Is Bernard Hopkins overrated?

[IMDAZED]

Not "hating" on Hopkins but most of those smaller dudes that Hagler beat went on to do something at those weights and beyond after they fought him. Whereas Oscar, Tito, Winky and Pavlik (so far) didnt.

Well that's a reason to rank Hagler ahead. The flip side is that Hopkins himself moved up and accomplished something whereas Hagler didn't.

[THE REED]

Not "hating" on Hopkins but most of those smaller dudes that Hagler beat went on to do something at those weights and beyond after they fought him. Whereas Oscar, Tito, Winky and Pavlik (so far) didnt.

thats because hopkins "took their souls"

LOL

[ИATAS]

thats because hopkins "took their souls"

LOL

exactly. He forced pavlik into a pathetic life of binge drinking and making out with semi-cute (but overweight) 22 year old girls in local ohio bars.

It's pretty sad really, but that's The Executioner for you. Decapitates their souls.

[Talon]

i enjoy his headbutt and hold style

[djtmal]

i enjoy his headbutt and hold style

yeah its a thing of beauty when he leads in with the headbutt and draws blood...

[djtmal]

Chump? Joppy wasn't all that but Trinidad knocked him out and Tito was the favorite to beat Bernard and had never lost a fight...


Wait a min...why am I arguing wit u...

tito was a chump @ 160...history proves that...so was oscar....

[billionaire]

at least he never lost to a small bum like ross purrity....everbody the klits fight is smaller then them too unless its some fat loser....

[bassastafa]

He's Ring p4p #3 even though he hasn't fought in over a year!

The only man he ever fought his own size was Tarver. All his other wins were over cherry-picked SMALLER boxers like De La Hoya and Trinidad, or over nobodies like Steve Frank and Andrew Council. He lost when he faced bona fide world-class opponents like Roy Jones Jr., unless they were little guys like Trinidad and De La Hoya.

His illegal "hold and headbutt" style while effective, is boring to watch. His character is weak - remember his racist statements about never letting "a white boy" beat him, before the Calzaghe fight?

This man is overrated and definitely NOT an ATG.

if u think his whole career is "hold and headbutt", then you know absolutely ****ing nothing about the man.

that is a **** poll and a **** post. you don't know **** about boxing is what i got out of this thread.

[BRUTALG]

im white and a racist like Bhop so hes my bro,

nah not realy but i do rate him , not explosive to watch but admire his skill and what he has achived.

[ИATAS]

tito was a chump @ 160...history proves that...so was oscar....

If b-hop didn't exist at 160, Trinidad would have been the undefeated, undisputed and unified middleweight champion of the world, that's a fact. The only person he possibly would have lost to back then is Winky Wright, but not after tito was champ for a while (since Tito was planning on fighting Roy Jones at 168 pounds anyways).