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[JUYJUY]

Emanuel Steward: "The last world-class, natural Middleweight that Hopkins fought was Roy Jones, and he lost every round."

Hopefully you gullable kids will stop hugging Hopkins' nuts now.
160 has been empty for 10 years or more.
Hopkins has not beat anybody aside from blown-up little guys..
He was a fraud and grossly over-rated.

[Bozo_no no]

In 1998, Chris Eubank was stopped by Carl Thompson. He was in his early 30's at the time.

I guess that exposed him as a fraud and took away from everything he ever did.


Hopkins was 41, and was still ultra competitve in that fight, hurting Taylor several times.

It's pompus wounded idiots like you that create that bitter raw raw raw stero-type about Brits.

Snap out of it.

[JUYJUY]

In 1998, Chris Eubank was stopped by Carl Thompson. He was in his early 30's at the time.

If you knew anything about boxing you'd know that it was actually Chris Eubank's best ever win, because he finally won over everybody. His bravey was praised by all and suddenly people started respecting him. He moved upto Cruiserweight from Middleweight, and absolutely dominated the much naturally big man Thompson by winning every round. But Thompson's heavier punches took their toll and the referee called it off between rounds against Eubank's passionate protests, because Eubank's eye had completely closed and there was blood gushing out of his mouth.

[Sir_Jose]

This guy reigns as champion for 10 years and makes 20 title defenses and someone has the sack to call him a fraud?

Im sorry 10 years of dominace is not a fluke.

[Sir_Jose]

If you knew anything about boxing you'd know that it was actually Chris Eubank's best ever win, because he finally won over everybody. His bravey was praised by all and suddenly people started respecting him. He moved upto Cruiserweight from Middleweight, and absolutely dominated the much naturally big man Thompson by winning every round. But Thompson's heavier punches took their toll and the referee called it off between rounds against Eubank's passionate protests, because Eubank's eye had completely closed and there was blood gushing out of his mouth.

hahaha

Yeah tell me more about how Eubank being stopped was his best win.

[oldgringo]

If you knew anything about boxing you'd know that it was actually Chris Eubank's best ever win, because he finally won over everybody. His bravey was praised by all and suddenly people started respecting him. He moved upto Cruiserweight from Middleweight, and absolutely dominated the much naturally big man Thompson by winning every round. But Thompson's heavier punches took their toll and the referee called it off between rounds against Eubank's passionate protests, because Eubank's eye had completely closed and there was blood gushing out of his mouth.

Ahahahhaa...funniest thing I've read all week.

[{BrownBomber}]

This guy reigns as champion for 10 years and makes 20 title defenses and someone has the sack to call him a fraud?

Im sorry 10 years of dominace is not a fluke.

what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???
its 12 years!! and i agree that much time isnt a fluke especially what he did to a prime taylor tonight.

[JUYJUY]

This guy reigns as champion for 10 years and makes 20 title defenses and someone has the sack to call him a fraud?

Im sorry 10 years of dominace is not a fluke.

He's a fraud, get real. He's a big-headed bully, people were actually rating this guy in history despite having no opposition. But in reality he'd be lucky to make the Top 20 Middleweight's of the last 20 years.

And if you knew anything about boxing you'd no that he hasn't dominated for 10 years because he was a very small name until he beat the blown-up little guy Trinidad a few years ago.

[JUYJUY]

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, a never-ending conveyorbelt of top fighters graced the division - Marvin Hagler, Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, Mike McCallum, James Toney, Gerald McClellan, Iran Barkley, Sumbu Kalambay, Felix Trinidad, Michael Nunn, Julian Jackson, Bernard Hopkins, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank and Steve Collins to name just a few.

But nowadays the division has a distinctly shallow look and Hopkins stands alone.

http://www.secondsout.com/Legends/update.cfm?ccs=233&cs=8560

[JUYJUY]

I was USA middleweight champion in the 1980's and Bernard Hopkins was also around then. But at that time we had fighters like Iran Barkley, Nigel Benn, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler, Mike McCallum, Michael Watson, Sambu Kalambay, Chris Eubank and many more talented contenders rated above Hopkins. I would not have classed The Executioner as a threat.

http://www.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,12-1160284,00.html