard Hopkins Victories over Champions: 13 over 13 1. Roy Jones Junior- old-no where near his best, lost against young more near to prime roy jones 2. Kelly Pavlik-came up from middleweight but good win 3. Winky Wright-far too small 4. Antonio Tarver-good win 5. Oscar De La Hoya-far too small 6. William Joppy-not championship level 7. Carl Daniels-not championship level 8. Felix Trinidad-smaller but decent win 9. Keith Holmes-not championship level 10. Simon Brown-not championship level 11. Glen Johnson-good win 12. John David Jackson-not championship level 13. Lupe Aquino-not championship level Floyd mayweather jr, by a mile
Hopkins takes on fights he is supposed to lose yet always makes them close and even wins, he should be the oldest champ ever, had a great middleweight run. Yet people discredit him. Floyd has a strong early start but its all downhill in opposition from there. I guess when your undefeated people overrate you forever, it was that way with tyson before douglas when he was put on the same level as ali by people and later roy jones.
the only fight i predicted wrong for hopkins was Taylor first fight which i tought he was going to win, Some people think he cant win certain fights because they are just idiots
That's the problem with Floyd, his head is so far up his ass, that he doesn't have the commonsense to realize it doesn't matter what HE thinks of himself, cause he wont be judged on how good HE perceives himself to be. :-(
Floyd = Hopkins = no defining career fights. The closest to Mayweather's would be against Corrales, while Hopkins would be against Tito.
Man you guys sure hate on floyd. So now his resume is garbage? If u think that floyd resume isn't close to hopkins then you need to learn boxing. Dont let your hate cloud your judgement.
oscar de la hoya at a higher weight class is pretty defining, atleast more than a blown up 147 fighter at 160