Put Hopkins in another era, does he stick out as much?

I can't see any era where he wouldn't be among the most technically and tactically crafty fighters.

 

INCREDIBLE SPEED AND ACCURACY.

What's next a fifteen inch **** as well

 

His dominance in the 40's-50's middles would be a fraction of what it was in his prime. Definitely still competitive though.

 

:yikes

 

Never count hopkins out!

 

Adjectives have different meanings from each other, I think is the thing.

 

Your sarcasm makes no sense as I never even implied that he was slow, inaccurate or dull here. I simply implied, and very rightly, you'll find, that "incredible" and "good" are not interchangeable words. For instance, "I had a good sandwich today." is not the same as "I had an INCREDIBLE sandwich today!(You should've seen that ****ing iceberg lettuce; it was crisper than GOD!!!!!!!)"


See what I mean? Don't count the part in parentheses. That was just for emphasis.

 

In most eras he would and I don't see too many in history beating the best Hopkins and that includes a few greats. But it depends on the styles too, if he were in the 80s and fought McCallum, Kalambay, Nunn, Graham, Toney, I see him picking up a loss or 2 because those fighters are both elite and tricky styles for him. Most decades I see him dominating, the 40s, Robinsion of the early 50s, late 80s and early 90s being the exceptions

 

The great thing about Hopkins isn't his speed (which is good but not great) but the way he slides in so smoothly from his defense to his offense and back out. Thats all down to his footwork, his head movement is very efficient

What he lacks in athleticism he makes up for in punching the ideal punch for the range with perfect timing and he always seems to be thinking a move or 2 ahead

 

He'd probably fit in well in most eras, but I don't think he'd be a stand-out amongst the Murderer's Row crew, for example. He'd always make his presence known when he was fighting, but I doubt he'd be anywhere near as highly reknowned today, not even marginally really, were he fighting in those same circumstances. Not to say he wouldn't still be an excellent fighter, though.