A Hopkins Win Does WHAT For His Legacy ?

It does alot for his legacy, but he's going to have to turn back the clock, and throw volumes of looping punches. Because that going about the motions cautiously cost Hopkins his last 2 fights. He has to be busy and keep the pressure on Tarver. Never pay again for live sex! | Hot girls doing naughty stuff for free! | Chat for free!

Hopkins' legend is already established, it will be even more so when he beats Tarver on Saturday.

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Of course his stock almost doubles. I mean holding a middleweight title defense record is one thing, but jumping to another class and beating the best guy, a guy Roy Jones Jr. could not defeat, is huge for anybody at Light Heavyweight and under. Hopkins will surpass Jones by miles if he is able to beat Tarver in my opinion.

it would make hopkins the best middleweight to lightheavy weight in the world

Here's my question, what will a Tarver win do for him? If Hopkins loses IMO it won't do anything for Tarver, real boxing fans will just say he beat another over the hill boxer(wether it's true or not) who was in the wrong weightclass. I think that he knocked out a primed RJJ and beat Johnson( i didn't see this fight though), now he found his gimic "the legend(old man) Killer". I remember hearing that he wanted to fight Tyson and i thought it wasn't true, but when i saw him talking about it on the countdown that's when i lost what little respect i had for him.

Whilst I can see what you are saying, people physically age at different rates, regardless of how active they've been. Hopkins is obviously a bit of a genetic freak to be at the top of the sport as long as he has (& also at his age) for a middleweight. It's also impossible & too simplistic for people to say 'Roy losing all the weight after the Ruiz fight made him age'.. Could be true, but who really knows? Honestly, it's not too simplistic or a cop out. It's just factually accurate, as any athletic training course will teach you. The permanent effect of severe muscle atrophy is a real issue that can be learned out of or inside the classroom.

But..... Don't you think Hopkins proves something, when compared against Roy's series with Tarver ? Why would Roy be any more faded than Hopkins is ? Roy is younger, did not have a tougher career, & certainly did not live a tougher life. No matter what you think of Tarver.....it ( a win)is a big task for someone at this stage of Hopkins' career to accomplish. Roy damaged his body to fight Tarver. Hopkins will ENHANCE his body to fight Tarver. This fight for Hopkins is like when Roy got to fight Ruiz. They both had Macky Shilstone, got to move up in weight, and did not have to worry about draining anything. When Roy fought Tarver, he had to sit in a sauna for hours. Hopkins will not have to deal with that. Would this win be big for Hopkins? Kind of. No matter what, Tarver is still a B fighter and has proven it. But he IS the champ, and that does mean something. I just don't think it's earth-shattering.

But..... Don't you think Hopkins proves something, when compared against Roy's series with Tarver ? Why would Roy be any more faded than Hopkins is ? Roy is younger, did not have a tougher career, & certainly did not live a tougher life. No matter what you think of Tarver.....it ( a win)is a big task for someone at this stage of Hopkins' career to accomplish. Whilst I can see what you are saying, people physically age at different rates, regardless of how active they've been. Hopkins is obviously a bit of a genetic freak to be at the top of the sport as long as he has (& also at his age) for a middleweight. It's also impossible & too simplistic for people to say 'Roy losing all the weight after the Ruiz fight made him age'.. Could be true, but who really knows?

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if he beats tarver, he'll beat the guy who twice beat the guy who beat him. meaning: tarver beat jones twice, jones beat hopkins, if hopkins beats tarver, hopkins gets revenge on jones.

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Hopkins won against Taylor twice? :D Then just shove back your opinion into your ass. :p Why are there disillusional fools like you who can't accept reality? Get over it, Bhops lost twice! word...............

I think it enhances it, in a huge way. Hopkins is a lot older than the Roy Jones who couldn't handle Tarver. win or loss he is still a legend BUT a win would definitely put him up there with the best...the ruled middleweight and to go up in your first lightheavy weight defense and kick butt...man.....

If Hopkins wins, and RJJ wins, maybe these two will fight? That the best reason I can think of for Hopkins to win a close, maybe hotly disputed, decision. Follow the money.

But..... Don't you think Hopkins proves something, when compared against Roy's series with Tarver ? Why would Roy be any more faded than Hopkins is ? Roy is younger, did not have a tougher career, & certainly did not live a tougher life. No matter what you think of Tarver.....it ( a win)is a big task for someone at this stage of Hopkins' career to accomplish. Roy Jones having to lose 20 pounds of muscle did more damage than anything that happened to Hopkins regarding boxing and health. I HATE Roy Jones, but that's a fact.

jabs, i take it that your picking nard... how do you see fight turning out? how will nard win? i'm picking AT in a snoozer by decision.. I pick it the same as you.... I don't like the way Hopkins has been fighting. He would need to take more chances against Tarver, than he has been taking. But he won't, as Tarver is far more dangerous than Jermain Taylor.

But..... Don't you think Hopkins proves something, when compared against Roy's series with Tarver ? Why would Roy be any more faded than Hopkins is ? Roy is younger, did not have a tougher career, & certainly did not live a tougher life. No matter what you think of Tarver.....it ( a win)is a big task for someone at this stage of Hopkins' career to accomplish. jabs, i take it that your picking nard... how do you see fight turning out? how will nard win? i'm picking AT in a snoozer by decision..

Not much. What has Tarver really done other than beat up a ridiculously faded version of Jones? And Tarver is something like 37 himself. It'll be just a couple of over-rated, old men fighting on over-hyped HBO bullshit. But..... Don't you think Hopkins proves something, when compared against Roy's series with Tarver ? Why would Roy be any more faded than Hopkins is ? Roy is younger, did not have a tougher career, & certainly did not live a tougher life. No matter what you think of Tarver.....it ( a win)is a big task for someone at this stage of Hopkins' career to accomplish.