Prime Bernard Hopkins vs 1987-1994 middleweights

Oh, he'd be my nr 1 with space to spare to the next guy.

 

He loses to Gman for sure I think because of the styles.
Gman was kind of similar to Taylor but better in alot of ways.


Toney vs Hopkins I'm having trouble envisioning how their styles would clash. Hopkins could either stay away and ambush like he did later on or roughhouse and bring the pain like he did pre-trinidad.


He roughhouses the crap out of Nunn. Takes the Polish right out of him and lowblows and headbutts him until he's bleeding, discombobulated and then he stops him.


He should be favored over the others. Even when he is having trouble winning clean he could always make it ugly like he did with winky wright and he got away with it because he was a sneaky hustler.

 

In one off fights i'd take him over all of them. Obviously anyone fighting all of that lot over the course of a career is going to struggle. Three stand out as tougher than the others but i think he'd smother Nunn, outwork Toney and decision McCallum as well.

 

I think he would definitely have picked up a loss.

The toughest fights would have been against:

Nunn
McCallum
Toney

 

TONEY,NUNN, FEW OTHERS KILL HIM BESIDES BORING BORING OVERATED

 

Man Nunn would make him look silly, he actually would. Eubank is a very difficult puzzle for Bernard to solve. He'd have got to Reggie Johnson though, as slick as RJ was.

He never fought anything like a Benn or McClellan, that kind of speed and power. Or the speed (and power, of course) of a Jackson counter.

I think he can outbox McCallum and Toney with ring movement and outfight them with dirty tactics.

Barkley, man, that guy was no Howard Eastman. Tough as they ****ing come, tall and rangey and awkward too! That's tough!