Ok so first of all I want to congratulate Bernard Hopkins on his win over Pascal. This guy has truly had a great career and either him or Pac is fighter of the decade, that will be a difference of opinions between people and I'm fine with either choice. However, a lot of you people are acting like THIS win over Pascal all of the sudden made his career or something. This is a nice win and a feather in his cap, but let's not get carried away here people, if you didn't think Hopkins was fighter of the decade before this fight you still shouldn't think he is as a result of this fight. I mean is this even one of Bernard Hopkins's top ten 15 wins? Very doubtful. Pascal is a nice young fighter and an a lineal champion, but let's not get carried away with the significance of this particular win relative to Bernard's career. Had this win not earned him the title of oldest major champion ever, I really don't think it would've changed his legacy overall a great deal.
So If The Race For Fighter Of This Generation Between Hop And Pac
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Pascal is a good fighter and to do it at 46 is the main reason for considering him.Comment
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Manny is a DON and B.Hop is the OG of the gameComment
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You just acknowledged that he beat a top middleweight in the very same sentence that you attempted to diminish Trinidad's credentials at the weight in.
William Joppy was the second best Middleweight in the world when he was completely destroyed by Trinidad.He was not only beaten,but completely and utterly dismantled in arguably the finest performance of Trinidad's entire career.Clearly Trinidad had established himself a serious threat in the division.
Tarver had only grown older and slower by the time he fought Dawson.And before his abysmal effort against Pascal,Dawson was rated by many as one of the very best in the sport.Glen Johnson narrowly beat Tarver in a very close and disputed decision after he(Johnson) was in the best form of his entire life.
Claiming that Woods "sucks" is bad enough;claiming that Montell Griffin,the man who outboxed James Toney in two meetings and gave the very best version of Roy Jones his toughest and closest fight,sucks destroys any credibility that you were hoping to achieve through your post.
EDIT: Not to mention Tarver avenged his loss to Johnson via a clear decision,and knocked Harding loopy in their rematch.
Anybody who is aware of Glen Johnson and his career would be able to tell you tha nobody ever beat him like Bernard Hopkins did.The only man who came close to delivering a loss as decisive as the one he suffered to Hopkins was Chad Dawson - which was a good twelve years after Hopkins had dominated Johnson.
I don't know how much of a "bad match up" he was,but Winky Wright was rated as one of the very best boxers in the world and was clearly an elite fighter.Not his best weight,but he was in good enough shape,and his performance proved that he could perform at the weight - Hopkins simply neutralized and beat him down the stretch.Last edited by prinzemanspopa; 05-23-2011, 09:05 AM.Comment
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You just acknowledged that he beat a top middleweight in the very same sentence that you attempted to diminish Trinidad's credentials at the weight in.
William Joppy was the second best Middleweight in the world when he was completely destroyed by Trinidad.He was not only beaten,but completely and utterly dismantled in arguably the finest performance of Trinidad's entire career.Clearly Trinidad had established himself a serious threat in the division.
Tarver had only grown older and slower by the time he fought Dawson.And before his abysmal effort against Pascal,Dawson was rated by many as one of the very best in the sport.Glen Johnson narrowly beat Tarver in a very close and disputed decision after he(Johnson) was in the best form of his entire life.
Claiming that Woods "sucks" is bad enough;claiming that Montell Griffin,the man who outboxed James Toney in two meetings and gave the very best version of Roy Jones his toughest and closest fight,sucks destroys any credibility that you were hoping to achieve through your post.
EDIT: Not to mention Tarver avenged his loss to Johnson via a clear decision,and knocked Harding loopy in their rematch.
Anybody who is aware of Glen Johnson and his career would be able to tell you tha nobody ever beat him like Bernard Hopkins did.The only man who came close to delivering a loss as decisive as the one he suffered to Hopkins was Chad Dawson - which was a good twelve years after Hopkins had dominated Johnson.
I don't know how much of a "bad match up" he was,but Winky Wright was rated as one of the very best boxers in the world and was clearly an elite fighter.Not his best weight,but he was in good enough shape,and his performance proved that he could perform at the weight - Hopkins simply neutralized and beat him down the stretch.
people were rating dawson as a top in the sport but they did it too soon because he wasnt doing it for long enough...johnson being in the best form of his life was beating a timid roy jones and beating tarver who i believe is insanely overrated..plus harding whooped his ass and at the time of his stoppage win over harding he was losing again
your right about woods and griffin and i admit my dumbass remark..keep reading the conversation me and that guy were having and forgive my frustration...but i do think that woods was ordinary and griffin was all wrong for toney and even though he was older he got beat by a drained rico hoye
yes bhop whooped johnson and earlier i said that it was a really good win..and even though he has been unfortunate decisions he was into close fights with those guys and not all were robberies
and winky was a bad matchup at that point because that was when he was tryna be more fan friendly and aggressive which was never his game and he would even look awkward in spurts..he didnt carry the weight well at all which is why he came right back down to 160Comment
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