Who would you rank the highest out of these 3 ?

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  1. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    All 3 fought at 160 and 175 .
    Jones and Toney even fought above 175.
     
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  2. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Jones
    Hopkins
    Toney

    Hopkins ranks the highest in any of the original 8 though for me, if that's any consolation.
     
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  3. Bonecrusher

    Bonecrusher Lineal Champion Full Member

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    Jones
    Hopkins
    Toney
     
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  4. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    jones
    hopkins
    toney

    hopkins by far my favourite though
     
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  5. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    Jones
    Hopkins
    Toney
     
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  6. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    Jones broke the most arms so he wins
     
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  7. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    :lol:
     
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  8. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Jones
    Hopkins
    Toney

    The first two will swap if Hopkins wins his upcoming bout with Pascal.
     
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  9. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hopkins and Jones aren´t really separable IMO. If Hopkins beats Pascal - I don´t think though but everytime I thought he will lose he didn´t so ... - he is ahead. Tony is clearly behind them. Clearly.
     
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  10. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    :deal This.
     
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  11. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Toney
    Jones
    Hopkins

    Although Hopkins and Jones are close and Jones and Toney are close.
    But Toney and Hopkins are not close , which made the ordering easy.

    Hopkins had title in 2 weight classes , Toney in 3.
    Toney fought Sam Peter twice , one must wonder how would Hopkins have fared against him.

    Many people do not know , or choose to ignore the reason to why Jones beat Toney the way he did , plus even then it was not close to how decisively Jones beat Reggie Johnson for comparison.

    Both Toney-Ruiz and Jones Ruiz were very close fights.

    Hopkins , whom never went above 175 actually defended his title mostly at 170 and avoided Chad Dawson.

    Hopkins beat Tarver because Tarver was drained.
    Hopkins lost twice to Jermain Taylor whom was later exposed as chinny to say the least.

    Hopkins is probably the dirtiest fighter of the last 30 years at least , while both Toney and Jones were caught using banned substances , but still many are ignorant enough to believe Hopkins was clear throughout his career just because he was never caught.
     
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  12. LancsTerrible

    LancsTerrible Different Forms of Game. Full Member

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    Jesus H you're kidding me right?

    Jones
    Hopkins
    Toney

    As pretty much everyone has said. 'Nard might have a strong argument be top if he manages to beat Pascal.
     
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  13. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    '**** Hopkins' best wins are against two prime Welterweights, one a former Lightweight. He was always a huge Middleweight and is at no real size disparity at LHW. And the best thing Soapy has done at LHW, is beat up a LMW, in Winky Wright.

    It is ridiculous the love he gets mainstream, because of the Hoya and Trinidad wins. And he only gets love around here because of the 'old school' style, that proves excessive clinching = masterful skill.

    You cannot call Mayweather up on cherry picking if you dont call **** Hopkins
     
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  14. Body Head

    Body Head East Side Rape (CEO) Full Member

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    i agree with this.
     
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  15. Body Head

    Body Head East Side Rape (CEO) Full Member

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    i honestly don't think so, but if he gets another big win over somebody else after Pascal, then i think he makes a very strong case.


    By the way Hopkins is going to whoop Pascal in December, bet on it, trust me. Pascal doesn't stand a chance. Even though Hopkins will amost be 46 Pascal is nothing special, Hopkins will handle him with ease.
     
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