When was the last time Bernard Hopkins was in a live fight?

i like how you left out that he was the frst person to beat trinidad. you are such an idiot. oscar de la hoya never had good boxing skill? Taylor has poor footwork? i cant believe you can even begin to start talking that way about hopkins and have joe calzaghe in your avatar. moron.

 

Hopkins is horrendously over rated by virtue of his wins on the Seniors Tour and also that he is American. Remember he ducked out of a fight with Calzaghe once it had been verbally agreed.

 

Wow. You say that Winky didnt pose any threat, even though he was the favorite, you claim that Tarver landed one lucky punch against RJJ, even though he lost a close decision in ther first fight and won UD in thier last fight, De La Hoya had little boxing skill, and Taylor has poor footwork, and you call someone else a ******? You are just taking away from the accomplishments of Hopkins opponents to try and suit your point. I dont have to try and make you look like a ******, you are already doing a fine enough job of it yourself with your ridiculous and flat out wrong analysis.

 

You just overlooked the rest of his career? Remember the 20 defenses that he made.

Just like Roy was in the LHW Division - he beat everyone that was put in front of him. So when there were no more big names that wanted to fight him - people start saying that you're fighting nobodies.

What would you be saying if he had lost to any of those guys - other than Taylor?

His job is/was to win fights - and that's what he did.

B-Hop is a Ring Legend - and he did it his way - almost to the very end. At least give the man credit for his accomplishments.

 

When was this? He called out Calzaghe on national television
after his last fight.

 

Fraud? Great wording....a guy who has beaten 3 future hall of famers, held all 4 middleweight belts, defeated 10+ world champion, held the middleweight title for 10 years, held the RING light heavyweight title, and made 21 total defenses is a fraud.

Hopkins IS a ring legend...deal with it

 

That's funny, cause when he didn't fight these guys everyone was talking about how he needed to fight Eastman, they became overrated and "past their prime" once he dusted them. He was the middleweight champ and he fought them all as they came...he never waited to fight anyone, he fought all the top contenders while they were top contenders...if he made them look past their prime he must be doing something good.

 

I'm telling you all, Joe Calzaghe fans are all insane, including me.:yep

Bad part is that I half agree with this, Hopkins' resume in terms of quality is not that impressive, however, Hopkins IS an ATG, he WAS highly avoided at his best and the reason his resume is 'good', is because he DOMINATED the vast majority of his competition.

Anyone who flat out dominates for years over solid to good comp and makes that many title defenses is a great fighter, not only this, but his longevity is impressive.

Not a top 20 IMO, but a top 40 of all time. Hopkins' career has been a pleasure to watch, but he absolutely CAN be overrated.

However, to say he is a 'fraud' is just unspeakable. Taylor is a 'fraud', Hopkins was and is a bad man and a great champion.

 

I kind of like that teuton chick in your avatar.:yep

 

Yea you really can't overlook longevity.

People will always harp on name quality opponents and that will never change. However common sense tells you that a man cannot make 20 title defenses without running into some real challenges. It just isn't possible in any era. Titles have changed hands on odds that were longshots on guys who were labeled easy HoF/great.