Is Bernard Hopkins win over Kelly Pavlik his best win?

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  1. soxfan57

    soxfan57 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think it's career defining...I think lampley said it best in the countdown "His losses to taylor/calzaghe were controversial. If he could beat Pavlik (thought by all to be the best middleweight and top 5 p4per, all those losses would be in a sense erased."

    I think he's done that. His best win ATG wise was vs Trinidad. But his best win, legacy wise is vs. Pavlik IMO...Hopkins was a 4-1 dog; what he did was unbelieveable.
     
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  2. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It was his best performance. An Absolute Masterpiece.
     
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  3. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    If tonights version of Hopkins would have showed up for the Calzaghe fight, Joe would no longer be undefeated. A brilliant exhibition.
     
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  4. TheH1tMan

    TheH1tMan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    By far the best performance. The Trinidad was badly tainted because Hopkins was so much bigger. This was good. Excellent actually.
     
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  5. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yes. It's a close call between Tarver, Trinidad, and Pavlik, but this fight edges it for me.
     
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  6. soxfan57

    soxfan57 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Think so? I hate calzaghe (how he fights), but maybe B-Hop's style won't work as easy vs. a Joe Calzaghe possibly???
     
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  7. Sweet EP

    Sweet EP Jab & Move Baby! Full Member

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    Must disagree - Pavlik was way over rated and schooled last night, the result would have been the same against Calzaghe or Abraham imho.
     
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  8. TheH1tMan

    TheH1tMan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No style works vs. Calzaghe.

    If anyone really think Bhop can win against Calzaghe then I hope they do it again and we shall see. Calzaghe will win convincingly.

    Congrats to Bernard - an impressive win, but Bernard loses to Joe again if they fight again.
     
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  9. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Guess you never seen the Trinidad fight.
     
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  10. Monticello

    Monticello Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It could very well be. This one or Tarver for sure.
     
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  11. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, I did, but tonight was even better to me, IMHO.
     
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  12. aceshigh

    aceshigh Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes. The only thing that could have made it any better would be if he came out to the ghostbusters song.
     
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  13. davros

    davros New Member Full Member

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    this was a great win for bernard. But where does he go from here?? chad dawson? He is certainly still in the big money thats for sure. at 43 years old bernard is a freak of nature!
     
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  14. The Kurgan

    The Kurgan Boxing Junkie banned

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    I can't think of a comparable win in history and I think it's very unlikely we'll see such a win for as long as we live.
     
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  15. MexicanJew

    MexicanJew Jajajajajaja Full Member

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    Pavlik is a true Middleweight and was the man of the division. This is better than the Trinidad win. Trinidad would not beat Pavlik at 160 if such a matchup were made, prime to prime
     
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