Bernard Hopkins - Legendary or Overratted

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  • djtmal
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    #171
    Originally posted by Walterson
    HOPKINS is a blatant legend and anyone that disagrees is clueless.

    To say that he beat up on blow up middleweights is ridiculous
    i don't see why that is so far fetched, especially when he himself entered boxing at 175 and scaled down to middle...

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    • Walterson
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      #172
      after two years of training ... to get the right physique - his best physique was at middleweight.

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      • djtmal
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        #173
        Originally posted by The_Executioner
        Jermain Taylor wasn't a smaller man...

        DLH and Tito were knocked out...and Trinidad was a champ at 160...
        bottom line is this: hopkins is a good natural lightheavy who overachieved by scaling down to 160 and making a name for himself beating men in lighter divisions...the polls support this

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        • djtmal
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          #174
          Originally posted by Walterson
          after two years of training ... to get the right physique - his best physique was at middleweight.
          excuse and irrelevant...the fact is he entered boxing at 175 and lost, then scaled down to 168, then to 160

          if he entered boxing @ 175, ran off 20 straight wins and captured a title, this would be a moot point
          Last edited by djtmal; 09-18-2009, 03:22 PM.

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          • Walterson
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            #175
            Originally posted by djtmal
            bottom line is this: hopkins is a good natural lightheavy who overachieved by scaling down to 160 and making a name for himself beating men in lighter divisions...the polls support this
            what are you talking about?

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            • djtmal
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              #176
              Originally posted by Walterson
              what are you talking about?
              i'm talking about hopkins being overrated

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              • Pugilistic™
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                #177
                Originally posted by djtmal
                bottom line is this: hopkins is a good natural lightheavy who overachieved by scaling down to 160 and making a name for himself beating men in lighter divisions...the polls support this
                How does the poll support this when the voting is 61 to 42 in favor of Hopkins being a legend.

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                • Mr. Fantastic
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                  #178
                  Originally posted by Precision
                  How does the poll support this when the voting is 61 to 42 in favor of Hopkins being a legend.
                  Hopkins still has a high percentage of votes.

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                  • ИATAS
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                    #179
                    Originally posted by Walterson
                    what are you talking about?
                    he's basically saying hopkins was weight drained for nearly 20 years!!! lol that would actually make hopkins even MORE legendary if that's true!!

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                    • VipersThunder
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                      #180
                      Originally posted by Shattered Jaw
                      Calzaghe > Hopkins.
                      Only in your fantasy world though.

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