"Alien" Hopkins vs "Krusher" Kovalev Post fight Discussion thread

[Weebler I]

But the Kovalev win is not great win...Floyds win over Maidana is better

Maidana has beaten Karass (not top 10), Lopez (not top 10) and Broner (5-10) and he has also lost to Alexander (5-10)

Kovalev has beaten Cleverly (top 5), Campillo (top 5) and has never been beaten as a pro.

[LacedUp]

Maidana has beaten Karass (not top 10), Lopez (not top 10) and Broner (5-10) and he has also lost to Alexander (5-10)

Kovalev has beaten Cleverly (top 5), Campillo (top 5) and has never been beaten as a pro.

He also has a highly controversial loss to Kotelnik, a close decision loss to Khan, beat Ortiz, Corley and Morales.

Kovalev's resume is really not special. And you also have to take into account that the LWW-WW division is a helluva lot deeper and filled with more quality than the LHW division.

[Bigg Rigg]

He was better and has a better resume.

Better resume??? Nah. Do u hold the
knockouts against him??? I do cuz he was getting put out bad bro. Hopkins never.

[toshmurph]

Already rank him above Mayweather..

I got B-Hop, Floyd then Pacquiao this era!

[Weebler I]

He also has a highly controversial loss to Kotelnik, a close decision loss to Khan, beat Ortiz, Corley and Morales.

Kovalev's resume is really not special. And you also have to take into account that the LWW-WW division is a helluva lot deeper and filled with more quality than the LHW division.

All at 140, and his win over Corley was controversial. Assess Maidana as a welter and his best win is over a guy who has had one controversial win against Paulie Malignaggi.

Perceptions of 147 being deep are irrelevant when it's filled with blown up 140lb fighters.

[Sir Babatunde]

I already have Hopkins well above Floyd on my ATG list.

Floyd's only real notable win against a quality fighter in his prime was against Jose luis Castillo, and he lost the first fight. I don't know how you can be an all time great with only 1 notable win.

Coming from an Aaron Pryor fan? lol your a joke

[Sir Babatunde]

Already rank him above Mayweather..

I got B-Hop, Floyd then Pacquiao this era!

if you are gonna have 4 fighters occupying 2 spots on your favourite fighter list it would make more sense to just make a top 12 instead of top 10 list don't ya think?

[Butt stuff]

He was better and has a better resume.

He definitely doesn't have the better resume, but I don't think you can judge all fighters by the same book, each are great for different attributes/achievements- Hopkins is obviously because he's been operating at such a high level for such a long time.

[LacedUp]

All at 140, and his win over Corley was controversial. Assess Maidana as a welter and his best win is over a guy who has had one controversial win against Paulie Malignaggi.

Perceptions of 147 being deep are irrelevant when it's filled with blown up 140lb fighters.

Why would i do that? I'm assessing who has the better resume. His standing doesn't get nullified just because he moves up a weight.

[LacedUp]

He definitely doesn't have the better resume, but I don't think you can judge all fighters by the same book, each are great for different attributes/achievements- Hopkins is obviously because he's been operating at such a high level for such a long time.

Jones definitely has the better resume.