KOing Bernard Hopkins, is it possible?

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  1. MMJoe

    MMJoe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Could any or all of these KO titans have stopped Bernard Hopkins?

    Sugar Ray Robinson? Thomas Hearns? Marvin Hagler? Prime for Prime.
    Could any of these three do what no one of this boxing generation or last generation was able to do? Stop the iron-chinned Hopkins...
     
  2. beatdown

    beatdown Infidel Full Member

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    I doubt it. The wouldn't land consistently enough for their power to become a factor
     
  3. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    Dick Tiger would stop his ass imo
     
  4. PrinceVega

    PrinceVega 帝拳ボクシングジム Full Member

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    Out of the 3, Hearns could.
     
  5. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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  6. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This.......put a prime Victor Galindez vs the version of Hopkins at LHW and I can see El Leopardo de Moron perhaps stopping him as well.....

    I don´t see Robinson, Hagler or Hearns stopping prime MW Hopkins.....
     
  7. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nobody's stopping Hugkins. But its not a testament to his chin.
     
  8. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Possible? Yes. But very, very unlikely. His defense, great chin, and shameless amount of clinching when necessary would make him insanely difficult to stop.
     
  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    :deal
     
  10. hookfromhell

    hookfromhell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Bernard is too smart and too tough. He never gets stopped
    in his prime. He ll probably retire without ever being stopped.
     
  11. Primadonna Kool

    Primadonna Kool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If Bernard Hopkins stands up and fights, and does not try and spoil the fight against Chad Dawson.

    "He gets Tkoed, Knocked out or he quits on his stool"

    "Chris Eubank was by far tougher than Bernard Hopkins"
     
  12. Caelum

    Caelum Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Its possible to KO anyone in this sport. They are all human and prone to make mistakes.

    As far as Hopkins, let's just remember that he had a career before fighting Tito.

    And if the 72 year old gets KO'd now, who cares. It will not diminish him.
     
  13. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Jesus, Calzaghe had him going so bad he had to fake a low blow and recover for 5 minutes. You aren't gonna stop him with one shot but you can busy him into a pace he can't sustain, at least at this age.
     
  14. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    I seriously doubt any Middleweight stops peak Hopkins. Some would be capable of stunning him from time to time, but no one's stopping him at his best.
     
  15. VIP

    VIP Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Maybe an old Hopkins can get stopped. But not a prime version. Too good defense plus a good chin to go with it.