Bore Hard Slopkins: His legendary HOF Resume

[ИATAS]

If you had a face like that, and teeth like that, wouldn't you cover them up too? I swear Hopkins could eat corn on the cob through a chain link fence.

lol, what is this? A beauty pageant or boxing?

smh at guys judging other boxers appearances.

[Jim Jeffries]

Too bad Borenard didn't have to serve his full 18 year sentence for Strong-Arm Robbery, so we wouldn't have had to be subjected to his dull foul fests. Joe, please retire this clown.

[Lucky13]

Popkins will eat his own words when he fights Joe.

[oovavu]

lol, what is this? A beauty pageant or boxing?

smh at guys judging other boxers appearances.

lol i didn't mean any disrespect, but just saw ure avy n sig and it made me laugh, he looks like a ***** sometimes too, hes a funny fella tho.

[ИATAS]

**** it, I'll take the time...

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!!

Wow, lost his first professional fight. Hopkins didn't have the luxury of fighting a long career in the amateurs or the Olympics, he spent 56 months in prison and turned pro not long after his release.

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!!

Again, WOW, lost to a legend, Roy Jones jr. No shame there. Regardless, Hopkins was no where near as mature of a fighter that night then he became later down the road.

Plus, if you've watched the fight it was a pretty boring fight by both fighters - neither of them really landed any significant punches. It was the biggest fight by far for both Jones and Hopkins, and neither one really let loose at any time during the fight. All three judges had it 116-112. It was pretty close but Jones was the more active fighter.

The first bout with Allen is a No Contest, which goes towards his "twenty defences" (WTF???)

It was a no contest because Referee Mills Lane accidentally pushed Hopkins out of the ring when he was trying to break them up and injured hopkins, the fight could not continue. Hopkins was going to win the fight but unfortunately this happened. Cant fault B-hop for this (and it shouldn't go against his twenty defenses obviously).

Glen Johnson is a rare abberation in this line up of mediocrity.

And Hopkins destroyed him.

Mediocrity or not, Hopkins did what he had to do and cleaned out the division. People always criticize fighters for jumping up and down in weight and "ducking" opponents in their own weight Class. Well, you cant fault hopkins for staying at Middleweight, cleaning up the division and beating whoever they faced in front of them. Also, you should consider that he fought ALL of his mandatories. Again, he fought whoever they put in front of him.

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.

And? Trinidad chose to fight Hopkins. He was undefeated and a favorite to beat Hopkins. Should Hopkins have turned down the biggest fight of his career (at the time) because some internet dorks would criticize him years later? lol. Again, b-hop did what he needed to do, and KO'd Trinidad.

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.

Hakkar was a mandatory fight, he was the #1 contender at the time.
Daniels was also a mandatory fight, he was the #1 contender at the time.

Again, Bernard beat whoever they put in front of him.

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.

pfffffft. He's the only man to ever KO Oscar, a legend, an all time great. And the claim about it being a dive is laughable. No evidence whatsoever to back this up at all.

Bore Hard follows up on this by playing kiss-chase with Howard Eastman.

Another mandatory fight. Again, b-hop does what he's supposed to and wins.

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.

Two, VERY close and highly controversial fights. Hopkins never once got hurt in all 24 rounds.

Regardless of how close the fights were, the only thing you can really criticize hopkins for was not being as active as he should have to win the fights convincingly. But, even if you do believe he lost both fights, not that bad for a 40 year old who defended the title 20 times prior to losing to Taylor.

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 ****.

Weight drained? Where's the proof of that? lol, Tarver at the time was ranked P4P top 10. Hopkins was a huge underdog. Hopkins dominated him. Tarver hasn't been the same since.

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.

A nasty fight, no doubt. But he controlled the fight and won. Not too bad for a 42 year old.

He's a ****ing LEGEND!!!!

it's true, he is.

Now do the same thing with Calzaghe's resume. I might recognize 3 or 4 names on there, that Manfredo win was HUGE!

[Verstyle]

WOW!!!! You actually took Anorak serious.

[ИATAS]

well if it was a joke it sounded real to me. Oh well...

[GTL]

**** it, I'll take the time...



Wow, lost his first professional fight. Hopkins didn't have the luxury of fighting a long career in the amateurs or the Olympics, he spent 56 months in prison and turned pro not long after his release.



Again, WOW, lost to a legend, Roy Jones jr. No shame there. Regardless, Hopkins was no where near as mature of a fighter that night then he became later down the road.

Plus, if you've watched the fight it was a pretty boring fight by both fighters - neither of them realy landed any significant punches. It was the biggest fight by far for both Jones and Hopkins, and neither one really let loose at any time during the fight. All three judges had it 116-112. It was pretty close but Jones was the more active fighter.



It was a no contest because Referee Mills Lane accidentally pushed Hopkins out of the ring when he was trying to break them up and injured hopkins, the fight could not continue. Hopkins was going to win the fight but unfortunately this happened. Cant fault B-hop for this.



And Hopkins destroyed him.

Mediocrity or not, Hopkins did what he had to do and cleaned out the division. People always criticize fighters for jumping up and down in weight and "ducking" opponents in their own weight Class. Well, you cant fault hopkins for starying at Middleweight, cleaning up the division and beating whoever they faced in front of them. . Also, you should consider that he fought ALL of his mandatories. Again, he fought whoever they put in front of him.



And? Trinidad chose to fight Hopkins. He was undefeated and a favorite to beat Hopkins. Should Hopkins have turned down the biggest fight of his career (at the time) because some internet dorks would criticize him? lol. Again, b-hop did what he needed to do, and KO'd Trinidad.



Hakkar was a mandatory fight, he was the #1 contender at the time.
Daniels was also a mandatory fight, he was the #1 contender at the time.

Again, Bernard beat whoever they put in front of him.



pfffffft. He's the only man to ever KO Oscar, a legend, an all time great. And the claim about it being a dive is laughable. No evidence whatsoever to back this up at all.



Another mandatory fight. Again, b-hop does what he's supposed to and wins.



Two, VERY close and highly controversial fights. Hopkins never once got hurt in all 24 rounds.

Regardless of how close the fights were, you can criticize hopkins for not being as active as he should have to win the fights. But, even if you do believe he lost both fights, not that bad for a 40 year old who defended the title 20 times.




Weight drained? Where's the proof of that? lol, Tarver at the time was ranked P4P top 10. Hopkins was a huge underdog. Hopkins dominated him. Tarver hasn't been the same since.



A nasty fight, no doubt. But he controlled the fight and won. Not too bad for a 42 year old.





it's true, he is.

Now do the same thing with Calzaghe's resume. I might recognize 3 or 4 names on there, that Manfredo win was HUGE!

Respect for knowing your **** man.. good k

[Azteca]

He fought a bunch of IBF mutts.

[Fox McCloud]

Oh Annie...

Weren't you that guy who got on Floyd fan's nuts for discrediting Hatton's career, because it would make Floyd look like **** if he won?

Looks like Joe Calzaghe is wasting his time taking on this bum from Philly, right? I mean, what the **** is it going to do for his legacy if he wins?