Bernard Hopkins is Overrated....

[Grand Champ]

This thread is gay.

[MikeBrew328]

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)

So I'm guessing guys like Muhammad Ali, Marvin Hagler, Ray Robinson, even Ray Leonard ARENT LEGENDS EITHER?? Becuase their style is mad to pick apart 1 dimensional fighters and they've ALL LOST??? This is the worst attempt at a good thread ever.

The only legends left standing, I assume, are Joe Calzaghe and Rocky Marciano.

[larryx]

So I'm guessing guys like Muhammad Ali, Marvin Hagler, Ray Robinson, even Ray Leonard ARENT LEGENDS EITHER?? Becuase their style is mad to pick apart 1 dimensional fighters and they've ALL LOST??? This is the worst attempt at a good thread ever.

The only legends left standing, I assume, are Joe Calzaghe and Rocky Marciano.

yep................

[MikeBrew328]

yep................

Oh yeah..forgot to tell you...Mayweather ain't a legend either. Judah gave him problems and Floyd got a gift

[larryx]

Oh yeah..forgot to tell you...Mayweather ain't a legend either. Judah gave him problems and Floyd got a gift

yep judah won that fight..and hit floyd low cause he knew he was about to get robbed....

[optkliluzn]

Well then the same can be said about Floyd Mayweather Jr then, great fighter but no legend....he has ducked plenty of fighters so WHO is a legend in your book?

bernard is a great fighter
no legend

there's your respect
and fact

[letsgobrady]

bernard is a great fighter
no legend

there's your respect
and fact

i have always felt the same way

[letsgobrady]

Well then the same can be said about Floyd Mayweather Jr then, great fighter but no legend....he has ducked plenty of fighters so WHO is a legend in your book?

how do you figure floyd ducked anyone?

[circleinsidebox]

Well then the same can be said about Floyd Mayweather Jr then, great fighter but no legend....he has ducked plenty of fighters so WHO is a legend in your book?

floyd beat every man he faced...like it or not...
check some of my previous posts, im not gonna sit
here and repeat myself
immediate legends in mind....(more current fighters)
lennox lewis
evander holyfield
mike tyson

[circleinsidebox]

This thread is gay.

thats why u kame in i assume....