When was Bernard Hopkins' prime?

when he was 50

 

He was beast from 96-2003

I know he was nasty when he destroyed Tito

 

He hasn't hit it yet. He's still a bit green.

 

1998-10-11 ---- 2008-04-18

 

The time he hit tito with a nasty one

 

When Hopkins was a middleweight...............

 

:good

 

It was when he was defending the hard earned IBF title and before the tournement, somewhere between when he busted and outclassed Simon Brown and once undefeated Glenn Johnson.

 

He's been on the slide since 2002, the Allen fight in '03 was the first definite proof that he was past his best, obviously he's still good and it's amazing he is still doing what he does, but the idea that he is anywhere near the fighter he was from around '96 - '01 is ridiculous. Prime Hopkins would never lose to Taylor, Calzaghe and Dawson, the only things to ever beat Bernard Hopkins are Roy Jones and old age.

 

True dat!!!

Young BHOP was a mad beast that Calzaghe didn't want any part of.