Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: Hopkins Will Cheer Canelo To Derail Record Attempt

[alexguiness]

if Oscar and BHop ended up sharing a cell in prison...well, you know what would happen.

[skinnystev]

does popkins still claim he was pushed out of the ring by joe smith

[ShoulderRoll]

Please stop validating defenses of the WBA "regular" title.

Golovkin wasn't even the real WBA middleweight "super" champion during that time.

[Removed Now]

Please stop mentioning and validating the IBO!!!!!! No more belts!!

You personally don't have to validate any belt. Thats up to you , a lot of ppl still don't respect their WBO let alone the IBO. I personally don't give a f about any belt besides the lineal belt or a undisputed champion.

[pittapatta66]

Please retire after losing GGG, nothing personal but your fans are shytting up the internet.

Hopefully you can bring your delusional fangirls some Christmas joy when they see you get lit up like a Christmas tree by Canelo

[markther]

I wouldn’t be too concerned if I were Hopkins because his title reign was more legit based on the caliber of fighters he defended his title against. Its sorta like comparing Mayweather undefeated record to the strawweight fighter, Menayothin. Or saying Oscar only likes to dress up in “men’s clothing.”

GGG initially won the vacant title against a guy no one will remember in boxing history, Milton Nunez. And the names “routine boxing fans” may recognize in his defenses are Matthew Macklin, Curtis Stevens, Daniel Geale, Marco Antonio Rubio, Martin Murray, David Lemieux, Willie Monroe Jr., Dominic Wade, Kell Brook, Daniel Jacobs, & Canelo.

Bernard Hopkins initially won his title against Segundo Mercado, a guy people may not remember also other than he dropped Hopkins “twice” in the 1st fight. But Hopkins has title defenses against these names. John David Jackson, Glen Johnson, Simon Brown, Keith Holmes, Felix Trinidad, Carl Daniels, Antwun Echols, Robert Allen, William Joppy, Howard Eastman, & Oscar De La Hoya.

If we are comparing both middleweight title defensive reigns, Hopkins beat (3) HOF fighters, more impressive.

[Hewito]

Let's break down canelos stellar resume.
Close decision against Austin trout
Went 12 rounds with the ghost of mosley
Ridiculously close decision against Lara,many people though he lost
Got schooled for 12 rounds by mayweather
Fought a shot to hell angulo
Fought a shot to tell Kirkland who had lost 50 lbs,and had already been ko'd by ishida in one round.
Went 12 with a past prime cotto who's most recent achievements we're losing to trout,beating a one legged martinez,a random Dominican,and a drained geal.
Fought China chin Khan at a catch-weight,and was getting outboxed until he found the china.
Went 12 with a post Martinez Chavez Jr whose training diet was probably pot and Cheerios.
Had a highly controversial draw in which 90% of the boxing world had golovkin winning the decisions.

Did you forget Baldomir?

[The Problem Child]

Clenelo is getting slept without steroids in his system.

[TonyGe]

There’s two flaws here. Somebody work with me.

1. The “draw” with Alvarez should count as a title defense because he kept the belts. For some reason that doesn’t count. YET...

2. Hopkins had a no contest vs. Robert Allen which should NOT count as a defense but they count it for some reason.

Count the wins and you have 19 plus the no contest which actually also stops the streak. Someone please explain.

The system is broken. We gotta blow it up and start again.

— Waldo (Stephen Lang),
Into the Badlands,
Season 1: Hand of Five Poisons

[GhostofDempsey]

Other than fighting into an advanced age, the title defense streak is pretty much all Hopkins has to hinge his legacy upon.