Hopkins resume at 160lbs average?

Johnson's loss to Hopkins was his only loss at 160. Almost everyone of Johnson's losses are heavily disputed, including to the currently somewhat highly regarded Chad Dawson at 175.

Felix Trinidad was officially undefeated, and had just destroyed William Joppy. Joppy is far from great at 160, but Joppy never lost to a bad fighter. Joppy was also stopped only one other time in his career. That was in his last fight, against an undefeated fighter, at the age of 37. No one ever gave Joppy a blasting like Trinidad. Trinidad could really bang at 154 and 160.

 

I think average is a fair description, certainly not the best and certainly not the worst.

Given the fighters he did beat, his consistentcy, longevity, and sheer dominance over solid opposition, and his all around ability, I thin he clearly makes the top 10 at the weight. Top 5 is perfectly reasonable depending on what exactly your criteria is and how you view some details.

As ChrisPontius posted earlier, it's similar to Larry Holmes' ranking at heavyweight, which is usually top 5. Longevity, consistencty, and dominance over solid but average competition.

 

Trinidad's best work was done below 160, but it is not irrelevant. If that were the case, Hagler's win over Hearns is irrelevant. Hagler would have defeated a nobody in Duran, and lost to a chump in Leonard. Going by your criteria, Trinidad trumps those guys as a credible defense.

 

I agree