Who will be remembered as the greater fighter: Bernard Hopkins or Floyd Mayweather?

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Legacy aside if they fought at prime and at the same weight 'imaginary I know' I recon Floyd would win even though he'd have sore balls and few cuts above the eyes he'd come out of 12 as the greater fighter.

Klitschko due do size alone would probably handle Ali, doesn't make him a greater fighter, talent is only a part of what makes a fighter great, you can have all the talent in the world, but it's what you do with it that defines your legacy, who has gone above and beyond with the abilities they possess? B-Hop, there's a reason no one ever questions his run at either division, Floyd on the other hand...

True; theres two different ways to look at 'greatest fighter' put em both in the ring at the same weight in their prime see who comes out best.

Then as the title suggested by having the words 'who will be remembered' in there is the other way of looking at it;

But thats the harder road to summarize with so many variations, including totally different opponents and differing depth of talent in each weight.

Intent on ones own legacy is an interesting variant too.

true, but Mayweather was blessed to have not one but TWO stacked divisions where he could have stacked his resume, yet he chose to fight guys like Ortiz, Maidana, Guerrero

he could have taken on Pacquiao, Garcia, Khan, Bradley, Kirkland, Trout, Lara, etc.

I just name a few, but you put it out there like its' supposed to be.