McCallum Toney Hopkins

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  1. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Please rate these guys in order of pure skill alone.
    Im not talking about the amount of belts or weight classes ect. Just pure boxing skill.
     
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  2. emallini

    emallini Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Very Very Tough but i would go

    Toney
    McCallum
    Hopkins

    and its extremely close between them all
     
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  3. Bonecrusher

    Bonecrusher Lineal Champion Full Member

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    Toney
    Hopkins
    McCallum
     
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  4. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hopkins, Toney, McCallum.

    This is close, but Hopkins is the best defensive middleweight I've seen on film. He slips a right hand lead better than anyone IMO. Some fighters are able to tell when a fighter will throw by watching their feet when against the ropes, but Hopkins can read an opponent in the middle of the ring as well. A phenomenal defensive fighter.
     
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  5. Godfather

    Godfather I put the G in God Full Member

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    Toney
    McCallum
    Hopkins
     
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  6. Meast

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    Toney
    Hopkins
    McCallum

    Very close.
     
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  7. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    B-Hop
    McCallum
    Toney
     
    PhillyPhan69, Aug 6, 2010
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  8. Nonameboy

    Nonameboy Guest

    Toney
    Mcallum
    Hopkins
     
    Nonameboy, Aug 6, 2010
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  9. horst

    horst Guest

    McCallum
    Toney
    Hopkins


    Toney is my favourite of the three, but I think McCallum is an underrated genius.
     
    horst, Aug 6, 2010
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  10. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Hopkins
    McCallum
    Toney
     
    JohnThomas1, Aug 6, 2010
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  11. richie leon

    richie leon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins
    McCallum
    Toney

    Love Toney and he did beat McCallum, but McCallum had a wider variety of skills imo, and Hopkins even more so. Hardly anything between these guys though.
     
    richie leon, Aug 6, 2010
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  12. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    McCallum
    Hopkins
    Toney
     
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  13. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Interesting so far. Please more input with reasons if you wish to add.
     
    robert ungurean, Aug 6, 2010
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  14. zarman

    zarman Guest

    hopkins, toney, mccallum. no wait...... too tired for these sort of questions
     
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  15. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    I was watching some McCallum lastnight and he is so very crafty.
     
    robert ungurean, Aug 6, 2010
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