I want an insite into the mind of those rating Bernard Hopkins amongst the top 5 P4P

I agree 100%. After Johnson and Tarver dropped the belts, it all got ridiculous. There needs to come a time (and The Ring is to blame for this IMO), when enough is enough, and you have to stop fighting the same circle of guys over and over again.

In theory now, Jones-Tarver-Hopkins-Johnson (and now Wright - no doubt 'invited' into the circle of trust because of his GBP relations) could fight each other until they're in their fifties, and still claim to be the #1 LHW.

Yes, the ABC's should have allowed unification, that too was a ridiculous thing that didn't happen.

BUT, enough is enough. These guys can't go on endlessly fighting each other, and claiming to be the #1 guy. It's bull****.

Call me crazy, but it really wouldn't surprise me to see the winner of Trinidad v Jones Jr fighting Hopkins for the "LHW Championship" :roll:

Why not? Both fights have great marketing angles. A rematch, or a long awaited fight (about 10 yrs too late, but still....)

The thing is. People would buy it, and buy into the fact it was for the LHW championship. And the ring would support it........

 

Toney beats Calzaghe at 168...:yep

 

You'd have to cut Toneys legs off to make 168 these days.... and even then it would be close

 

Maybe we will experience JC-Kessler XIII

 

It'd be a more entertaining old man circle jerk down the line than Wright - Hopkins.:yep

 

Even with JC's arthritic claws for hands, and Kesslers metal spine......

 

Imagine if JC had hands of stone and Kessler had a chin and back of steel.

Imagine if B-Hop took a few chances here and there.

Imagine if Vargas wasn't a cry baby.

Imagine if Jermain Taylor didn't rely on gift decisions.

:think

 

- perfect.

Imagine if both JC and Kessler would be nicknamed Terminator, for their cybernetic implants. But replace Vargas for Floyd. I like Vargas, haha.

 

Definately, even if the pace of these fights in 2040 equals the circle jerking ones.

 

No, because an armless Bernard would be completely unable to carry out the function that he PROVED he could against Tarver.

 

Fitz will destroy him after he knocks Marciano out.

 

I gave calazaghe credit when destroyed lacy but if you think about who did calazaghe really ever beat close to the names of hopkins resume theres really no comparison there I hope kessler beats him and deflates this overrated balloon we call calazaghe

 

hopkins is nearly impossible to beat, he knows every trick in the book.

 

If Bhops becomes armless he could no longer fight shithead, but he would not lose his stature nor his ratings instantly based on his accomplishements.

" . . . based on his past achivements?" . . . yeah because that's how it is in this sports. You don't rate fighters based on fans' hallucinations and based on what he hasn't accomplished yet.

. . . so your thread is a ****i'm trash, :yep

 

Never get what? the fact that old guys are protecting their earning status by continuing to fight each other, and not having the younger names shattering their illusion of greatness??