Bernard Hopkins is Overrated....

[circleinsidebox]

bernard is a great fighter but he is no legend....

bernard style is made to capatilize on 1 dimensional opponents
that come forward and lack speed and/or great reflexes
ie:felix trinidad, kelly pavlik,oscar (speed but no reflexes) ,tarver, glen johnson

those are the big names he beat of kourse....and they all have that or those factores in common....

the fighters he will always lose to are fighters
with the complete opposite, speed and great reflexes
ie: roy jones jr, joe calzaghe, jermain taylor, chad dawson (thats why he won't fight him) etc

legends, can adapt to all styles and dismantle them one day or another...
im not asking him to beat everybody, but at least beat 1 GUY that is a
stylistical nightmare for you.... if bernard could have shown me
he was capable of beating a speedy, reflex savy guy, i would give him
tremendous respect.....

and for people rating bernard over roy as far as all time status goes, it kan go both ways
but i think we kan all agree
bernard is a great fundamentally skilled smart fighter (relying totally on thinking because his athletiscm was easily matched or exceeded)

roy is or was the athletically skilled smart fighter (relied ENTIRELY on athetiscm even tho he had the BRAINS to box, he couldn't change
what he did all his life)

id give roy a slight edge in all time great status
for the simple fact that he was great at beating those
he was supposed to and those who gave him trouble
(SOUTHPAWS)

[larryx]

overated..noway in hell...give respect where its due,get a clue and make better threads

[Ishy Aytan]

This is possibly the worst thread ever.

[nathan_nall]

Agreed... but not by all. He is only overrated by those who have a personal infatuation rather than look at him as a single part of the bigger boxing picture. I'm a huge fan, but I still saw losses in both Taylor fights and the Calzaghe fight. The man is still a phenomenon.

[circleinsidebox]

overated..noway in hell...give respect where its due,get a clue and make better threads

bernard is a great fighter
no legend

there's your respect
and fact

[larryx]

bernard is a great fighter
no legend

there's your respect
and fact

he's a legend..and dont you forget it

[circleinsidebox]

Agreed... but not by all. He is only overrated by those who have a personal infatuation rather than look at him as a single part of the bigger boxing picture. I'm a huge fan, but I still saw losses in both Taylor fights and the Calzaghe fight. The man is still a phenomenon.

thank you, and as i've mentioned above
he loses always to same types of fighters
he isn't that great if he can't even adapt
to fighters that give him too much speed or reflex

[hammerhiem]

This is possibly the worst thread ever.

There's no possibly about it.

[ИATAS]

****** thread.

hopkins has accomplished more the 99.9% of fighters out there.

And you don't think hopkins losing to calzaghe just might had something to do with his age and getting fatigued? I mean he lost a close split decision who many believe he won. You don't think if he was a few years younger and closer to his prime he would have won?

Losing to a young roy jones...wow, so embarrassing! lmao, no shame there pal.

And hopkins not fighting dawson at age 44. again, wow so embarrassing! Not only would he likely beat dawson at 44, what do you think he would have done to dawson in his prime?

So that basically cuts it down to - hopkins had problems with Roy jones. wow, what a horrible fighter!

[ИATAS]

bernard is a great fighter
no legend

there's your respect
and fact

it's called your opinion, not fact.