At 32 years old, Bernard Hopkins had notable wins over Glen Johnson and John David Jackson, and a loss to Roy Jones.
He went on to be one of the greats.
Hopkins has a great defense and can fight anywhere....back foot, going forward, side to side at the angles....also in his prime at 160 he was a mean SOB.....look at his fights with Antwun Echols, Jackson and later Trinidad
He had the style to be great past prime.....look at Whitaker who was past prime in 92-94 and fought at the highest level til 98-99
Look at Jones who was past prime by 97-98 and went on to win a heavyweight title in 03
they hit and didn't get hit....GGG sometimes eats one to give one. He has very good fundamentals but he has yet to face a fighter as talented as himself so its hard to really say how good he is.....when a shopworn Jermain Taylor can win a title in your division it says a lot....its like Demarcus Corely winning a title at 135...the comp is weak
GGG is talented but he is in a weak weight division....168 is stacked and I just don't see him facing Ward, Dirrell, Groves, DeGale, and Froch without a loss
GGG seek and destroy style isn't made for longevity
Well, then you must have completely missed the point in my analogy
The topic is my " flavor-of-the-month " analogy.
And I asked you if you were still a Matthyse fan ?
Everyone else gets it ^^
Again, I get what you are saying. But you went about doing it in a ****** way. I understand the Mattyssee reference, I know what you're trying to "accomplish." But again, it's ****ing ******ed.
Most the biggest Golovkin fans were never Matthysse fans, so using that argument is completely wrong.
The fans might be different, not convinced at all, but the principle is the same.
Perhaps we could wait for 32yo Golovkin to beat a top opponent before we label him..... what was it again..... " one of the best MWs of all time ".
I heard all that about Matthyse at 140 bro.
I got no problem at all with Golovkin, and his style is very entertaining..... I just think it is absurd to equate him with Hagler/Monzon/Hopkins..... based on next to nothing.
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