The Greater Victory: HOPKINS v TRINIDAD or MOSLEY v DE LA HOYA I?

Two of the greatest wins this decade, no question. There are questions that surround Mosley though given the whole Balco thing. Tito at the time was at or near the top of every P4P list having won titles in 3 weight classes and looking very impressive in his MW debut against Joppy. It seemed(to me at least) that Trinidad was something special and on a collision course with Jones after steamrolling through 147(the DLH fight aside) and 154, and having already dominated MW belt holder Joppy. Looking back I doubted that Hopkins could do what he did, while I did not doubt that Shane could do what he did so I would say that Hopkins win was bigger, especially taking into account the ease with which he beat Trinidad.

 

Unlike the one with Floyd and Calzaghe this is actaully a tough one and very debatable...I think that I could make a strong case for either guy here....However if you go by what the heartbeat of the boxing public was at the times of those fights you would have to give the edge to Hopkins...:huh dont really know...Shane was by the experts seen as a really live dog in that fight, and in fact I recall King saying that Oscar was a moron for fighting shane for a smaller payday instead of tito, when they asked King what was wrong with that fight he said that Oscar was going to lose to Shane...I remember People calling me crazy on boxing websites because a few of us was calling Hopkins to win by knockout, I think that they bought into what Tito Sr was saying about joppy being the best middleweight at the time.

I really dont know on this one

 

Yes, I remember that horse**** making its way around the circuit.

WTF was somebody smoking?

I picked Bernard to out point or stop Tito (The fight was even more one-sided than I expected.

And even if he had, by some miracle, gotten past Hops, he would have had absolutely no chance against the 2001/2 version of Jones, who could have stopped him in any round he chose.

IMO, Mosley's first win over Delahoya was the better of the two.