What makes Hopkins so great?

The one quality above all others is work ethic. It's not easy to wake up at 5 AM for roadwork when you're sleeping on silk sheets, but Hopkins has put in the hours to stay elite, and put in the extra work to do it when most fighters would've been retired years ago.

Calzaghe still beats him though :hey.

 

Watch him against Trinidad, that was a masterclass and vintage Hopkins.

 

So you didn't notice he was fat until he got exposed?

 

In answer to the origianal question...
the american press:good

 

He has a good record and it has spanned over a long time

 

Thought maybe you just had a thing against Jones in the other thread, but now I just know your a ****in' idiot

Whether you like him or not, Hopkins is a GREAT fighter. And if it's only the American press that can recognise this, I feel sorry for other nations being so uninformed about this great sport.

 

The West Side, I-96 and Telegraph area. Are you familiar with Detroit?

 

I don't like Hopkins..mainly because of his big mouth, his classlessness and his blind fans. But....Hopkins is a good fighter. I can't call him great because I know he would NOT have been this successful if he fought in the Hagler era.

What makes him a good fighter is all the things already mentioned.

What make him NOT a great fighter is:

1. He fought in a weak MW division.

2. He was not undisputed champ until he beat Trinidad.

3. He lost against a green Jermain Taylor...imagine a "great" losing to a fighter of Taylor's calibre - TWICE.

4. He failed to seek greater challenges in higher weight divisions - even though he was a natural LHW.

5. He punked out of fights he should have made (Jones II and Toney).out of either fear or greed.

I know these points are what the nuthuggers don't want to hear but somebody has to speak the truth.

 

And yet what you speak about him is the truth? :huh

 

Feel free to point out the "untruth"...if you see one.