Hopkins never beat an A-level fighter in his entire career at a fair weight

WTF, weren't something like 15 of Hopkins first 16 fights in the light heavyweight division?

Hopkins was also in his 4th fight back at the weight when he fought pavlik at the catchweight?

How many times in Pavliks career had he fought at that weight prior to fighting Hopkins?

How many times did Pavlik fight at that weight after Hopkins?

I will give you the disparity in skill factor but this fight was yet another example of Hopkins smoke and mirrors turning Pavlik into the marshmellow man from Ghostbusters so he could fight him.

 

:rofl:deal


Zie professor in zie house :happy

 

Quite possibly the most hilarious statement in esb history :rofl
Cortez refereed Mayweather v Hatton and Calzaghe v Hopkins within the space of a week and became known as one of the biggest crooks in boxing.

He refereed Hatton V Mayweather allowing zero holding, actually calling 'break' before the fighters were actually in a clinch to the bewilderment of everyone. Yet one week later, Cortez completely changes his refereeing style and allows Hopkins to hold and wrestle like a pu$$y all night long, giving Hopkins zero warning for his action. He then allows Hopkins an extended break in the 11th by feigning injury when Hopkins was about to gas out.

That's right, Hopkins lost to a fighter with the most brittle hands in boxing, on home soil, dragging calzaghe up in weight, with a home town referee. Hopkins was actually scared to exchange punches with a fighter who slaps

Hopkins was barely touched below the waste, its didn't even touch his lunchbox, he saw the opportunity to do what he does best - con the ref, con the crowd, and cowardly seek a lengthy time out by pulling that horrible crybaby face :crybaby

Yes, I am a former world champion, I am also a highly respected Team Elite General, hence my opinion carries far more wait than a frail 94lb, feather fisted ham n egger like yourself.

If I was to meet you in the street, I would put your horrible spindley legs on ***** street with a pawed range finder jab from the opening stanza :vonnecunt

Cortez didn't warn Calzaghe because he knew giving Hopkins a recovery period in the 1st place was a fraudulent thing to do for his compatriot, even when calzaghe bent Hopkins over in the middle of the ring and buttfukeded him wned

I repect Hopkins longevity and that he was still able to be competitive in his late 40s with B/C leverl fighters like Pascal and Cloud. What I don't repsect is that he spent the majority of his career trying to clear out the worst middleweight era in boxing history (including a memorable trilogy with Robert Allan - mega lolz) and that he continually tried to bring fighters away from their best weight categories to beat them - smoke and mirrors swallowed by a gullable fanbase.

What Hopkins will be remembered for most is coming up short against all the elite fighters he fought at a fair weight, hell theres been 8 or 9 fights were Hopkins wasn't good enough to emerge victorious from

Hopkins will also be remembered for stinking the house out on numerous occasions by feigning bull**** injuries, a man who doesn't give a damn about giving his fans entertainment for their hard earned money.

Why would Calzaghe give a cowardly man like Hopkins a rematch? Calzaghe had already beaten Hopkins on foreign soil despite a corrupt referee, All Hopkins had to take from the 1st fight was an early flash knockdown, Calzaghe adjusted and beat Hopkins down the straight.

To understand Calzaghe, you need to see that he was all about entertaining the fans, all about giving them value for money, all about having a tare up and putting it all on the line. Hopkins is the polar opposite, he doesn't give a **** about enteraining the fans, he wants to hold, he wants to headbutt, he wants to make the fight as scrappy as possible, he wants act the gangster but then feign injury like a pu$$y in the ring :|

Why would Calzaghe choose to have the last fight of his career against a racist who isn't interested in fighting but in wrestling, fouling, and play acting?

How could Hopkins have done better in a rematch when Calzaghe had settled into the weight, when Calzaghe had a homecrowd behind him, when Calzaghe had a neutral referee and neutral judges? Why would 'mr entertainment fight his last fight against someone who would stink the entire arena out? :deal

 

I've talked glowingly about Hopkins longevity so take the HBO blinkers off fanboy, and through the smoke and mirrors you may see the wood from the trees like a Team Elite General.