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  • dansweeney
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    #21
    people look back on hopkins win over trinidad like it was nothing and trinidad wasnt ****. you people need to remember that at the time tito was 40-0 and was running thru everybody and was going to fight roy when roy was still roy. he also was a big favorite over hopkins who many didn't give a shot to win. that trinidad was light years better than the 35 year old tito you see today. that win was huge. bigger than anything calzaghe did or will do. kessler didn't have a who's who resume like tito did at the time. you can't compare kessler to that version of trinidad. hopkins resume is overall resume is better as well

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    • RichCCFC
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      #22
      His wins over Johnson and Tarver are his best wins imo.

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      • dansweeney
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        #23
        Originally posted by Jim Jeffries
        Name a guy that Hopkins beat, that Eubanks couldn't. Please don't say Trinidad or DLH.
        Tarver, and yes the 27 year old undefeated trinidad that hopkins faced would have ****ed up eubanks. winky would also beat eubank. glen johnson was undefeated when hopkins stopped him in 97. 11 years later nobody else has stopped johnson. ill bet johnson could have beaten eubank,. or at least went the distance competitively. hopkins won every round against glen, a guy who should have got the decision against a 25 year old champ just the other night

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        • Jolly Roger
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          #24
          Originally posted by dansweeney
          people look back on hopkins win over trinidad like it was nothing and trinidad wasnt ****. you people need to remember that at the time tito was 40-0 and was running thru everybody and was going to fight roy when roy was still roy. he also was a big favorite over hopkins who many didn't give a shot to win. that trinidad was light years better than the 35 year old tito you see today. that win was huge. bigger than anything calzaghe did or will do. kessler didn't have a who's who resume like tito did at the time. you can't compare kessler to that version of trinidad. hopkins resume is overall resume is better as well
          Lacy was the big favourite against Calzaghe aswell, but people still write that win off as nothing. In hindsight we can all see that Trinidad had no business at middleweight, he was out of his depth. Kessler didn't have a who's who resume, but who is to say he won't in the future? I could see him beating the likes of Dawson, Pavlik, and Taylor.

          In my opinion both Calzaghe and Hopkins are great men and great champions, but you can't slag ones record off without slagging off the others.

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          • Jolly Roger
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            #25
            Originally posted by dansweeney
            Tarver, and yes the 27 year old undefeated trinidad that hopkins faced would have ****ed up eubanks. winky would also beat eubank. glen johnson was undefeated when hopkins stopped him in 97. 11 years later nobody else has stopped johnson. ill bet johnson could have beaten eubank,. or at least went the distance competitively. hopkins won every round against glen, a guy who should have got the decision against a 25 year old champ just the other night
            Oh come on, Trinidad would never beat a big middleweight of Eubank's quality. I don't think Winky would beat him either. Eubank wasn't a bum ffs.

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              #26
              Originally posted by _Ricky_
              His wins over Johnson and Tarver are his best wins imo.
              +1. Exactly what I think. DLH and Tito? these guys are a JOKE to a guy who is naturally much bigger and heavier. Not great wins at all. It's like Calzaghe beating up Casamayor and claiming some incredible victory.

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                #27
                Originally posted by FRKO
                +1. Exactly what I think. DLH and Tito? these guys are a JOKE to a guy who is naturally much bigger and heavier. Not great wins at all. It's like Calzaghe beating up Casamayor and claiming some incredible victory.
                6-1 underdog. 6-1.

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by Jolly Roger
                  Oh come on, Trinidad would never beat a big middleweight of Eubank's quality. I don't think Winky would beat him either. Eubank wasn't a bum ffs.
                  Chris would have done serious damage to Trinidad. Only a fanboy would say otherwise. Eubank was a damn good fighter, and hard as nails.

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by natas206
                    6-1 underdog. 6-1.
                    Maybe I was the only person in the world that knew Hopkins would thrash those guys? Cool.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by dansweeney
                      Tarver, and yes the 27 year old undefeated trinidad that hopkins faced would have ****ed up eubanks. winky would also beat eubank. glen johnson was undefeated when hopkins stopped him in 97. 11 years later nobody else has stopped johnson. ill bet johnson could have beaten eubank,. or at least went the distance competitively. hopkins won every round against glen, a guy who should have got the decision against a 25 year old champ just the other night


                      Lets get real here Joes resume is not as good as Hopkins after the fight should Calzaghe win it will be imo but Tito would get hurt against Eubank who was a huge Middleweight.

                      What have Tito or Wright done at 160lbs or above to suggest they would beat a great fighter like Chris Eubank who was proven at 160 and 168.

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