Bore Hard Slopkins: His legendary HOF Resume

[Verstyle]

More interesting statistics I compiled.

Bernard Hopkins turned pro at 174lb (177)

Of Bernard Hopkins 20 Title defenses only 5 of them were against fighters who were natural 160lb fighters. Joe Lippsy, Glen Johnson, William Joppy, Antwun Echols, Jermain Taylor.

5 of Bernards title defenses came against fighters who were natural 140lb or lower fighters (3 x 140, 2 x 130).

Bernards 17 title challengers had an average natural weight of 2.59 weight classes below Bernard Hopkins.

What does this mean?

During his 20 defenses of his title, Bernard Hopkins had an average natural weight advantage of 17.4lb over his opponents.

Coooooool.

[Sweet Pete]

I have a broken hand so am not in the mood to type out what would be a very long-winded response right here, but let's just say this thread is harsh.

[shawn_]

Coooooool.

If only you could fight as well as you eat them cheese burgers you'd be da #452 p4p boxer in the galaxy.

Well, maybe you will get lucky. Maybe competitive eating will hit it big time and "winning" 4th place in competitive eating competitions will finally get you laid.

[NeXt In Line]

Can't wait for B-Hop to spank Calzaghe

[Haterfree]

I think B Hop is a bit overrated myself. But having said that I still wouldnt bet against him.

[sonofisis]

I've seen a lot of talk over this lately, so let's take a look at this "modern great", eh?

(Before anyone starts, I've got three Yanks in my sig, and all of my favourite middleweights are Americans... just not Bore Hard).

The Beginnings: Loses his first fight on points against the legendary Clinton Mitchell, a guy who went on to have three more fights before being KTFO by another nobody. The legendary Bore Hard has arrived!! After 22 more fights against such stellar competition as "Who The **** Is He?" and "I Haven't Got A ****ing Clue" Bore Hard steps up and carves out a HOF career by taking on Roy Jones Jr. Calzaghe hasn't got anyone on his ledger that's near the status of Roy Jones. What's that? Hopkins LOST the fight to Roy Jones? STFU, ***got!!

Middleweight champ: Nearly two years after this defeat he finally becomes a champ by taking a vacant IBF belt against the awe-inspring Segundo Mercado, a guy he'd previously fought to a draw with. After this he spends the next five years defending that single belt during his "prime" by taking on such red hot competition as Steve Frank, Joe Lipsey, Robert Allen and William Bo James. The first bout with Allen is a No Contest, which goes towards his "twenty defences" (WTF???) Glen Johnson is a rare abberation in this line up of mediocrity.

The Unification Years: Bore Hard takes another belt against the incomparable Keith Holmes, then cements his legacy by beating Tito Trinidad, a man whose ideal weight was 13lbs below and who had had just one bout at middleweight, stopping the mighty William Joppy. More greats follow on Bore Hard's resume, with Morrade Hakkar and Carl Daniels falling to this legend. By this time Bore Hard has all the belts, and impresses by getting a UD over Joppy, the man who had been KO'd in five by a welterweight.

The Legendary Years: Bore Hard takes on Oscar De La Hoya, a two foot Mexican who had one fight at middle, looking **** in doing so, and even his own mother gives him no chance. The entire Boxing Scene forum says that Oscar is too small, doesn't have a hope in ****ing Hell, yet when he takes a dive (causing Bert Sugar to christen him "The Acting Amigo") all of a sudden Bore Hard has beat a "P4P great". P4P is right... he's a great at several pounds below middleweight. Bore Hard follows up on this by playing kiss-chase with Howard Eastman.

The Fall: Bore Hard takes on Jermain "Sad Intentions" Taylor, the guy who gets gift decisions with tiny guys and gets KTFO by someone his own size. Calzaghe hasn't had anyone like that on his ledger, STFU it doesn't matter that Bore Hard lost, etc. Bore Hard's clever strategm of "I can beat any great fighter... as long as they're a lot smaller than I am" is now set in stone.

The Rise: Bore Hard campains at Light Heavy, where he beats a weight-drained, only-regarded-because-he-beat-a-shot-Roy-Jones Antonio Tarver. The world sucks his ****. Consolodates this achievement by "showing mad skillz" (pulling his arms down and butting him in the face) against the plainly smaller Winky Wright, whose best weight was 154lbs.




All hail Bore Hard! He's a ****ing LEGEND!!!!

Creative. Now let us see you go back to boxrec and do the same thing with Joe Calzaghe..

[Dynamite Kid]

Can't wait for B-Hop to spank Calzaghe

lmao Calzaghe slapped Hopkins about verbally in his recent interview with Boxingscene.com

[MELLY-MEL...]

Very true, most of it, but in a twisted sense.

He was a good fighter, maybe great, but he is known for having 'legendary' status because he was a gym rat. It's like boxing fans create Hopkins to be some mythical creature.

He was a good fighter with a good skillset.

But he sure as hell isn't on Hagler/Monzon like level.

I'm not even sure if he would of lasted in Hagler's era.

absolutely man! good post! bhop is very good, but against hagler and the like he loses!

[WLAD OWNS]

LOL, Bore Hard Slopkins, that's a fitting nickname for one of the most boring fighters of this era. Calzaghe is gonna embarass that racist prick Hopkins and give him a good old fashioned ass whoopin, I wonder what Bore Hard Slopkins is gonna say after he gets his ass kicked by a white man.

[BrooklynBomber]

**** you, you and you.


Bernard is an all time great to me.