Hopkins (Overrated?)

[Eyeh8you]

A kid? Not quite. Please don't try to flatter yourself by acting like an internet tough guy. Overrated? Yes. I always have discussions about this with people who tend to agree. Do you actually think your opinion matters when I have so many other people who actually have lives telling me the exact opposite? Yeah, right. This was supposed to be a discussion, not a place where losers go to get rid of their insecurities like you appear to be doing. Go out and get a girlfriend and stop intruding on my thread.

These threads have been done a million times and if you think bhop is overated that just shows you know jack about boxing!
But what can I expect you are from the south!

[scramwarrior]

SOrry, but what does being from the south have to do with boxing? I guess about as much as being from the north, east, or west...NOTHING. And this is coming from a guy that is supposed to be 6 years graduated. I guess I should thank you for making our education system look top-notch.

[HayeFan]

Definitely overrated.

Reports that he's the second coming of Hagler are greatly over exaggerated.

[spinksjinx]

Oscar De La Hoya
William Joppy
Felix Trinidad
Antwun Echols
Glen Johnson


All credible wins and along with his defense amount he gets his legacy.

[Kornhusker]

It all depends on how good of a fighter you think Tito is. That was the fight that really made him a marquee name and gave him his aura of invincibility. He has had many fights where he looked like ****, but he has also had a few fights where he looked brilliant.

[realtim]

I like Hopkins as a fighter how can you not respect a man whos still fighting at forty. He's an example of what can be done with alot of hard work. I am pretty sure he will get past Eastman and then he should fight Johnson but Johnson says he is fighting Tarver first so make that fight later in the year it would be a fascinating fight. If I were Hopkins I would take Jermain Taylor to school first in the summer and then fight Johnson.
Noway is he overrated.

[AintGottaClue]

Hopkins overrated? no. The greatest? no. top 10 greatest middlewieghts? sure

[+= El Jefe=+]

I always like to watch B-Hop fight, don't get me wrong. But it's always against some average fighter like William Joppy. It's not his fault, I think it's just that the middleweight division is about as weak as the heavyweights. The only household names that he beat were Trinidad and De La Hoya and they weren't even true middleweights. He was beaten by Roy Jones Jr., a fighter who most people today recognize as the definition of "overrated". I wouldn't bring this up because he still has skills, but Hopkins and his people seem to believe that he is the greatest middleweight in history and that he has proven it. My opinion is that he came along at the right time, alot like VK in the HW division.

you really cant call hopkins overrated,
i mean the guy beated every middle weight there is,
he is one of the best ever!!!.

his opposition has always been the best avialable,
so even if you think its a weak oppisition there is no way for
B-Hop to have a say over it.
plus the guy is 40 and he is still messing people up!!!

[.::|ULTIMATE|::.]

I think he is.

[jack_the_rippuh]

He has some very great accomplishments under his name. The first guy to win all four belts, the most amount of defenses, and the quickest KO in middleweight history...and like Spinks said he has some credible opposition who he beat on his record also..