Does Bernard Hopkins Really Ruin Fighters?

[Vladimir303]

Just a thought....


Fight No. Fighter Name Whereabouts

2 Greg Paige Retired immediately after Hopkins
3 Keith Gray Fought once more 6 years after TKO from Hop
4 Eddie Tyler Fought twice more after TKO from Hopkins
5 Jouvin Mercado Fought on once more after TKO from Hop(Hop
took fight on 5 hours notice)
8 Darren Oliver Fought once more after TKO from Hopkins
9 Mike Sapp Fought once more after TKO from Hopkins
11 Steve Langley Retired immediately after TKO from Hopkins
12 Pedro Marquez Retired immediately after TKO from Hopkins
17 Dennis Milton Fought once more after TKO from Hopkins
25 Roy Ritchie Retired immediately after TKO from Hopkins
30 Segundo Mercado Never won another fight after TKO from Hopkins
32 Joe Lipsey Retired immediately after TKO from Hopkins
37 Simon Brown Never won another fight after TKO from Hopkins
42 Antwun Echols Speech noticably different after second clash
48 Robert Allen Huge dropoff from competive first fight
51 Jermain Taylor Many think he isnt the same fighter since 1st clash
53 Antonio Tarver Many think he isnt the same fighter
54 Winky Wright Hasnt fought since encounter
55 Joe Calzaghe http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...g_barnstar.jpg ?????????

You forgot Tito Trinidad. He was still gonna be an active fighter for years to come until Hopkins ruined him. He fought once more and has been a part-time on and off retirement fighter ever since.

Reminds me of Barrera ruining Hamed.

[TheGreatA]

Hopkins roughed Trinidad up pretty good, the confused look on Trinidad's face as he tries to get up from the knockdown pretty much sums it up.
'Tito' had no answers for Hopkins and that was the end of his career as a top p4p fighter.

Aside from that I'm not too sure, he does expose the flaws of his opponents...


Hopkins vs Trinidad

[deuce_drop]

Hopkins roughed Trinidad up pretty good, the confused look on Trinidad's face as he tries to get up from the knockdown pretty much sums it up.
'Tito' had no answers for Hopkins and that was the end of his career as a top p4p fighter.

Aside from that I'm not too sure, he does expose the flaws of his opponents...


Hopkins vs Trinidad

YEAH!! my favorite..........................calzaghe's next!

[The Next Champ]

Hopkins ends what lmao..please after he fought Roy Jones what happen lol

[Bhopreign]

Add Pavlik.....

[Ryn0]

I don't think he's ruined Calzaghe, RJJ, Johnson or Tarver (he beat Woods remember) but argueably everyone else (depends on how Pavlik proceeds

[TheGreatA]

Hopkins ends what lmao..please after he fought Roy Jones what happen lol

Roy Jones never recovered from that win which is why he was knocked out 11 years later.

[El Chicano]

Hopkins is not a one punch KO guy, but he hits damn hard. Kelly took a lot of shots last night and looked completely beaten up after the fight. This fight took some boxing years out of him definately.

[steptwome]

Yes sir.......Antwun Echols was a tough *** fighter. thats one of the only ones Hopkins ever gave any real credit to aside from Roy Jones Jr.

[Bhopreign]

If youre listening Roy, dont take this one.