What is your favorite performance by Bernard Hopkins

[521CEO]

Over the years we have witnessed many impressive performances by Bernard Hopkins. Which one is your favorite and Why?

[KevinHenry007]

Antonio Tarver.

Tarver was just coming off wins against RJJ and was on a role, if I remember correctly.

Hopkins made Tarver miss, showboated and dropped him. Made him look very amateurish. Outstanding performance.

I was scared for Hopkins life against Pavlik, just as I am as he goes against Kovalev.

[CatchAndShoot]

Antonio Tarver.

Tarver was just coming off wins against RJJ and was on a role, if I remember correctly.

Hopkins made Tarver miss, showboated and dropped him. Made him look very amateurish. Outstanding performance.

I was scared for Hopkins life against Pavlik, just as I am as he goes against Kovalev.

Agree, Tarver fight impressed me more than any of the fights on the list.

Scared for Bernard's life doe? Against Pavlick?

[Build That Wall]

I liked watching him go into Trinidads house and whooping him in front of all his fans.

[jas]

Trinidad

Tito was a great fighter

Punched hard

Lethal left hook

Bernard put on a masterclass

[KevinHenry007]

Agree, Tarver fight impressed me more than any of the fights on the list.

Scared for Bernard's life doe? Against Pavlik?

Yea, the way Pavlik terminated Edison Miranda and Jermaine Taylor did it for me. You gotta keep in mind that at the time, Miranda was annointed by many, including Hopkins, as being the next ruler of the MW division.

Pavlik went thru him like a train thru wet paper. On top of that, no one ever did that to Jermaine Taylor or even came close. The closest I've seen Taylor hurt or in fear of losing a fight was when his eye swelled like crazy against Winky Wright. Who was in himself one of the best fighter in the last 5-10 years at the time.

Outside of being dropped early, Pavlik destroyed Taylor. Had Hopkins been any slower on his feet or lost the ability to move, I think Pav would've done the same to Hopkins.

[CatchAndShoot]

Yea, the way Pavlik terminated Edison Miranda and Jermaine Taylor did it for me. You gotta keep in mind that at the time, Miranda was annointed by many, including Hopkins, as being the next ruler of the MW division.

Pavlik went thru him like a train thru wet paper. On top of that, no one ever did that to Jermaine Taylor or even came close. The closest I've seen Taylor hurt or in fear of losing a fight was when his eye swelled like crazy against Winky Wright. Who was in himself one of the best fighter in the last 5-10 years at the time.

Outside of being dropped early, Pavlik destroyed Taylor. Had Hopkins been any slower on his feet or lost the ability to move, I think Pav would've done the same to Hopkins.

Even at the time I knew B-Hop was gonna school him. The fight was at 170, and Hopkins has that inside style when he wants to nullify your power.

After how awesome he looked against Tarver, I knew his size mixed with his craftiness would've been too much for Pavlik. There was a reason why B-Hop made him move up like that.

[KevinHenry007]

Even at the time I knew B-Hop was gonna school him. The fight was at 170, and Hopkins has that inside style when he wants to nullify your power.

After how awesome he looked against Tarver, I knew his size mixed with his craftiness would've been too much for Pavlik. There was a reason why B-Hop made him move up like that.

If you predicted that, good on you. Kelly was already a big MW at 6'1 or 6'2, I thought it could hurt B-hop by letting an already big MW come in bigger. But yea, hop looked great against Tarver.

[521CEO]

I'm torn between Trinidad, Pavlik, and Tarver. All 3 were extremely impressive performances, especially considering that Bernard was a heavy underdog in all 3 fights. At the time all 3(Trinidad, Pavlik, Tarver) were coming off of Big wins and Bernard just stopped all their momentum. I think I was most impressed by Bernards performance against Tito because he stopped him, almost took his head off of his shoulders, and had him looking like a bobble head doll. The image of Tito's corner stepping in and waiving the white flag is PRICELESS!!!

[Doctor_Tenma]

Too many to name, I liked how he stomped Mercado in the rematch, liked Echols II...classic street fight right there.