If he beat Bute & Dawson he will be easily a top 20 ATG fighter. No question about it. I think Bute will duck and dodge the shiit outta Hopkins but the Dawson fight will happen and will be 50/50 fight.
idk what happened to dawson, before the fight with pascal, up to now. i wanted hops to stay away from the kid before, but the dawson i saw tonight isn't the same dawson from before.....hops wins a UD.
goat!!!!!!111111111111111one
hops is already an ATG. you're right, maybe TS meant "GOAT."
I give Hopkins credit for what he's done since he's moved up to LHW but his MW "reign" was all time horrible.
Setting a record against legitimate contenders at middle weight is all time horrible? You my friend are the joke.
Maybe we are over reacting, but to call his reign a joke is pure stupidity.
Top 20 for sure and maybe top 10. That'd be incredible.
How a bout for defending the middle weight title successfully 20 times in a row, fighting competitively against the best until he is around fifty, never being knocked out, being a p4p top ten for over a decade, becoming the oldest to ever win a title, and then some? Yes, he is an all time top 20 fighter.
I give Hopkins credit for what he's done since he's moved up to LHW but his MW "reign" was all time horrible.
Top 10-20 ATG for beating Trinidad, DLH, Tarver, Pavlik, Pascal, Dawson, Bute? lol you just start watching the sport in the last 5 years?
How a bout for defending the middle weight title successfully 20 times in a row, fighting competitively against the best until he is around fifty, never being knocked out, being a p4p top ten for over a decade, becoming the oldest to ever win a title, and then some? Yes, he is an all time top 20 fighter.
Where would I put him in Bert Sugar's list? Because I don't have a list, and unless any of you are 50-60+ year olds who got to see at least 100s of different fighters throughout the history of boxing, I don't know how any of you have an ATG list.
In my imaginary ATG list, i'd put him in a top 25 if he beats Dawson and Ward. Sorry Bute is untested and I don't think highly of him at all, a win over him would be like beating Joe Lipsy again.
Top 20 for sure and maybe top 10. That'd be incredible.
Top 10-20 ATG for beating Trinidad, DLH, Tarver, Pavlik, Pascal, Dawson, Bute? lol you just start watching the sport in the last 5 years?