Why is Bernard Hopkins so overrated on here?

[Zocalo]

Well because circle jerk Calzaghe fans overrate Hopkins to make his win seem that much more impressive.

[FLY TY]

Me too. He did it twice against Taylor and he also did it against Roy Jones years ago. He never shows any urgency when he's clearly losing or when its so close. He just jogs his way to the finish line.

he came on strong in the sceond half of BOTH those fights against taylor. midway through the first fight, i had it 3-3, but hops dominated the second half.....i thought taylor fought handled the pressure better in the second fight, which was close. hopkins definitely won the first fight.

Interesting turning you back to Pavlik because he lost to a black guy.

How is Kessler better when Pavlik was on the P4P lsit and Kessler wasn't

kessler is becoming the new margarito on here.....dude has done jack ****, and mark my words- is OVERRATED. he lost his only fight w/ someone of significance, and has built a resume largely of fighting "mickey mouses and donald ducks" as hopkins calls them........mikkel kessler has never even sniffed the p4p list, ever........gimme a ****in break.

[Allucard]

Ok he's one of the greaters fighters of his generation, but the way people **** on about him on here, you'd think he was the greatest fighter of all time. :smileysex

His performance against Calzaghe was one of the most laziest and disgraceful performances I've ever seen.

Actually it was ok, not his best by no means but it wasn't Winky Wright bad. Many thought he won that fight and rest assured, an younger = more active Bernard would UD Calzaghe that night if not TKO him. Calzaghe won on workrate only and that's debatable although i give him credit for the W. His performance vs Pavlik was very impressive and full credit to Bernard for that W although i must say Pavlik was a little green coming in. That said he was completely outclassed that night. Again a prime Hopkins would have stopped Pavlik with no problems in 6 rounds at most.

[FLY TY]

Actually it was ok, not his best by no means but it wasn't Winky Wright bad. Many thought he won that fight and rest assured, an younger = more active Bernard would UD Calzaghe that night if not TKO him. Calzaghe won on workrate only and that's debatable although i give him credit for the W. His performance vs Pavlik was very impressive and full credit to Bernard for that W although i must say Pavlik was a little green coming in. That said he was completely outclassed that night. Again a prime Hopkins would have stopped Pavlik with no problems in 6 rounds at most.

a prime b-hop would've stopped calzaghe too......he should've had him after that knockdown. i agree with your whole post.

[Testdead]

before the pavlik fight bernard was ****ted on like he was in a japanese scat film..he beat a prime fighter in pavlik..more than i can say about joe calzaghe

Guess Kessler was past it at 27.

[P4P GOAT]

Hopkins is not overrated he is just a 100% respected. Dont confuse respect with overrating. Hopkins is not exciting too watch, because his style is based on breaking his opponents rhythm up, but he is one of the best fighters ever at doing what he does........and he is still winning fights at 40+.

You gotta respect that ?

[ßringer]

Hopkins has earned every ounce of respect he's finally getting on this forum.

And anybody who doesn't recognize that Hopkins is a top 50 All Time Great knows nothing about this sport. He's been a shoe in for the last 6 years. This Tarver, Wright, and Pavlik win streak is just the icing on the cake.

[MELLY-MEL...]

because he is a top atg. tool.

[MR.CHICANITO]

Me too. He did it twice against Taylor and he also did it against Roy Jones years ago. He never shows any urgency when he's clearly losing or when its so close. He just jogs his way to the finish line.

i think bernard hopkins already proved worthy or his status along time ago by knocking felix trinidad out and cleaning out the middleweight division besides the 2 close fighst to jermain taylor i think he should haved won the first taylor fight

[Guest]

B-Pop being overrated only adds to Calzaghe's legacy.
And then, you have people talking trash about Calzaghe while hugging B-Pop's balls. LoL! I find it very amusing.