How do you rate hopkins' legacy

Top 40 my ass. His middleweight reign was not superior to Joe Calzaghe's in truth. He fought some awful dross in there, including Allen 58 times.

He has De La Hoya and more importantly Trinidad, but you can always question whether he's actually beaten a prime top class career middleweight and he let the Taylor fight be closer than it should have been even though he deserved the decision.

His LHW wins add a huge amount to his legacy which tells you he didn't belong in the top 40 when one is against another old man that was too busy in Hollywood and then Wright well above his peak weight

 

hit the nail on the head right there:good :yep

 

Probably just outside the top 100, but that wasn't an option, so I ticked the last one.

 

Definitely not top 40 IMO. I'd say between 60-80.

 

Top 40 or 50 more likely.

Hopkins reign overall was not much worse than Hagler's, his success well past his prime and wins above middleweight, how dominant he was for a decade, and how highly he rates in his prime H2H as he was a complete fighter earns him a palce inside the top 50.

I seriously doubt someone can name 100 fighters greater than Hopkins.

 

dwarf beater who failed when fighting at his own weight.

 

Went unbeaten for 12 years at his own weight and came in lighter than the dwarves you mention.

 

oh ****, i misread the poll and clicked on 80-100, i actually meant 15-25

 

Well, top 125, anyway. His defenses against Robert Allen and Morrade Hakkar and his losses to Taylor and Calzaghe, and soon, Pavlik will ensure his spot!:good

 

That's unjustifiable really.

 

top 80