Is Bernard Hopkins the dirtiest champion fighter ever?

[Owlzfan84]

he's pretty dirty. p4p him vs holyfield in headbutting...that be an interesting fight.

[-EX-]

some ol school cats where just as bad if not worse....

Were they champions though?

[ИATAS]

In The Taylor fight he did lead wit his head a bunch. And he even caught Jermain on his jaw while leading. Pretty sneaky lol

yeah but it is sneaky, and he always punches with his head down so it's hard to say if it's intentional.

Casamayor's head butts were waaaaaaay more intentional than hopkins. Hopkins just has that style, whether it's intentional or not, of *****g his head down and out while throwing the overhand right.

Casamayor would do the Fight Night Round 3 hella obvious headbutt!! lol

[AntonTheMeh]

Were they champions though?

yeah.there names are on the tip of my tongue(no 'mo)

[REMOVED SHARK 97]

Hopkins is old so any illegal stuff is considered old tricks, him being wiley or just being plain sneaky.

sure.

[billionaire]

hopkins duran and marciano dont give a **** about the rules.....

[street bully]

Hopkins tricks aren't blatant and obvious like Holyfields. The con-artist tricks made me a fan.

[Heru]

If you read reports of Sandy Saddler; especially against Willie Pep, they say he's as dirty as it gets.

[Thread Stealer]

Were they champions though?

Yeah. Guys like Sandy Saddler, Harry Greb, Mysterious Billy Smith. Take a look at Smith's record and the number of DQ losses.
http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...1315&cat=boxer

Of the more recent fighters in which I've seen a good number of fights, Hopkins is up there. Eusebio Pedroza too. I tried to count the number of times I saw Pedroza hit Juan Laporte low, in the back, or with an elbow to the face, but I lost count somewhere in the 40s.

Joel Casamayor is dirty as hell. Evander Holyfield is the master of the "intentional accidental head butt".

Mike Tyson first started off with just elbows, forearms, and late hits. Then he graduated to arm-twisting and biting.

[ИATAS]

Margarito is dirtier. So is Shane Mosley.

Fritzie Zivic was known as probably one of the dirtiest fighters of all time. thumbing the opponents in the eye for example was one of his tricks up his sleeve.

Tony Galento also one of the dirtest, eye gouged, head butted, low blows, everything you can imagine.

Agapito Sanchez was a dirty mofo, he sticks out in my mind.

Also Terry Norris, same with Nigel Benn.