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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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Originally Posted by wacko3205
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
howard eastman
felix trinidad
oscar dela hoya
william joppy
i personally feel hopkins hasnt fought that much better opp than calzaghe but 3 of them names wipe floor with calzaghe opp to be honest
 
Then, no offence, but your'e falling prey to what a lot of boxing fans do...you only recognize the marquee names as talent...if you do that because you don't know the names or thier abilities...then you need to catch up on their fights prior to Hopkins either humiliating them or dropping them.
Vanderpool, Johnson, Echols, & Lipsey were all highly ranked, respected, or undefeated at the time & Hopkins smoked them all & how.
to be honest ive never heard of others u mentioned but looked up on vanderpool i dont really see anyone good names he has beaten hopkins beating glen johnson was good win i forgot about him but again i looked up on echols not any real good wins on his record either and lipsey didnt have any good wins either i still think hopkins has beat better opp by beating johnson dela hoya joppy trinidad ect but to be honest mate i dont think his title reign is much better than calzaghes no disrespect to hopkins its just how i feel mate
Hence the reason of what I said about Marquee names. Just because your'e not a marquee name doesn't mean that your'e not a game fighter.
All the men mentioned are or were game fighters...Hopkins just took them out early.
Also...anyone (not just you) that saw the Jones jr fight saw that it was a bit more competitive than the commentators & judges made it out to be & also saw a very raw Hopkins that was still not fully into his craft...that's also saying a lot for me being a massive fan of both fighters.
Anyways...Hopkins coming up was a brutal force...more straight forward motion & power punch combos one right after the other.
I liked both of his styles...but he became more effective & IWO tactically slicker & craftier than Joe is today or prime. Truth be told...I think that Joe's style now is a bit closer to Hopkins style then...maybe not his style...maybe more his means of attack or method of pressure.
