Give Bhop his just due

[Vasyl’s dad]

so bhop has a special drug no other fighter has??

because i dont see 49 year old unified champions or champions period OR CONTENDERS PERIOD poppin out the woodwork

We don' know until he tests, but he, for some reason, refuses to do so.

But will rally that other fighters have to.

Odd.

[LoadedWraps]

So bhop wants to be the champ in that division but doesnt want to fight the best in the division.

And that is ok to you as a boxing fan, ok.

Let's keep it 100 here, B-Hop would give Kovalev a schooling, and that would be his best win in a while.

Kovalev is dangerous, and packs power in both hands, but B-Hop has a higher ring IQ and is better defensively.

[jas]

So bhop wants to be the champ in that division but doesnt want to fight the best in the division.

And that is ok to you as a boxing fan, ok.

When has hopkins ducked anybody? answer:nobody

there is a cold war going on, he cant fight kovalev because of that.

thus, press for a ward fight

[RAV3N]

Let's keep it 100 here, B-Hop would give Kovalev a schooling, and that would be his best win in a while.

Kovalev is dangerous, and packs power in both hands, but B-Hop has a higher ring IQ and is better defensively.

If that would be the case then bhop would of went straight for him but do you know why he didnt?

[-Kev-]

Some rotten posters posting here about PED's. You have to just hate life to spew stuff like that. And don't come with that "But Floyd fans..." dammit, is it about getting at Floyd fans every god damn time? Don't try to deflect this either, you know damn well that was going to be your response.

Anyway, with that off my chest, Hopkins had limited options. He fought the best guy possible, that he hadn't already fought, and was available. Sure Shumenov is average, but there wasn't many options left. With Stevenson on the Haymon/Sho train, Hopkins has a very good fight ahead of him in Canada, and as we heard, he and GBP are down for it.

[jas]

Julio Cesar Chavez was 89-0 before his first loss, and people here love to say, "yea, but he fought nothing but bums."

Hopkins wins against nobodies, and hes considered a legend.

JCC holds he record for most successful title defenses and most title fight victories, and "he fought nothing but Tijuana cab drivers".

Hopkins wins at an older age, against literally, nobodies, and "hes a legend".

Hopkins has beaten 5 hall of famers - delahoya, trinidad(unbeaten), tarver, johnson(Unbeaten), wright and controversial loss to calzaghe

[cupocity303]

I will give him credit for that age that he is fighting at but he isnt fighting decent opponents.

You dont get a pass for fighting substandard opposition because of your age imo.

But of course you do.

1. Why is Hopkins still fighting? According to his own admission, it's to unify all the World Title Belts. He began that process tonight.

2. If he wants to unify that means that he has to fight Adonis Stevenson - the Real Champion of 175, which now seems pretty likely since Stevenson joined showtime (ducking Kovalev in the process, but that's his business not B-Hop's).

3. Embrace what is happening and stop whining about a 50 year old fighting bad opponents. The only reason he fought his previous opponent was so he can keep his IBF Title in order to unify it with the WBA. And prior to that, all of his opponents were top 10 at 175 (Chad Dawson, Tavoris Cloud are top Light-Heavy's).

[IronDanHamza]

Hopkins has beaten 5 hall of famers - delahoya, trinidad(unbeaten), tarver, johnson(Unbeaten), wright and controversial loss to calzaghe

How long have you been a pro Comedian?

[RAV3N]

When has hopkins ducked anybody? answer:nobody

there is a cold war going on, he cant fight kovalev because of that.

thus, press for a ward fight

So bhop has been fighting the best fighters he could possibly fight recently?

Come on man, stop fooling yourself.

[Sweet Pea 50]

Julio Cesar Chavez was 89-0 before his first loss, and people here love to say, "yea, but he fought nothing but bums."

Hopkins wins against nobodies, and hes considered a legend.

JCC holds he record for most successful title defenses and most title fight victories, and "he fought nothing but Tijuana cab drivers".

Hopkins wins at an older age, against literally, nobodies, and "hes a legend".

Who here is disparaging JCC Sr., carnale?

I think anybody that has watched the sport and has half a brain would say Sr. is one of the, if not the greatest of Mexican fighters to lace them up.