Comments Thread For: Hopkins Makes History Again, Beats Cloud For IBF Title

[Red Power]

IBF (20 defenses), WBC (7 defenses), WBA (6 defenses), The Ring (6 defenses), WBO (1 defense) middleweight champion
Lost to Jermain Taylor via SD

41 years old: The Ring (1 defense) light heavyweight champion
Lost to Joe Calzaghe via SD

46 years old: WBC (1 defense), The Ring (1 defense) light heavyweight champion
Lost to Chad Dawson via MD

48 years old: IBF light heavyweight champion

[Ravens Fan]

Most Calzaghe fans can't get over the fact that he slaps like a girl and is seen as a joke.

Ole Joe slapped hard enough to beat Bhop and he obviously slapped hard enough to hurt the feeling of Bhop's fans where they may never get over it.

[Bushbaby]

The greatest active fighter, accept it, deal with in & move on. That simple.

[I Love Jesus!]

Ole Joe slapped hard enough to beat Bhop and he obviously slapped hard enough to hurt the feeling of Bhop's fans where they may never get over it.

slapped hard? is that like soft steel or dry water?Calzaghe fans,the few that there are can't get over the fact that their hero slaps like a girl and is considered a sissy boxer who cant hurt anybody. They can't get over it which is why they have to bring him up whenever they can although no one else cares.

You could say Cal***gy slapped hard enough to ko peter manfredo and you would be making the same point you are making now. But we all know its not true.

[Sugar Q]

Honestly I would've picked Roy Jones or any of the champions fighting @ 68 over Cloud. Im a B-Hop fan but I saw Cloud as ripe a long time ago. Dawson would've and still would stop him. I would pick Martinez, Gennady and Chavez Jr over Cloud.

[I Love Jesus!]

How can you think that when Dawson clearly beat BHop

probably because dawson just got KTFO and will lose to Pascal again who Hopkins destroyed.

[b Murphington]

B-Hop won, the legend continues

I got a friend who is only a very casual boxing fan who wanted to see this fight and was genuinely excited for it, B-Hop is a star

B-Hop is easily the smartest fighter in the game at this point, hands down....any boxer who can come into the ring at 48 yrs of age and do what he did deserves respect and recognition, take NOTHING away from this man

History has been made once more, LONG LIVE BERNARD HOPKINS!

[PR ESQ.]

Admit nothin but hate for Bhop but credit is due. Now time to go off into the sunset...

[Ravens Fan]

slapped hard? is that like soft steel or dry water?Calzaghe fans,the few that there are can't get over the fact that their hero slaps like a girl and is considered a sissy boxer who cant hurt anybody. They can't get over it which is why they have to bring him up whenever they can although no one else cares.

You could say Cal***gy slapped hard enough to ko peter manfredo and you would be making the same point you are making now. But we all know its not true.

Actually I didn't bring Joe up and I was only responding to B-hop fans who mentioned Joe. You know the ones like you that cannot get over the fact that Joe beat B-hop. And Joe slapped B-hop hard enough that he had to fake low blows to get a break. But I guess if I was a B-hop fan it might bother me as well.

[Scarcaztic]

B-Hop won, the legend continues

I got a friend who is only a very casual boxing fan who wanted to see this fight and was genuinely excited for it, B-Hop is a star

B-Hop is easily the smartest fighter in the game at this point, hands down....any boxer who can come into the ring at 48 yrs of age and do what he did deserves respect and recognition, take NOTHING away from this man

History has been made once more, LONG LIVE BERNARD HOPKINS!

I think Floyd's a smarter fighter than Hopkins. He doesn't need to clinch and hold every 2 seconds to nullify his opponents offense. He can do that standing right in front of you.

But I respect Hopkin's game, and see the brilliance.