James J Braddock v Bernard Hopkins

Actually Taylor beat Hopkins 2x if i remember correctly
:huh, and Taylor was knocking Hops around the ring pretty good in that 2005 fight..

Hopkins has never tasted the power of someone the size and caliber of Braddock, i don't think a fight like this would be to his best interest, he's going to be hit a helluva lot harder than Joe Calzaghe hit him...

 

Braddock was in a very competitive era. No blown up middleweight could hope to compete...

 

What I learned today...

Jermaine Taylor finishes the Louis that Jimmy Braddock could not.

 

Erm... Bradock started his career in the 160's.

 

I hear ya, sorry i just don't have a strong enough imagination, to see a man like Braddock tough as nails, who beat the most murderous puncher of his time in Max Baer, lose to a guy who spent 95% of his career at 160- and rarely knocked out anyone there...

Hopkins went up in weight to fight Dawson, and THAT was a huge mistake, and Dawson was smaller than Baer, and not nearly as tough..

 

Well played, Red...

 

Tough fight for both men, both lost to men that were less

 

Is Braddock on GH and steroids like Bhop?

 

Loughran and lomski were both blown up mws and they beat braddock.

 

Compare whom Rosenbloom beat at 175 and whom Hopkins beat?

 

Braddock for me. He gave Louis a good fight, often taking the fight to Louis; can you imagine Hopkins doing that? He would spoil and run all night against Louis, claiming fouls etc. I think Hopkins is grossly overrated.

 

Hopkins easy decision.

 

No. I choose to compare the skill-sets that the two displayed, instead.

 

How?

 

The most undisciplined and one of the most untrained champions ever though. (and like Klompton said, Braddock really had a harder time to win that fight than what is known by most people)