Ok i ain't posted on here in a while but i just got the b-hop career set and wondered wat people would say are his top 5 fights?
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Ok i ain't posted on here in a while but i just got the b-hop career set and wondered wat people would say are his top 5 fights?
Echols,Trinidad,Tarver,Wright,Pavlik
IMO its like this
1. Tito
2. Pavlik
3. Tarver
4. Winky
5. Glen
i would put Oscar but i think Oscar was expected to lose that fight.
I'm no Hopkins fan but I'd say the Pavlic fight, RJJ fight, Joppy fight, Tarver fight, maybe the Trinidad fight too because although I thought he had a size dis-advantage he was knocking people out as someone reminded me in another thread I found it entertaining.Quote:
Originally Posted by fugaziuk
I thought the Winky fight was boring, seems like most of you are posting his BEST WINS rather than most entertaining fights.
Trinidad
Pavlik
Glen Johnson
Tarver
Wright or Echols/Allen/joppy/de la hoya
Come on,he won a round and a half against Echols with one hand,his jab hand no lessQuote:
Originally Posted by Kel
The Trinidad was his best win imo. The size difference didn't matter (only something that comes up NOW). Trinidad owned a belt at 160. He was a 6-1 favorite to beat hopkins, he was undefeated and on top of that, hopkins did not use his size advantage, in fact he never really does. That was a brilliant display of skill, not someone who simply over powers their opponent and uses their size. Hopkins did it all and he BOXED brilliantly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kel
Cheers fella I wanted someone to mention that so I could post this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trainer MonkeyCome on,he won a round and a half against Echols with one hand,his jab hand no lessQuote:
Originally Posted by Kel
LOW BLOW FAKING BASTARD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjDpbr-VLSs
Hopkins - Pavlik
Hopkins - Trinidad
Hopkins - Johnson
Hopkins - Elchols 1/2
Hopkins - Joppy
Agreed on the top 5 and the Oscar comment. Did anyone else think the way Oscar lost was a little suspicious?Quote:
Originally Posted by kingfrnk
Five just does not do him justice,off the top.A rarity that you can just watch fpr the shifts and calculating.Actually found myself watching some that I hoped would go longer for that as opposed to taking the guy out:shinner:.Hopkins just flat out liked to beat people up.
Trinidad
Johnson
Pavlik
Joppy
Echols 2
A gem of his early work was his destruction of much hyped undefeated Joe 'The hammer' Lipsey...Crap quality recording here but a Brutal stand up KO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScRv9...eature=related
Damn that's a brutal KO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins
Testament to Hopkins as a fighter that everybody has a different 5
Why my 5
Trinidad is obvious,nobody thought Hopkins had a shot at the time,screw revisionist history,nobody thought B-hop had a holy hope in hell
Wright-Nobody expected a barn burner,but also what nobody expected,was that Hopkins would out technique one of the greatest technicians of all time
Echols-one of the greatest shows of heart Ive ever seen,fighting a round and a half with a separated shoulder,and winning both rounds
Tarver-Coming off two "losses" he moves up in weight and absolutely schools the champion,brilliant performance
Pavlik-Noone,including myself thought he had that thought he had that great of a performance left in his tank,well he proved all of us wrong
As much as I loved it..i think fight would have been much much closer had tarver not try to pull a roy ,shedding all that muscle too soon..he was as fatigued as roy during their first fightQuote:
Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
In the way of fame his most important fights were:
ODLH- Because of who he was fighting!
Trinidad- Because at the time a lot of people believed Tito was invincible!
Tarver- Because it rocketed him back to the limelight after his 2 defeats to Taylor!
RJJ- Because it made both men into bigger names at the time. Just a shame it happened in 1993 and not 2000ish.
Pavlik- Again like Tarver shocked the world by schooling as the underdog.
My favorite fight hands down was versus Felix Trinidad. What a great fight that was.
why the hell hasnt the calzaghe fight been mentioned??
he ALMOST and in many peoples eyes actually beat the greatest super middleweight of the last 20 years and knocked him down in the 1st round.
If you ask me the de la hoya win was more impressive than the complete blow out of trinidad. Felix was always a natural 140/147 pounder and got absoloutely blown out at way too big a weight.
Though de la hoya was too small a 160 pounder he still was able to punch above his weight and before the fight sparred with guys that were 168/175 pounders.
1.Oscar De la Hoya
2.Felix Trinidad
3.Kelly Pavlik
4.Glen Johnson
5.Joe Calzaghe
I'm sure the thread starter was looking for Hopkins top 5 fights, basically his top 5 worth watching fights, The calzaghe fight is not a fight many people would like to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by hattonthehammer
One last thing...... how the hell can you rate a DLh at 160 as a better win than a Trinidad at 160 win ??
Trinidad moved up to 160 and destroyed the WBA title holder William Joppy in 5 rounds, Hopkins wasn't able to stop Joppy years after.
De La Hoya moved up to 160 and won a very questionable decision against Felix Sturm, De La Hoya looked overweight and should of lost.
Trinidad was totally the better win and performance.
de la hoyas move to 160 just seemed more of a natural progression rather than felix who im quite sure only had the odd fight at light middleweight before shooting up again.
They both moved up solely for the intention of beating hopkins. Had bernard of been a 147pounder im quite sure felix wouldnt of moved and oscar would of come back down for a shot at the guy who at that time was THE man.
The trinidad win always left me with the sense it was a great 147 pounder getting blown out by a guy who was just too big for him. Against oscar he actually had to adapt to oscars style and take him out!!
Trinidad body looked great at 160 unlike DLH who looked abit overweight.Quote:
Originally Posted by hattonthehammer
The thing with the Trinidad fight is, Hopkins never used his size to win the fight, He beat Trinidad using his boxing skills. His good jab, lateral movement, defense and counter punching won him the fight, not his size.
Hopkins used his size more against DLH especially as the fight went on, He was keen on getting on the inside of Oscar to rough him up.