Did Hopkins just supplant Mayweather, Jr as "best of his era"?

[wmute]

Nah, Hopkins is 1 notch down RJ, PBF and Pea.

[youngswish23]

its pretty close now. roy, bhop, lil floyd imo.

[AntonTheMeh]

he's the greatest middleweight of all time. def top 15 p4p all time to me.

[crold1]

Hopkins resume of best wins is better than Floyd's, period, and was before last night.

[-Antonio-]

No he supplanted Roy Jones.

[crold1]

If he supplanted Jones, then Floyd is pretty far back in his rearview because Floyd didn't equal Roy's career either.

[Rompeboca]

He's the greatest of all time.His skills will be studied 100 yrs from now,his strategy in boxing will be used in economics at schools like Harvard and Wharton as part of competitive strategy.

And he is also storing his ***** in your mouth for future study!
lol Blind Nut-hugger!

[ßringer]

When you're talking about an ATG's career you must focus on the losses as much as you focus on the wins. Both totals play a key role in determining exactly how good a fighter was.

Mayweather never lost, that's a fact. But he also never fought a true Welterweight, and that's a fact. At 147lbs he fought Hatton, a natural 140lbs guy. And he fought Oscar at 154lbs. Best wins : G. Hernandez, C Hernandez, Castillo (twice), Corrales, Hatton and Oscar.

Bernard lost his first pro fight (no harm done there IMO), lost to Roy Jones Jr (no shame in that either), dropped 2 very close, hotly disputed decisions to Taylor, and dropped a hotly disputed SD to Calzaghe. Best wins : Johnson, Trinidad, De La Hoya, Tarver, Wright, and Pavlik.

Roy lost to Griffin by a DQ, Tarver by knockout, Johnson by knockout, and Tarver by decision. Best wins : Hopkins, Toney, McCallum, Hill, Tarver, and Trinidad.

This is about as close as close can get, and anybody you decided on really is just your own personal opinion. I think it's literally that close that it's impossible to argue which one was better.

It's preference.

[MELLY-MEL...]

bhop was ahead of mayweather prior to the pavlik fight.

[fightnews55]

Hopkins has 2x the resume of Jones and Floyd. Even though he lost some of those fights he never really got beat. Just out pointed slightly and that's debatable.