Damn I am no B-Hop fan, but I just re-watched his entire fight with Trinidad and My Dear God he put on an absolute clinic. That was literally a breathtaking performance and IMHO possibly the best of his career. I realize Trinidad was a blown up WW and the naturally smaller man, but for Hopkins to shut one of the hardest punchers in boxing history down like that was truly remarkable. If you don't think B-Hop is one of the greatest Middleweights of all time you are smoking crack rock. My God can you imagine B-Hop against Hagler in their primes?
they say that b-hop ruin fighters and if u look at his career and some of those opponents then u can truly say that yea, he ended some of his opponents careers... living legend...
Damn I am no B-Hop fan, but I just re-watched his entire fight with Trinidad and My Dear God he put on an absolute clinic. That was literally a breathtaking performance and IMHO possibly the best of his career. I realize Trinidad was a blown up WW and the naturally smaller man, but for Hopkins to shut one of the hardest punchers in boxing history down like that was truly remarkable. If you don't think B-Hop is one of the greatest Middleweights of all time you are smoking crack rock. My God can you imagine B-Hop against Hagler in their primes?
A great fight for B-Hop,that fight got him the recognition he deserved.Tito was a bonified middleweight by then,had already destroyed a true middleweight champ too.He just got dominated by a boxing genius.I do consider Tarver & Pavlik equal to that though.