A Lot Of Similarities In JMM And B-Hops Careers

First of all both Roy Jones Jr, and Bernard Hopkins were green, second can you name one fighter that would have even competed with that version of Roy Jones JR at middleweight or supermiddleweight? This is the guy who would have destroyed prett anybody he fought, he was too fast, too smart, too good.

Second, the first fight could have easily gone either way, and was a super close fihgt. The second fight was also close, but even without the knockdown round people should have had Pacquiao ahead by a point. With the knockdown it takes a Marquez hardcore fan boy IMO to see him winning, just like the people who thought Oscar's fight with Mayweather was close.

I think the thing that sets JMM apart from anyone else is his ring intellect and his ability to adapt on the fly. There isn't another fighter alive that could recover from a Pacquiao three knockdown first round the way he did to come back and essentially dominate. I think the comparison to Hopkins is valid in the sense that both fighters are incredibly cerebral and able to adjust and take advantage of their opponents' weaknesses on the fly. I think as boxing fans, we should appreciate what the man brings to the game and salute him for exemplifying the fact that this is the sweet science.

JMM dominates at more than one weight which BHop has done done. Hopkins avoided Galzaghe at super middle and when he fought at Light Heavy he has been selective. JMM would have taken on the best.

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Originally Posted by Master

JMM dominates at more than one weight which BHop has done done. Hopkins avoided Galzaghe at super middle and when he fought at Light Heavy he has been selective. JMM would have taken on the best.

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I dont think he avoided Calzaghe. Nobody knew who Calzaghe was prior to the Lacy fight. He wouldnt have been worth going up in weight to fight at the time. If Hopkins fought him pre-Lacy people would have said he only fought him because his record was against weak opposition.

BHOp is very smart and he knows he could never beat Joe who would be too busy for him. the only reason there fight was close was because he was very negative and would have been stopped if he did not unsportingly fake the low blow.

I dont thnk Calzaghe could stop him. Hopkins had a better chance to stop Calzaghe. He was just too caution first in his approach, and it was still very close.

Cautious or negative :confused:

His gameplan was to let Calzaghe come to him and land effective counterpunches. I dont call that negative, Id call it a bad gameplan. he tried to steal rounds by landing the more meaningful punches, and he did. Just not enough.

He tried the same negative tactics against Taylor throwing no punches for 6 rounds.