Is Bernard Hopkins a smart fighter?

[Xyei]

I think people tend to exaggerate on how dirty Hopkins is as a fighter. He does lead with his head at times but a lot of people are making him out to be like Andrew Golota.

[micky_knox]

Yea he is and very smart at that

[rambov]

What? Are you kidding. He is ****ing brilliant. I still don't like him..

[IMDAZED]

Hopkins is one of the smartest fighters there is, its how he has been able to box on so long. However, the Trinidad fight isn't the best example, he was simply far too big for Felix.

Actually, that's the perfect example. He outboxed Tito who umm, was the WBA middleweight champ...

[Joe2608]

I don't like him, but he definitely is one of the smartest, trickiest, dirtiest fighters in the sport.

This is spot on.

[Flawless]

Hopkins is one of the smartest fighters there is, its how he has been able to box on so long. However, the Trinidad fight isn't the best example, he was simply far too big for Felix.

What fight was his best fought fight then?

[abadger]

Actually, that's the perfect example. He outboxed Tito who umm, was the WBA middleweight champ...

No. He won that one because he was too big. He had a clear advantage in the fight, afforded by his size and didn't have to do anything particularly 'smart'. A better example of his smartness would be the way he managed to be competitive with Calzaghe despite clearly not having the stamina to stand and box for 12 rounds.

[IMDAZED]

Size was a factor, but the way Hopkins used this jab in that fight shocked Tito. Tito was completely toyed with in that fight. He even did the Shuffle that how easily he was winning. How many rounds did Tito win that fight? I gave the 1st and 6th . But the 1st was a draw most people called it.

Yeah...actually giving both rounds to Tito is generous lol. Good post.

[warp1432]

Size was a factor, but the way Hopkins used this jab in that fight shocked Tito. Tito was completely toyed with in that fight. He even did the Shuffle that how easily he was winning. How many rounds did Tito win that fight? I gave the 1st and 6th . But the 1st was a draw most people called it.

Size wasn't a factor. Bernard's movement gave Trinidad big ass problems and the jab too. Even when the knockdown came, it was a PERFECT right hand counter. And Trinidad was being punished before that.

I had the fight a shutout, but you could have given round 6 to Trinidad. Not really sure how people scored round 1 for trinidad because both pretty much landed nothing minus that right hand Hopkins landed.

[abadger]

What fight was his best fought fight then?

I'm not sure TBH, there are a lot of his MW defences that I haven't seen, but I think his fight with Winky was a 'smarter' fight.