Comments Thread For: On this day: Bernard Hopkins takes apart Felix Trinidad

[BodyBagz]

Tito was not meant for MW
A dirty fighter might be a fans favorite until that fan is puit in with a dirty fighter
Then we'll see what crying looks like
"C'mon, ref. You gunna just let him headbutt, kick and bite me all night ?!?!?"

[Chaos]

Ummm calzaghe was cool and everything but he fought 40 year old Hopkins got dropped and won a pretty debateable decision. Hopkins wasn’t “dirty” he was “crafty”. Helluva fighter that fought a long time due to living cleanly. You talk about tarver and Pavlik like they were dog doodoo lmao they were the top of the food chain.

Joe whooped Bhop's @rse in his own backyard and it wasn't even close.

[Liondw]

Hopkins was great that night, as with a number of other fights.

I didn't agree with the betting odds on Trinidad. I thought Hopkins would beat him, and maybe stop him, and the rest is history.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

Your response was long and weak.

A lot of my people are turned on and fooled by slick talking boxers from the hood like Hopkins and Broner. You guys can't even tell who is fugaze. You are the easiest to hustle. I grew up in the hood and had many fights. I can tell who is the real deal and who are not. Hopkins was never the real deal.

I don't have to look up Hopkins record to know that he beat big name opponents with smaller sized bodies except Pavlik and Tarver. I have a great boxing memory.

I said he could not beat the power punchers his size, and you bring up Trinidad (a guy who was smaller; not his size). Then you bring up a fighter he never fought (Julian Jackson).

You take away all of his victories against his smaller opponents, and you'll find yourself left with all of the big name opponents, that were his size, that beat him.

We don't want or need you on my debate team. You're a loser!

Great points.

People pointing out that "other fighters are dirty too". There is a world of difference in guys who go in looking to fight a clean fight, and those like Hopkins who go in looking to make it dirty and foul where the ref can't see because they aren't talented enough to win on skill. Most boxers will get a bit dirty against constant headbutts and low blows and other dirty **** being done to them.

Hopkins was just never naturally that talented. He was a master at dirty tactics. Being a huge fan of an intentionally dirty fighter says alot about the fan.

[Lefty0616]

Great points.

People pointing out that "other fighters are dirty too". There is a world of difference in guys who go in looking to fight a clean fight, and those like Hopkins who go in looking to make it dirty and foul where the ref can't see because they aren't talented enough to win on skill. Most boxers will get a bit dirty against constant headbutts and low blows and other dirty **** being done to them.

Hopkins was just never naturally that talented. He was a master at dirty tactics. Being a huge fan of an intentionally dirty fighter says alot about the fan.

Yes! Thank You! And he took his hustle a long way. So I can congratulate him for duping many, and being successful while doing it.

He was successful, but he's not on my list of top 50 boxers of all time.

[joseph5620]

Your response was long and weak.

A lot of my people are turned on and fooled by slick talking boxers from the hood like Hopkins and Broner. You guys can't even tell who is fugaze. You are the easiest to hustle. I grew up in the hood and had many fights. I can tell who is the real deal and who are not. Hopkins was never the real deal.

I don't have to look up Hopkins record to know that he beat big name opponents with smaller sized bodies except Pavlik and Tarver. I have a great boxing memory.

I said he could not beat the power punchers his size, and you bring up Trinidad (a guy who was smaller; not his size). Then you bring up a fighter he never fought (Julian Jackson).

You take away all of his victories against his smaller opponents, and you'll find yourself left with all of the big name opponents, that were his size, that beat him.

We don't want or need you on my debate team. You're a loser!

The fact that you're comparing Hopkins to Broner means anything you say on this topic is not credible.

There is nothing similar or comparable about them in any way. They don't talk the same way, fight the same way, live the same way. Nothing.

[Lefty0616]

The fact that you're comparing Hopkins to Broner means anything you say on this topic is not credible.

There is nothing similar or comparable about them in any way. They don't talk the same way, fight the same way, live the same way. Nothing.

They are/were both fugaze boxers - meaning they aren't/were never the real deal.

My comparison has nothing to do with what has happened to them outside the ring. Hopkins took his craft seriously and made the choices that will sustain him for a lifetime. Broner, not so much.

Nevertheless, they were not the real deal in the ring. They intimidated their opponents the way Tyson did during his prime - except there was a reason to fear Tyson. Folks feared Hopkins and Broner for no reason.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

They are/were both fugaze boxers - meaning they aren't/were never the real deal.

My comparison has nothing to do with what has happened to them outside the ring. Hopkins took his craft seriously and made the choices that will sustain him for a lifetime. Broner, not so much.

Nevertheless, they were not the real deal in the ring. They intimidated their opponents the way Tyson did during his prime - except there was a reason to fear Tyson. Folks feared Hopkins and Broner for no reason.

I think they feared Hopkins because they knew they were in for a night of blatant headbutts, holding, leg and nut shots, Hopkins whining to the ref about fouls while he was fouling and initiating the fouling all night. And then he gets the win because he was so good at being a dirty p o s.

I mean guys were scared in a different way than they were against Tyson. That's for sure.

Maidana exposing Broner as the p u s s he was, that was a great moment in boxing.

[LAchargers373]

Joe whooped Bhop's @rse in his own backyard and it wasn't even close.

Hopkins was like 60 lmao joe didn’t come over the pond till everyone was retired and old men for a reason lol

[BlackRobb]

Let's call it down the line, a middleweight beat up a welterweight, big deal....

That welterweight was a 3:1 favorite to beat Hopkins. You left out that minor detail.