Bernard Hopkins getting beat up

[nujabes77]

that is not prime hopkins...

[joseph5620]

that is not prime hopkins...

It's not prime Jones either.

[Jim Jeffries]

Bait thread. Roy had never been past 10 and faded late. Lucky for him he had a good enough lead by then to still win the fight. Neither guy was prime, though Roy had the better amateur experience. Very good learning fight for both fighters.

[Iceta]

I know I may be biased, but I think that Bernard should rank over Roy in greatness despite the head-to-head match up. To me, the prime of a fighter's career is only one aspect of it. It's the longevity. That is more important than a prime because you hear about the old time fighters getting accomplishments when they were older.

[freedom213]

I see Jones having a close round int he 10, and losing the 11th. Please tell me where the beating up happs, or happened in that fight?

hopkins landed cleaner harder shots throughout but jones dicatated withhis speed Jones couldnt do **** against Hopkins and almost no one could have caught up to jones at that stage.

[Spray_resistant]

Jones boxed well, got in landed a shot or 2 and got out. He certainly won the fight but in no way "beat up" Hopkins.

[STILL_DETOX]

this is about as good as any1 has looked against him

[THE REED]

I know I may be biased, but I think that Bernard should rank over Roy in greatness despite the head-to-head match up. To me, the prime of a fighter's career is only one aspect of it. It's the longevity. That is more important than a prime because you hear about the old time fighters getting accomplishments when they were older.

You speak about longevity, and being that Bernard is in his early-mid 40s and still on top you think that's longevity compared to Roy... Where Roy started his pro career at an EARLIER age than Bernard.

Bernards PRIME and LEGACY consists of his early 30's through his early 40's.

Roys PRIME and LEGACY consists of his early 20's through his early 30's.

Just because one is older does not make his longevity in his career greater... they are quite comparable.


And to speak of Roys amateur career, and about 5 more pro fights, his body has endured a lot more physical abuse through training from all of those fights.. where Bernards body didn't have to go through as much even though he was older.

Bernards body is fresher even though he is older in boxing terms.

[-EX-]

I only read a few posts but this thread smells of ******ity...nobody got beat up in this fight...

[Benncollinsaad]

You fool, Jones beat him up more in the rounds before the 10th! It's a frustrating fight to watch because Roy keeps retreating and dancing around, I don't like that. Just like Terry Norris did against Leonard. Frustrates me to no end. Just when he had him hurt he backed away. Too much respect.

Roy really looked muscular even back then. He was always more of a SMW. That's where he should have stayed. Btw, I remember watching a documentary about Roy and he said he lost a lot of weight before this bout and therefore couldn't fight with full capacity. Imagine what he would do to Hopkins otherwise...