Originally posted by Owlzfan84
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Jermaine Taylor - top p4p fighter, undefeated younger fighter
Antonio Tarver - (hopkins moved UP in weight to fight the man at light heavyweight coming off of wins over Roy Jones and Glen Johnson).
Winky Wright - top pound 4 pound fighter, a guy no one wanted to fight).
Joe Calzaghe - top pound 4 pound champ, undefeated, SMW Champ
Kelly Pavlik - top pound 4 pound champ, undefeated, 17 years younger.
Out of those 5 fights, hopkins was the underdog in 4 of them (excluding the first Taylor fight).
NO ONE has fought that great of opposition in recent years, and I seriously doubt anyone over the age of 40 has fought that kind of opposition so succesfully.
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