Who do you think has the better LHW resume between Hopkins and Jones Jr?

* Sergei Liakhovich AKA Kovalev ))

 

you dont even dislike him but not even once have u called him by his name in your post. roid this roid that...
i also wonder how many other fighters that cheated you refer to as u refer to jones?

but you are not hating. we get it.

 

Without a doubt it's Jones Jr. Hopkins wouldn't even be a hall of famer off of his light heavyweight run. His reputation rests entirely on his record at middleweight and then his drug fueled longevity.

 

Yeah, you're right. They let anybody into the hall of fame these days. My point is that by the time Bernard returned to light heavyweight people weren't saying "He's such an amazing fighter." They were saying "He's such an amazing fighter for his age."

His accomplishments at light heavyweight are very thin. 38 year old Tarver, drunken middleweight Pavlik, shot Roy Jones, prime Jean Pascal, losses to Chad Dawson, beats the unimpressive Tavoris Cloud who never wins again, Karo Murat, and Shumenov.

 

Bernard’s longevity deserves huge respect.

His win over Pascal was absolutely fantastic for his age.

His win over Tarver was awesome, if Tarver wasn’t drained.

His performance over Pavlik was awesome. But Pavlik was a MW.

I can’t rate his win over Winky, as Winky was a career JMW.

He deserves huge credit for hanging with Kovalev at almost 50.

I think he deserved a draw against Joe.

All in all, he has a very good resume, especially considering his age.


Roy had an easy win over a faded, end of career McCallum.

He had spectacular knockout win over Griffin in just a single round.

He had avgreat knockout win over Hill.

He put in a great performance against a very good version of Reggie Johnson.

He smashed up Richard Hall.

He had a very hard fought win against Eric Harding.

He toyed with Woods.

He easily beat Harmon.

He easily beat Gonzalez.

His best win at the weight, is when he burnt muscle to drop back from HW to beat Tarver.


It’s close.

Bernard’s longevity can’t be ignored. Beating world class guys in his mid to late 40’s, was just incredible.

His wins over Pavlik and Winky are devalued though due to them not being LHW’s.

For me, Roy has the deeper resume, and he beat the majority of his opposition more emphatically.


I’ve got to go with Roy.

 

How can it be hands down?

 

Gotta give it to Hopkins..
He beat Tarver Pascal Cloud and Shumenov and he got in the ring with all the other dominant LHWs (Kovalev, Dawson, Calzaghe) during his LHW run..

Jones LHW resume isn’t bad but during his time there was another dominant LHW whom have the same wins and say he was the best LHW of his era.. Bottom line is Jones Jr vs Michalczewski should have happened just like Kovalev vs Stevenson..