Bernard Hopkins is Overrated....

[B.A. Sherif]

Of kourse he is
-intended

[mrlopez]

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

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This is possibly the worst thread ever.

Not possibly, it is.......

[circleinsidebox]

It just doesn't make any sense to me.

Lewis didn't really have problems against anybody stylistically. He still managed to lose to two average fighters (by decisive KO) because he didn't have the dedication of Bernard Hopkins.

Many whom knew Mike personally said that if he hit an opponent with his best shots and couldn't drop him, Tyson would fold. That's what happened to him a lot of the times he lost.

He was never able to get up from the canvas and come back to win, which in Tyson's OWN opinion shows true greatness. Tall fighters with jabs weren't Tyson's problem, not being able to overcome adversity was Tyson's problem.


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I don't like using these terms, but sometimes it is just so obvious that a boxer is not nearly as good as he was at his best, that there should be no question about it.

No one will bring up Ali's loss to Trevor Berbick or Leonard's loss to Hector Camacho.

Anyone who watches Hopkins' fights from 1997-2004 and compares it to the Philadelphia style pressure fighter that Hopkins was in 1993 will see a clear difference.

You dudes are crazy , your telling me you can accurately
judge a person's dedication to a sport??? based on what???
weight?? wow, u people are amazing....you are actually
telling me lennox lewis was less dedicated to boxing than bernard hopkins
thats an incredible statement...you must have been present during
both of their careers to make such a judgement

[TheGreatA]

You dudes are crazy , your telling me you can accurately
judge a person's dedication to a sport??? based on what???
weight?? wow, u people are amazing....you are actually
telling me lennox lewis was less dedicated to boxing than bernard hopkins
thats an incredible statement...you must have been present during
both of their careers to make such a judgement

Umm... It's known to everybody that Lewis was slacking off in training for the first Rahman fight which is why he lost.

[Jay Volcano]

Hopkins overrated, are you on yayo? You're having a laugh. I don't know how many fighters will achieve what B-Hop did and have such an impressive and most important, longeval career.

[circleinsidebox]

Umm... It's known to everybody that Lewis was slacking off in training for the first Rahman fight which is why he lost.

these words came out of lewis's mouth?
that he slacked off??
meaning..was this an official statement he made...

[circleinsidebox]

Hopkins overrated, are you on yayo? You're having a laugh. I don't know how many fighters will achieve what B-Hop did and have such an impressive and most important, longeval career.

20 defenses against 20 nobodies
please elaborate his call for LEGENDARY STATUS
b hop = GREAT
no legend no way

[circleinsidebox]

Umm... It's known to everybody that Lewis was slacking off in training for the first Rahman fight which is why he lost.

lennox lost because he get KO'd by a GREAT right hand....
so what was his reason for losing to oliver mccall
he was in great shape then right? since this in shape ****
is universal knowledge...

[Steak]

these words came out of lewis's mouth?
that he slacked off??
meaning..was this an official statement he made...

he came in his career high weight.
he looked sluggish.
he completely dominated and dusted off Rahman in the immediate rematch.

Im just going to guess he was unprepared for the fight.

[IMDAZED]

The thread makes no sense.

Overrated in what sense? Who here is calling him Sugar Ray Robinson?

In order for someone to be overrated, they have to be rated a certain level. So what's the threadstarter's issue??