Bernard Hopkins is a living legend.

[gibo]

i'm glad calzaghe finally got over his fear of flying when hopkins was 43 years old. what guts! and oh what a beating he put on hopkins. landing a couple punches the entire fight while getting cleanly countered over and over=winner! i'll save you the reply time just copy paste this "but compubox said he landed 220 punches!"

You can go with your "compubox" But check the win column to see who won!!!!!

[Khalid X]

man , middleweight was one of the weakest divisions in boxing during his reign.

even roy jones light heavyweight division was better.


example of how weak middleweight was during hopkins reign.

do you know joppy and holmes reigned as wbc and wba champions alongside bernard for like 4-5 years?

fully aware of it. I'm just saying he fought everyone that was required of him w/out making excuses.....kinda like Wlad has been doing during his time as HW champ. I do agree with you that his division was pretty weak (during his reign)....I wont deny and try to argue with you on that.

[dde91]

lol

i always laugh at idiots who try to compare hagler fighting leonard and hearns to hopkins fighting tito and delahoya.


take aside the fact that we're talking about different levels of greatness among the fighters.


1. hagler is a small middleweight by today's standards.

2. leonard and hearns were huge welterweights even by today's standards.

size difference between hagler and hearns and leonard were minimal. in fact leonard and hearns had height advantages and reach advantages. (maybe leonard had the same reach not sure)


hopkins on the otherhand is a natural light heavyweight.

how are you a natural Light Heavyweight if you made Middle weight for 15 years? lol doesn't make sense.

I guess Berto is a natural Middleweight because thats the weight he started at.

And anybody who lost to Holyfield at Heavyweight sucks because he is a natural Cruiserweight.

And by your logic, Everybody that Leonard and Hearns beat at Welterweight is flawed because they aren't natural Welterweights. lol

Tito was a big WW 2. De La Hoya had a belt that Hopkins didn't have. Hopkins is the only man to TKO Johnson. In his prime he was unbeatable and untouchable, barely losing rounds in a ten year period. SO how is this guy not a legenD???

[Chunk..]

That trilogy with Robert Allen sealed his greatness.

[Dick Buffman]

Joe Calzaghe low blowed him, and acted like a fruit. What's so special?

He was speaking "Soapy's" language.

[Dick Buffman]

I'll always remember him for letting a whiteboy beat him.

[gibo]

I'll always remember him for letting a whiteboy beat him.

I'll always remember the blackboy getting beat by the whiteboy!!!

[Bretty Poy32]

Bernard Hopkins on Roy Jones going to Australia.

Hopkins: "That's why I never go over to Europe and fight anybody"

No offence caused.

[CaRnAgEViOLaToR]

LOl at Calzaghe "whipping" Hopkins ass Cal***gy barely landed any effective slaps on Hopkins. Hopkins won that fight 7-5 w/ the KD

[Mr. Philadel]